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Upcycle Crafts: Button Art

Come make easy and beautiful art using buttons and cereal boxes.

Upcycle Crafts at the Library provides a community for sustainable crafting, with projects aimed at creating usable and decorative crafts with recycled, re-used, and commonplace home items.

This time: Put all those buttons you may have collected over the years to a different use! We'll be using them to decorate pictures, creating unique and easy art to add to your home!

Supplies will be provided. Feel free to bring buttons, cereal boxes (to serve as a canvas), and glue if you have any readily available!

AGE GROUP: | Adults (19-99) |

TAGS: | Arts and Crafts |

Merrillville

Phone: 219-769-3541

Branch manager
Chris

Hours
Mon, Oct 07 10:00AM to 8:30PM
Tue, Oct 08 10:00AM to 8:30PM
Wed, Oct 09 10:00AM to 8:30PM
Thu, Oct 10 10:00AM to 8:30PM
Fri, Oct 11 9:00AM to 5:00PM
Sat, Oct 12 9:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Oct 13 12:00PM to 4:00PM

About the branch

The Merrillville branch library encompasses over 114,000 sq ft of electronic and print resources, and visual and musical collections. The library offers free WIFI, public internet computers, rooms for quiet study or small groups, and public meeting rooms. Our vast collections of Lake County history and genealogy sources make the Merrillville branch a popular destination for research by visitors from all around the country.

Merrillville branch has three fantastic floors of informational and recreational materials. The main floor contains our popular collection of new books, large-print material, magazines and newspapers, teen, anime, and an enormous selection of music and DVDs. Our Genealogy Room has numerous resources including microfilm of local newspapers, obituary indexes, and many other historical resources. Our Book Sale room, open during select hours Monday-Saturday, is full of unique finds. 

The Upper Level includes tables for quiet study, a tremendous reference collection, our “Indiana Room” for specialized Hoosier historical research, and our locally known statue “The Reader” by artist Hermann Gurfinkel.

The entire lower level houses our bright and airy Children's Department where children will find fun games, books, music and magazines to fulfill their reading pleasure as well as attend engaging kids’ programs. This is also where our public meeting rooms are located, where our library events and programs are held.

Upcoming events

Cancelled
Mon, Oct 14, 10:30am - 11:30am

Cancelled
Mon, Oct 14, 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Tue, Oct 15, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Meeting Room A

Tue, Oct 15, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Programming Room

Tue, Oct 15, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Children's Programming Room

Cancelled
Tue, Oct 15, 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Tue, Oct 15, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Meeting Room B

Wed, Oct 16, 10:30am - 11:30am
Meeting Room C

Wed, Oct 16, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Meeting Room B

Thu, Oct 17, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Small Group Room #2
This event is full

Thu, Oct 17, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Small Group Room #3
This event is full

Thu, Oct 17, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Children's Programming Room

Thu, Oct 17, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Meeting Room B,Meeting Room C,Meeting Room D

Cancelled
Sat, Oct 19, 10:00am - 12:00pm

Sat, Oct 19, 11:00am - 4:00pm
Lower Level

Mon, Oct 21, 10:30am - 11:30am
Meeting Room C

Mon, Oct 21, 10:30am - 11:30am
Children's Programming Room

Mon, Oct 21, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Small Group Room #2
This event is full

Mon, Oct 21, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Meeting Room B,Meeting Room C,Meeting Room D

Mon, Oct 21, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Meeting Room A

Tue, Oct 22, 10:30am - 11:15am
Children's Programming Room

Tue, Oct 22, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Meeting Room A,Meeting Room B,Meeting Room C,Meeting Room D

Cancelled
Tue, Oct 22, 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Wed, Oct 23, 10:30am - 11:30am
Meeting Room C

Wed, Oct 23, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Programming Room

Wed, Oct 23, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Children's Programming Room

Thu, Oct 24, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Small Group Room #2

Thu, Oct 24, 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Meeting Room A,Merrillville Zoom Room

Thu, Oct 24, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Small Group Room #3

Thu, Oct 24, 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Board Room

Thu, Oct 24, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Children's Programming Room

Thu, Oct 24, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Meeting Room B,Meeting Room C,Meeting Room D

Mon, Oct 28, 10:30am - 11:30am
Meeting Room C

Mon, Oct 28, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Small Group Room #2

Mon, Oct 28, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Meeting Room B,Meeting Room C,Meeting Room D

Tue, Oct 29, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Small Group Room #3

Wed, Oct 30, 10:30am - 11:30am
Meeting Room C

Wed, Oct 30, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Staff Meeting Room

Thu, Oct 31, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Small Group Room #2

Thu, Oct 31, 4:00pm - 4:45pm
Children's Programming Room

Thu, Oct 31, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Meeting Room B,Meeting Room C,Meeting Room D

Mon, Nov 04, 10:30am - 11:30am
Meeting Room C

Mon, Nov 04, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Small Group Room #2

Mon, Nov 04, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Meeting Room B,Meeting Room C,Meeting Room D

Tue, Nov 05, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Programming Room

Tue, Nov 05, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Children's Programming Room

Tue, Nov 05, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Small Group Room #3

Tue, Nov 05, 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Children's Programming Room

Wed, Nov 06, 10:30am - 11:30am
Meeting Room C

Wed, Nov 06, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Meeting Room B

Wed, Nov 06, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Meeting Room B
This event is full

Thu, Nov 07, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Small Group Room #2

Thu, Nov 07, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Small Group Room #3

Rescheduled
Thu, Nov 07, 4:30pm - 6:00pm
New date Tuesday, November 05, 4:30pm - 6:00pm

Cancelled
Thu, Nov 07, 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Sat, Nov 09, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Children's Programming Room

Sat, Nov 09, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Meeting Room B

Mon, Nov 11, 10:30am - 11:30am
Meeting Room C

Mon, Nov 11, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Small Group Room #2

Mon, Nov 11, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Children's Programming Room

Mon, Nov 11, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Meeting Room B,Meeting Room C,Meeting Room D

Mon, Nov 11, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Meeting Room A

Tue, Nov 12, 10:30am - 11:30am
Children's Programming Room

Tue, Nov 12, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Meeting Room A

Tue, Nov 12, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Meeting Room B

Tue, Nov 12, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Small Group Room #3

Tue, Nov 12, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Meeting Room B