LEGO Night

LEGO Night is an hour in which children can come and free build with the library’s LEGOs! It is meant for youth under 14, however older siblings and family members are always welcome.

Youth under 8 years of age need to have an adult or teen caregiver along.

LEGO Night is held on the 2nd Tuesday of each month from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

  • September 8
  • October 13
  • November 10
  • December 8

Kids’ Craft Time

Kids’ Craft Time is a monthly program that gives children in grades K-4 an opportunity to create using a variety of craft materials provided by the library. It will be held on the 3rd Tuesday of the month, September through December, 4:30-5:30 p.m.

This is geared for school-age children; however, older and younger siblings are always welcome. Children under 8 years of age must have an adult/teen caregiver along to assist them.

Free! No need to sign up.

Dates:

  • September 15
  • October 20
  • November 17
  • December 15

Button Making for National Video Game Day

The button maker will be available at the Litchfield Library all day on Saturday, September 12th! Library users are invited to stop in and create their own video-game themed button.

This event is for all ages. Children under 8 years of age need to have an adult or teen caregiver along.

Fall Storytimes

Storytimes will resume on Wednesday, September 9, and run through Friday, December 11. Baby/Toddler Storytime is held on Wednesdays, 10:15-10:45 a.m., and is a simple storytime with plenty of songs and movement and no craft. Preschool Storytime is held on Fridays, 10:15-11:15 a.m., also with songs and movement, but with more stories and a craft or activity.

No need to sign up for either program. Children younger than 8 must be accompanied by an adult or teen caregiver.

No storytime on Friday, October 16, or Wednesday, November 11.

September Adult Arts & Crafts: Mosaic Wooden Mushroom

UPDATE: The class is full.

Sign up now for the September Adult Arts & Crafts program and make a ceramic tile mosaic wooden mushroom! The program will be held on Thursday, September 24, at 6:30 p.m. It’s free and all supplies are provided, but space is limited. Call the library at 320-693-2483 or stop at the front desk to sign up. Adults only.

You may call or stop in to sign up yourself and up to one other person. If you are not registering for the class yourself, you cannot register other people. No bulk sign-ups: just yourself and, if you wish, one guest who will attend with you. No sign-ups accepted for this program by social media (Messenger) or email.
If you’re unable to attend after signing up, please contact the library so that someone on the waiting list can attend.

Seed Library

The seed library is back for late summer! In the bin, you will find things that can be planted in summer for fall harvest.

You can take up to 4 packets per week, while supplies last. Free! For all ages.

Watercade Parade 2026

The Litchfield Library Board and library staff, plus family and friends, had a great time giving free books to children at the 2026 Watercade parade! Thank you to the Litchfield Library Foundation, the Friends of the Litchfield Library, the Wintercade committee, and Thrivent for their funding that made this possible.

They also handed out this year’s new bookmark! Copies will be available at the library once we’re able to reorder, since they were all handed out at the parade.

 

Bookmark Contest Winners

Congratulations to the winners of this year’s Litchfield Library Foundation bookmark contest! Congratulations to the winners of this year’s Litchfield Library Foundation bookmark contest! Asher’s design will be featured on this year’s library bookmark, which will be handed out at the Watercade parade in July and then made available at the library for the coming year. All three winners will get a cash prize from the foundation. A display featuring the winners and finalists will be set up in the display case next to the copier room in the library through Watercade weekend.