Clapp Memorial Library

Fiber Arts with the Woolies
2024-10-03 17:00 - 18:30, 2024-10-10 17:00 - 18:30, 2024-10-17 17:00 - 18:30, 2024-10-24 17:00 - 18:30, 2024-10-31 17:00 - 18:30, 2024-11-07 17:00 - 18:30, 2024-11-14 17:00 - 18:30, 2024-11-21 17:00 - 18:30 (America/New_York) and 8 more dates | Clapp Memorial Library, 19 South Main Street, Belchertown, MA, 01007, United States
The Woolies are a local fiber arts group who meet weekly at the library to socialize and work on their various projects. Whether you’re interested in knitting, crocheting, felting, weaving, embroidery, needle point, sewing, or another fiber art, you’re welcome to join the fun.

Edible Palette Painting (Teens)
2024-10-09 15:30 - 17:00, 2024-10-09 17:30 - 19:00
October 9th, 3:30-5:00pm and 5:30-7:00pm
Library Activity Room (downstairs)
Learn how to paint with buttercream and royal icing in this Edible Palette Knife Painting class! Sarah Maroney of Cakes by Pip will work with participants on how to decorate 4 cookies together to include a pumpkin, flower bouquet, Sunflower, and fall leaves. The class will also go through what the difference between royal icing and buttercream is and how they are made. Decorating Boxes include a palette knife kit to take home and show off your brand new skills!
Registration & confirmation required, sign up for a session here: https://forms.gle/KS7ErSGNuKSv6ACR6
This program is funded in part by a grant from the Belchertown Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency, and by the Friends of Clapp Memorial Library
This session is for Teens. Edible Palette Painting for Adults is on September 25th, and for Kids on October 1st.

Needle Felting Pumpkins
2024-10-21 14:30 - 17:30, 2024-10-23 18:00 - 21:00
Come learn the art of needle felting at the Clapp Memorial Library on Monday, October 21 from 2:30-5:30 OR Wednesday, October 23 from 6:00-9:00. Local fiber artist Anna Sunschauer will teach you how to sculpt fluffy wool fiber into a pumpkin using felting needles. No prior needle felting experience is necessary, but it is recommended that all participants have good fine motor skills to avoid injury with the sharp needles. All necessary tools and materials will be provided.
This workshop is open to adults and teens. Space is limited and registration is required.
Register here: https://forms.gle/xJp85btxgZxPbg5y8
All adult seats have been filled.
This program is made possible by the Friends of the Clapp Memorial Library.

Teen Pumpkin-Carving
2024-10-30 15:30 - 16:30
The Clapp Memorial Library will be having a free outdoor Pumpkin-Carving program for teens in grades 7-12 on Wednesday, October 30th from 3:30-4:30PM. Registration for this program is required, and teens can sign up at the library or by emailing clapplibrarytab@gmail.com. In the event of rain, this program will be moved inside to the library’s Activity Room.

Needle Felting - Penguin
2024-12-11 17:30 - 20:30, 2024-12-16 14:30 - 17:30
PROGRAM & WAITLIST FULL
Come learn the art of needle felting at the Clapp Memorial Library on Wednesday, December 11 from 5:30-8:30pm OR Monday, December 16 from 2:30-5:30pm
Local fiber artist Anna Sunschauer will teach you how to sculpt fluffy wool fiber into a penguin using felting needles. No prior needle felting experience is necessary, but it is recommended that all participants have good fine motor skills to avoid injury with the sharp needles. All necessary tools and materials will be provided.
This workshop is open to adults. A separate workshop is being offered for teens. Space is limited and registration is required, priority given to Belchertown residents. Sign up here: https://forms.gle/6kKemx4SUTYzxYiY9
Due to the high popularity of Needle Felting programs and their limited capacity, seats will be filled by lottery drawn from all registrants signed up by November 24th.
This program is made possible by the Friends of the Clapp Memorial Library.
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Ornament Metalsmithing for Teens
2024-12-12 16:00 - 17:30
Make your own holiday ornament by metalsmithing at the Clapp Memorial Library on Thursday, December 12th from 4:00-5:30PM!
The library is excited to welcome back experienced maker and teacher Heather Beck this winter! Beck will teach teens in grades 7-12 how to create their own drawings in metal with special tools and hammers. Come learn to stamp images, words, and textures to create a truly unique ornament that will stand the test of time. While hammering their own drawings into the ornament, teens will gain new knowledge and confidence and leave with a finished beautiful piece to treasure or give as a gift. Space is limited. Teens must email clapplibrarytab@gmail.com to register.
This program is funded by the Friends of the Clapp Memorial Library.

