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This month's Teen Grab & Go is going to teach about all the amazing ways to use Mod Podge (a sealer, glue and finisher all-in-one). The main craft is to make magnets for your locker, but there will be plenty of left overs to decoupage something else (ex. I also decoupaged a wooden coaster)! Decoupage… Read More

This month, we're using paper to create bracelets! This craft is intended for grades 4-6 Your kit includes: 20 pieces of paper 1 paper clip Follow the instructions in the pictures below. Here's a video if you need more help!… Read More

Are you a gamer? Do you love getting lost in fantastical worlds that you have the power to navigate? Look no further than Deerfield Public Library to provide you with your gaming needs. Recently, we have added the popular Nintendo Switch to our Library of Things collection. This kit comes with all you need to… Read More

Happy August! As summer comes to a close, Matthew and I are back with four more music recommendations! Both of us will recommend two albums each. For each album recommendation, we have provided a YouTube link to a song from that particular album. Feel free to give each song a listen!  If you have any… Read More

We recently purchased a new piece of equipment for MakerSpace. We’ve tested it out, learned how to use it, and are ready to introduce it to our patrons. Please come and try out our new Sublimation Printer. Sublimation printing is a process that is very similar to standard inkjet printing. But it uses a special… Read More

This month on the Deerfield Public Library Podcast, we are thrilled to present a dynamic conversation with Chicago-based poet and writer Gabriel Ojeda-Sagué, author most recently of the poetry collection Madness (Nightboat Books, 2022). Gabriel was one of our Queer Poem-a-Day poets earlier this year, also featured on our podcast feed, and we are so… Read More

The Library wants to hear from you! Beginning today, August 11, we have a survey to ask for YOUR opinion. Take the survey The Deerfield Public Library is planning for the future and we need your feedback. We are in the process of developing a strategic plan to help guide the direction of the library… Read More

This month, the Tween Grab and Go craft is making bracelets with the art of Kumihimo. Kumihimo is a traditional Japanese weaving technique that creates braids and cords. While there are a multitude of ways to make a bracelet, this will show you one basic way! In your kits, you have 3 different colors of… Read More

This month we’re giving you 5 rolls of washi tape to do whatever you want with! Kits are available while supplies last outside in the green creation station and inside the Library in the Youth Services Department. We’ve provided 3 pencils to decorate, or you can decorate your own school supplies. This activity is tailored… Read More

Calling all Educators, Parents, and Students! I don’t know about you, but I’m always caught off guard when I see the new displays of school supplies pop up at Target. It’s hard to imagine that we’re only a few weeks away from the start of another school year! So while you are having as much… Read More