# Things to do with kids at Columbus Metropolitan Library - Main Library

> 11 upcoming family events and 0 ongoing programs and visits at Columbus Metropolitan Library - Main Library, 96 South Grant Avenue, Columbus, OH 43215, in the Columbus area. Dates and times are Eastern Time. Today is Sun, Oct 25.

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## Events ahead

- [Kids Create: Spooky Spider Web Painting](https://grassyknees.com/columbus/activities/kids-create-spooky-spider-web-painting--listing-c1c3a5d38cc587425c8cca50) — Tue, Oct 27 · 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM · Columbus Metropolitan Library - Main Library · Ages 7–11 · checked Oct 14. Come practice your painting skills by creating and decorating a spooky spider web!
- [Halloween Family Storytime at the Main Library](https://grassyknees.com/columbus/activities/halloween-family-storytime-at-the-main-library--listing-db2962ef52c49a73ff5d4d85) — Wed, Oct 28 (+4 more dates) · 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM · Columbus Metropolitan Library - Main Library · checked Oct 21. Columbus Metropolitan Library's Main Library downtown runs a not-so-spooky Halloween Family Storytime five times over Halloween week: Wednesday through Friday, October 28–30, at…
- [Spooky STEAM Haunted House](https://grassyknees.com/columbus/activities/spooky-steam-haunted-house--listing-aa9a0f2503341ea1f209b661) — Sat, Oct 31 · 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM · Columbus Metropolitan Library - Main Library · checked Oct 14. Join Makerspace Central & Motherboard Labs for a fun event that teaches K-12 youth how objects we use every day can turn into spooky ones. Join Makerspace Central & Motherboard…
- [Gordon Korman](https://grassyknees.com/columbus/activities/gordon-korman--listing-0244828c1af6fa1091545e46) — Mon, Nov 2 · 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM · Columbus Metropolitan Library - Main Library · Free · checked Oct 14. Erik Slangerup in conversation with GORDON KORMAN about his newest kids' books. Authors at the Library Erik Slangerup in conversation with GORDON KORMAN Monday, November 2 | 6…
- [Erin Entrada Kelly in Conversation with Margaret Peterson Haddix](https://grassyknees.com/columbus/activities/erin-entrada-kelly-in-conversation-with-margaret-peterson-haddix--listing-ac5786c7d870153b43611614) — Mon, Nov 9 · 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM · Columbus Metropolitan Library - Main Library · checked Oct 20. Two-time Newbery Medalist Erin Entrada Kelly talks with Columbus author Margaret Peterson Haddix about her new middle-grade science-fiction novel, The Secret Life of Snap. The…
- [Author Visit: Raúl the Third at Main Library](https://grassyknees.com/columbus/activities/author-visit-raul-the-third-at-main-library--listing-78ee8a13ef433476c71e6318) — Tue, Nov 17 · 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM · Columbus Metropolitan Library - Main Library · Free · checked Oct 16. Pura Belpré Award-winning author-illustrator Raúl the Third, known for the World of ¡Vamos! picture books and the Lowriders series, visits Main Library's Children's Area for a…
- [Holiday Open House and Huntington Holiday Train Launch](https://grassyknees.com/columbus/activities/holiday-open-house-and-huntington-holiday-train-launch--listing-96dffdce40515172f8df9bd2) — Wed, Nov 18 · 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM · Columbus Metropolitan Library - Main Library · Free · checked Oct 16. Columbus Metropolitan Library opens the holiday season at Main Library with a free two-hour family evening built around the launch of the Huntington Holiday Train. The schedule…
- [Kids Create: Evergreen Tree Weaving](https://grassyknees.com/columbus/activities/kids-create-evergreen-tree-weaving--listing-c9c1c8202fa36d174fe62ed1) — Tue, Dec 1 · 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM · Columbus Metropolitan Library - Main Library · Ages 7–11 · Free · checked Oct 20. Children ages 7 to 11 learn a simple weaving technique at the Main Library and use it to make a small woven evergreen tree for winter decorating. The hands-on craft hour is on…
- [PBJ & Jazz: Songs of the Season](https://grassyknees.com/columbus/activities/pbj-and-jazz-songs-of-the-season--listing-fbe2005b1cffa5c416d05c9c) — Sat, Dec 12 · 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM · Columbus Metropolitan Library - Main Library · Free · checked Oct 16. Columbus Jazz brings its PBJ & Jazz series to the Main Library Reading Room for a one-hour interactive concert designed to introduce jazz and American music to young children and…
- [Kids Create: Snowman Photo Frames](https://grassyknees.com/columbus/activities/kids-create-snowman-photo-frames--listing-6c8c437a0c2861f8d3af1a73) — Tue, Dec 15 · 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM · Columbus Metropolitan Library - Main Library · Ages 7–11 · Free · checked Oct 20. In this after-school craft hour at the downtown Main Library, children ages 7 to 11 paint a snowman photo frame to take home. It fits a winter photo or a holiday picture and…
- [Noon Year's Eve Party — Main Library](https://grassyknees.com/columbus/activities/noon-year-s-eve-party-main-library--listing-3f99b4df35ac6f24fdce506c) — Wed, Dec 30 · 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM · Columbus Metropolitan Library - Main Library · Free · checked Oct 16. Main Library's Noon Year's Eve Party lets young children ring in the new year without staying up late. Families do crafts and activities for an hour before everyone counts down…

## Recently ended

- [ProMusica Family Concert](https://grassyknees.com/columbus/activities/promusica-family-concert--listing-109b4adf9d6ab0a577dfbde0) — ended Sun, Oct 18

## Nearby

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