Metalworking Ornament Class (Adult)
2024-12-12 18:30 - 20:00
Program is full, waitlist closed.
Make your own holiday ornament by metalsmithing at the Clapp Memorial Library on Thursday, December 12th from 6:30-8:00PM!
The library is excited to welcome back experienced maker and teacher Heather Beck this winter! Beck will teach attendees how to create their own drawings in metal with special tools and hammers. Come learn to stamp images, words, and textures to create a truly unique ornament that will stand the test of time. While hammering your own drawings into the ornament, gain new knowledge and confidence and leave with a finished beautiful piece to treasure or give as a gift.
This workshop is open to adults. A separate workshop is being offered for teens. Space is limited and registration is required, priority given to Belchertown residents.
This program is made possible by the Friends of the Clapp Memorial Library.
To see more of Heather Beck’s work, visit her website: https://heatherbeckdesigns.com/

Needle-felt a Baby Penguin (Teen Workshop)
2024-12-30 15:30 - 18:30
Teens in grades 7-12 are invited to the Clapp Memorial Library to learn how to needle-felt a baby penguin! On Monday, December 30th from 3:30-6:30PM local fiber artist Anna Sunschauer will teach teens how to sculpt fluffy wool fiber using felting needles. No prior needle felting experience is necessary, but it is recommended that all participants have good fine motor skills to avoid injury with the sharp needles. All necessary tools and materials will be provided. Space is limited. Teens must email clapplibrarytab@gmail.com or call the library to register.
This program is made possible by the Friends of the Clapp Memorial Library.

Creative Art workshop with Caoin O'Durgy
2025-01-04 14:30 - 15:30
Help Caoin O’Durgy, a Massachusetts based illustrator and Muralist, prepare his design for a mural at our own Transfer station in Belchertown on Saturday, January 4th 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm
We are very excited and proud to welcome you all to an event designed specifically to allow community input of a mural in our town. Students will design their own character that will be part Caoin’s mural.
Students K- 6th. No registration required. Children under the age of 10 must have a caregiver age 14 or older in the Library.

POSTPONED: Outdoor Survival Skills Workshop
2025-01-08 13:30 - 15:30
Due to severe cold, program is being rescheduled. We are reaching out to registered participants.
Outdoor Survival Skills Workshop with Frank Grindrod, author and director of Earthwork Programs LLC
Students under the age of 10 must have a caregiver who is 14 years old or older on Library property during the workshop. Registration is required.
Learn how to make a Survival Shelter like in Hatchet, how to set a survival trap like Katniss from The Hunger Games, and how to tie Buck’s # 1 Call of the Wild Rescue Knot, and so much more. Students will get items during the course to start building their own outdoor survival kit.
The workshop starts indoors with a basic discussion of a few very popular outdoor themed books and then quickly moves outside to learn Outdoor & Survival Skills Hands-On. Students will build a primitive survival shelter, learn how to use an emergency survival blanket, signal for rescue, and learn what to do when lost!
Students are encouraged to read a survival themed book such as Hatchet, Hunger Games, The Wild Robot, My Side of the Mountain, The Last Beekeeper, Night of the Howling Dogs, Colonization and the Wampanoag Story and more.
This program is funded in part by a grant from the Belchertown Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

Creative Art with Crayons
2025-01-21 19:00 - 20:30
PROGRAM FULL, WAITLIST OPEN
Tuesday, January 21, 7PM
Come and create Vincent Van Gogh’s Starry Night with crayons! Marie Tucker will lead you step by step to make their own beautiful work of art. All supplies provided. Please register in advance as space is limited, sign up here: https://forms.gle/n9KSJYjN5dXjRpEm8
This is an adult program.
This program is made possible by the Friends of the Clapp Memorial Library

Teen Crafternoon: DIY Mood Board
2025-01-22 16:00 - 17:00
Teens in grades 7-12 are invited to the library’s Activity Room on Wednesday, January 22nd for a Teen Crafternoon from 4:00-5:00PM. Teens will create a 2025 “mood board” collage using magazines, photos, and scrapbooking materials. All materials will be provided. Teens should email clapplibrarytab@gmail.com to register.
