Teen Program: D&D

Teens, join Margaret for Dungeons & Dragons on the 1st Teen Program in May! On Saturday, May 9, we will play a Mother’s Day-themed D&D session from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. If the weather cooperates, it will be held under the canopy on the lawn next to the library, so dress for the weather and prepare for the sun. If the weather does not, the program will be held in the library’s meeting room.

For ages 11-18. Free! No need to sign up. Snacks will be provided.

Summer-themed Diamond Art

Sign up for a summer-themed diamond art class at the Litchfield Library! This free class will be held on Thursday, May 14, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the meeting room. All supplies provided for a choice of a small decoration or bookmark. Open to adults and homeschooled teens.

Call the library at 320-693-2483 or stop at the front desk to sign up. Space is limited.

Voting Open for Bookmark Contest

Public voting is now open for the 2026 Litchfield Library Foundation’s bookmark contest! Board members voted for the finalists, which were narrowed to 8 candidates. Ballots are available at a table in the library’s lobby. Online voting is also available: https://forms.gle/twSPfioL7dCDWRBv6 Please vote only once, whether that’s at the library or online.

Bookmarks with the winning design will be handed out at the Watercade parade and at the library for a year. The top 3 artists will win cash prizes from the foundation. Designs were created by Litchfield area students in grades 5-12.

Voting will close May 9.

Teen Program: Egg Drop Catastrophe

Teens age 11-18, join Margaret for physics fun on the lawn on the 5th Saturday of May! From 1:30-3:30 on May 30, we’ll hold an Egg Drop Catastrophe for the second Teen Program this month. You’ll have the chance to design something to protect an egg from breaking when dropped from a ladder. Dress for the weather and prepare for the sun. If the weather doesn’t cooperate, an alternative program will be held in the library’s meeting room.

Free! No need to sign up. Snacks will be served.

Closed Memorial Day

Pioneerland libraries will be closed on Monday, May 25, for Memorial Day. Libraries will be open regular hours on Saturday.

May Adult Arts & Crafts: Decoupage Planter

UPDATE: Class is full. You can call to be added to the waiting list.

Sign up for the May Adult Arts & Crafts program and make a decoupage planter! This free program will be held on Thursday, May 28, at 6:30 pm in the library’s meeting room. All supplies will be provided to decoupage the outside of a small pot, with a variety of design choices.

Call the library beginning May 1 at 320-693-2483 or stop at the front desk. The class fills very quickly. If you are unable to attend after signing up, please contact the library so that someone on the waiting list can attend. Adults only.

Friends of the Litchfield Library Support in 2025

Ways the Friends of the Litchfield Library helped the Litchfield Library in 2025:

  • 3 local business gift certificates for winners of the Winter Reads drawing (people who read 6 books and turned in their reading log by the end) – impossible without Friends support!
  • Significant supplemental financial support for children’s programs. 304 children and 46 teens participated in the summer reading program. 1,310 people participated in storytimes. 644 children got take-home craft kits. 75 people participated in children’s craft programs.
  • Supplemental financial support for teen programs. 234 teens participated in 27 programs.
  • Supplemental financial support for adult craft programs. 22 offered in 2025.
  • Funded the Science Heroes program. Attendance 48.
  • Funded new toys and a replacement children’s shopping cart
     
  • Funded a new pre-lighted Christmas tree for the newspaper reading area and updated décor for the library.
  • Funded parade books with the Litchfield Library Foundation. 1500 books given to children at the Watercade parade, with additional $581 of funding from the Litchfield Library Foundation.
  • Funded the start of a new program: Seed Library. Used by 85 people in May, June, and August. Purchased a binder, envelopes, labels, a funnel, starter sets of seeds, and paid for shipping for free seeds from Seed Savers Exchange.
  • Ongoing funding of the Book Page book review magazine subscription
  • 3 book sales! Books to free cart in the entry, Little Free Libraries around Litchfield, and books to the jail.
       

Thank you to the Friends of the Litchfield Library! What would we do without you?!