In an effort to make registration for the very popular Adult Arts & Crafts classes more fair and less confusing, there will be a couple of new rules beginning June 1:

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 via social media (Messenger) or email. This has been rare, and we have directed people to call instead, but this is now official. It’s too difficult for library staff to watch that and get people in at the right time.

As always, registration opens on the 1st of the month, and we cannot take requests before that to put you on the list. If the library is closed on the 1st, registration will open on the first day the library is open after that.

These rules apply to only the Adult Arts & Crafts program that happens once a month, because of the level of demand. These rules are similar to those other local libraries have for high-demand programs.

We appreciate your understanding as we strive to make the class first come-first served, with equitable access to the program.

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.

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

A sampling of April’s Adult Arts & Crafts results:

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.

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.

Photos of the March Adult Arts & Crafts completed projects:

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?!

Litchfield Library’s seed library is available for early indoor plantings! The seed library is now in a long yellow container at the front desk, holding seeds that need to be started indoors early in the spring in order to be grown in Minnesota’s short growing season. More seeds will be added over time.

You may take 4 packets per week. No library card needed. No age limit.

Have some seeds you want to donate? We’ll take them!