July School Holiday Activities

Next date: Tuesday, 01 July 2025 | 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM

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Drop in at Mercury Bay Library, Thames Library, and Tairua Library these school holidays!!

We'll have challenges to try, crafts to make and games to play!

  • All sessions are free of charge!
  • No bookings are required for these sessions - drop in on the day!
  • Sessions take place on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 10:30am-11:30am.

Thames Library events

Week 1

Tuesday 1 July

Come along and complete some wooden stencil art

Wednesday 2 July

Make your own pompom sea creature

Thursday 3 July

Create your own under the sea torch search and find

Week 2

Tuesday 8 July

Make a light up angler fish using a circuit

Wednesday 9 July

Pop along to make some sea scape art for your room

Thursday 10 July

Come and do a SpongeBob scavenger hunt and get a treat at the end

 

Tairua Library events

Week 1

Tuesday 1 July

Get creative like SpongeBob - make some pretty playdough patties  

Wednesday 2 July

Fish Friends finger puppets. Create your own little underwater friends to take home

Thursday 3 July

Design your own under the sea themed hacky sack to toss around

Week 2

Tuesday 8 July

Use Plankton's recipe to cook up your own Chum Bucket slime

Wednesday 9 July

Jellyfish snow globes, create your own underwater jar

Thursday 10 July

Sea search scavenger hunt

 

Mercury Bay Library events

Week 1

Tuesday 1 July

Deep Sea circuitry – Light up an angler fish with a paper circuit  

Wednesday 2 July

Clay Snail - Be like SpongeBob and make your own pet sea snail to take home

Thursday 3 July

Coloured Sand Creations – use sand to create your own pictures and pendants

 

Week 2

 Tuesday 8 July

Trinket boxes – every pirate needs a place to stash their riches, come and construct yours

Wednesday 9 July

 Treasure shells – Turn an everyday beach find into a stunning cherished treasure

Thursday 10 July

Turtle art - use our wax-resist technique to draw and paint your own masterpiece

 

When

  • Tuesday, 01 July 2025 | 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Wednesday, 02 July 2025 | 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Thursday, 03 July 2025 | 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Tuesday, 08 July 2025 | 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Wednesday, 09 July 2025 | 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Thursday, 10 July 2025 | 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Location

Thames Library (503 Mackay St, Thames), Tairua Library (2 Manaia Rd, Tairua) and Mercury Bay Library (22 Victoria St, Whitianga)., ThamesMercury BayTairua/Pāuanui

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Cost

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Contact

Thames-Coromandel District Libraries
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