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Easter events at Suffolk Libraries 2015

Saturday 28 March – Chantry Library Easter Egg Hunt. Join us for an egg-travagant Easter egg hunt anytime between 11am and 4pm.

Sunday 29 March – Kesgrave Library Spring Fayre. Including colouring competition, free crafts, Easter Egg hunt, tombola, raffle and many more exciting stalls.

Wickham Market Easter Reading Challenge – From Saturday 28 March to Sunday 12 April. All children up to 12 years are encourage to read any four library books during the Easter holidays and enter a prize draw to win a super-size Easter egg.

Wednesday 1 April – Easter craft activities at Sudbury Library from 10am to 11.30am, with another session on Thursday 9 April from 2pm to 3.30pm.

Wednesday 8 April – Painting workshop for children at Sudbury Library from 10am to 11.30am. For children aged eight and above.

Wednesday 1 April – Easter crafts at Ipswich County Library from 10am to 11.30am. Suitable for children age 3 and over. Old clothes or aprons recommended!

Wednesday 1 April – Creative Arts East and Norwich Puppet Theatre present Red Riding Hood at Hadleigh Library. The event starts at 2pm and will involve an interactive puppet play for everyone aged 4 years and over.  This production brings a fresh twist to a well-loved tale – a feast of visual innovation and extraordinary puppet theatre with original music and song.  Tickets £5 each available from Hadleigh Library on 01473 823778.

Thursday 9 April. Hogwarts party at Brandon Library from 2.30 to 4pm. A free Harry Potter themed afternoon of fun in the children’s library aimed at children aged eight and over. Activities include a treasure hunt, fancy dress competition and colouring games.

Needham Market Library’s regular Sunday arts and crafts sessions have an Easter and spring theme over the next few weeks. The sessions will have the following themes and run from 11.15am to 12.15 every Sunday as follows: 12 April – ‘The Spring Rabbit’, 19 April – ‘Six Little Chicks’, 26 April – ‘Grunt’ with piglet related crafts.

The Great Bury Library Book Hunt is a special activity involving 20 retailers in the town centre and running throughout the Easter holidays from Saturday 28 March to Sunday 12 April. It’s free to take part and children will be given a map of the town centre and asked to find the 20 posters of popular children’s book covers which local retailers will be displaying. Children can collect their hunt card and map from the library. Once they have found all the book covers they can bring their card back to the library and claim a prize. The following fun craft activities for children will also be taking place at Bury Library over the Easter break:

Saturday 28 March – Create your own Roman mosaic. Suitable for children ages 6 and up. Learn about mosaics and enjoy putting together your own tile to take home.  £2.50 per child. The session is from 10.30am to 12.00.

Wednesday 1 April – Make your own maracas. Make a pair of maracas then make some noise! – suitable for children ages 3 and up (very young children may need a little help from an adult).  £2 per child with two hour long sessions starting at 10am and 11am.

Wednesday 8 April – Bottle top bugs. Made from recycled bits and bobs (but mainly bottle tops!) – this session is aimed at pre-school and up as long as a grown up is there to help with the tricky bits for little fingers. £1 per child.  Sessions will run in the morning and last just under an hour.

Thursday 9 April – Messy Play. Ideal for pre-schoolers and early years. Come and get stuck in for an hour with sticky stuff, paint glitter and glue. £2.00 per child with sessions at 10am or 11am.

Saturday 11 April – Marvellous Magnets. Trudi from Innipooh is back again offering the opportunity to have a go at making your own unique magnet! Great fun at just £2 per child. Age 5 and up. Sessions will run at 10am, 11am and 12noon.

 

Easter opening hours in Suffolk Libraries

All libraries in Suffolk will be closed on the following days over Easter – Friday 3, Saturday 4, Sunday 5 and Monday 6 April. This includes the mobile library service too.

Although the Saturday is not a bank holiday and libraries would normally be open on this day, essential IT maintenance is being carried out by the county council which effects library systems, so Suffolk Libraries has decided to close libraries on this day.  Suffolk Libraries apologises for any inconvenience. Any loans due over the Easter weekend will have their due dates amended so they can be returned afterwards and customers can also renew items via www.suffolklibraries.co.uk

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