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Recycle, reuse, create!

Scrap Heap Puppet Laboratory

Join the Mudeye Puppet Company in their never-ending mission to make puppets out of salvaged materials! Bring your own creatures to life from cardboard boxes, toilet paper rolls and bike tubes. Make them walk, talk and fly under the master tutelage of Mudeye Director Bruce Orr. All materials provided. For families.

Sunday, November 7, 1:30–3 p.m.

• Rockwood Library

Thursday, November 11, 3–4:30 p.m.

• Holgate Library

Thursday, December 2, 3:30–5 p.m.

• Fairview-Columbia Library

Saturday, December 11, 3–4:30 p.m.

• Troutdale Library

Tuesday, December 28, 2–3:30 p.m.

• Gresham Library

Repurposing Your Favorite T-Shirt

Wondering what to do with all those old T-shirts you have around the house? Learn basic sewing skills as you create a drawstring bag from a T-shirt. This super simple project costs next to nothing and is a great way to recycle T-shirts from concerts, sports teams or vacations.

Saturday, November 6, 1–3 p.m.

• St. Johns Library
• For teens. Registration required; call 503.988.5397.

Monday, November 22, 3:30–5:30 p.m.

• Fairview-Columbia Library
• For teens and adults. Registration required; register online, in the library or by calling 503.988.5234.

Saturday, December 4, 2–5 p.m.

• Kenton Library
• For teens and adults.

Rags to Riches: Fabric Recycling

What can you do with old clothing and fabric? Turn it into creative placemats! Learn how to weave beautiful placemats out of fabric scraps. Bring fabric with stains, tears, holes or missing buttons and transform it into placemats of varying sizes. For teens.

Wednesday, November 17, 4:30–6 p.m.

• Midland Library
• Registration required; call 503.988.5392.

 

Space at programs is limited. Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis, except as noted.