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Gingerbread Houses

Families with children Pre-K to Grade 5
2022-12-17 14:00:00 2022-12-17 15:00:00 America/New_York Gingerbread Houses Listen to stories and make a graham-cracker gingerbread house for the holiday season. Bring extra candy for decorating if you wish. Parma-Powers Branch - Story/Craft Room (49)

Saturday, December 17
2:00pm - 3:00pm

Add to Calendar 2022-12-17 14:00:00 2022-12-17 15:00:00 America/New_York Gingerbread Houses Listen to stories and make a graham-cracker gingerbread house for the holiday season. Bring extra candy for decorating if you wish. Parma-Powers Branch - Story/Craft Room (49)

Parma-Powers Branch

Story/Craft Room (49)

Listen to stories and make a graham-cracker gingerbread house for the holiday season. Bring extra candy for decorating if you wish.

Children must be accompanied by a caregiver.  Space is limited and registration is required for each participating child. 

Sponsored by the Friends of the Parma Libraries.

Participants may be recorded and/or surveyed to capture program’s effectiveness. More information can be found here.

Parma-Powers Branch
pwrmgr@cuyahogalibrary.org
Phone: 440.885.5362
Fax: 440.884.2263
Branch manager
Holly Camino
Hours
Mon, Feb 06 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Tue, Feb 07 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Wed, Feb 08 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Thu, Feb 09 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Fri, Feb 10 9:00AM to 5:30PM
Sat, Feb 11 9:00AM to 5:30PM
Sun, Feb 12 1:00PM to 5:00PM
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Read books to collect colorful brag tags! Pick up a mini owl game board. Record your books and add stickers to your chart. Receive a cable for collecting your tags with the first award.
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Read books to collect colorful brag tags! Pick up a mini owl game board. Record your books and add stickers to your chart. Receive a cable for collecting your tags with the first award.
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Read books to collect colorful brag tags! Pick up a mini owl game board. Record your books and add stickers to your chart. Receive a cable for collecting your tags with the first award.
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Read books to collect colorful brag tags! Pick up a mini owl game board. Record your books and add stickers to your chart. Receive a cable for collecting your tags with the first award.
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Read books to collect colorful brag tags! Pick up a mini owl game board. Record your books and add stickers to your chart. Receive a cable for collecting your tags with the first award.
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Read books to collect colorful brag tags! Pick up a mini owl game board. Record your books and add stickers to your chart. Receive a cable for collecting your tags with the first award.
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Read books to collect colorful brag tags! Pick up a mini owl game board. Record your books and add stickers to your chart. Receive a cable for collecting your tags with the first award.
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