Sterling Public Library offers free take-home crafts for all ages
Sterling Public Library’s free Take & Make kits covered preschoolers through adults, then shifted as summer reading began, giving families a no-cost way to stay busy.
Sterling Public Library handed Logan County families a free, take-home option on May 27: craft kits for preschool through 2nd grade, 3rd through 5th grade, and teens and adults, with the library saying the Take & Make schedule would change as summer reading programming got underway.
The move was more than a simple craft listing. The library’s calendar showed Take and Makes on multiple spring 2026 dates, including May 13 and May 27 at 11 a.m., signaling a recurring offering that was being folded into the start of the library’s summer calendar. The chamber listing said the crafts were free and available at the Sterling library, a detail that matters for families looking for structured activities without added cost.
That summer shift also lines up with the library’s stated reading goals. Sterling Public Library says its summer reading program is intended to help prevent the summer slide, and it points to studies showing children who participate in organized summer reading programs read significantly more than children who do not. The library also says summer learning loss can leave a child almost three years behind by middle school, which helps explain why summer programming carries more weight than a simple seasonal activity schedule.
The timing fits the library’s broader calendar, too. Story Time runs from September to May, leaving summer as a transition period when the library pivots toward reading-related engagement and flexible take-home projects. For parents trying to fill long summer days around travel, camp schedules, work shifts and outdoor time, the Take & Make format gives children and adults a project they can pick up at their convenience and complete at home.
Sterling Public Library is at 420 N. 5th Street in Sterling, Colorado 80751, and it can be reached at 970-522-2023. Its hours are Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Along with Take & Make crafts, the library also offers Dial-a-Story, Wonderbooks and VOX books, IR books and Wee Books delivery to day cares and preschools, while teens have a dedicated area with special chairs, café tables and six computers. Teens and adults can also take part in a yearlong reading challenge with prizes, underscoring the library’s role as a summer anchor for families across age groups.
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