Staff Training Closure

The Library will be closed the morning of Friday, December 19 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. for staff training.

Christmas Holiday Closing

The Library will close on Wednesday, December 24th through Thursday, December 25. We will reopen at 9:00 am on Friday, December 26th.

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Take & Make Crafts - 3D Winter Animals

All Day 12/8 - 12/14
Grab & Go Craft Pickup at Wauconda Area Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers, Kids

Celebrate snowy weather with a month full of wintery Take & Make Crafts. Check out our YouTube for easy-to-follow instructions!

Library Branch: Wauconda Area Public Library
Room: Grab & Go Craft Pickup
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Kids
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Celebrate snowy weather with a month full of wintery Take & Make Crafts. Check out our YouTube for easy-to-follow instructions!

Movie Matinee-Twisters(Rated PG-13)

Friday, December 12, 2025 at 1:00pm - 3:30pm
Lincoln Room at Wauconda Area Public Library
Program Type:
Art, Movies & Entertainment
Age Group:
Adults

Enjoy the movie Twisters on the Library's big screen. Popcorn, Pretzels, and water bottles will be provided.

Movie Description

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Wauconda Area Public Library
Room: Lincoln Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Art, Movies & Entertainment
Registration Required
Event Details:

Enjoy the movie Twisters on the Library's big screen. Popcorn, Pretzels, and water bottles will be provided.

Movie Description

Disclaimer(s)

Food Allergies

We cannot guarantee that food served at this program has not come into contact with tree nuts, soy, or other allergens.

Photo of performers Matt and Cynthia Gruel

Under the Mistletoe: Nostalgic Holiday Favorites

Sunday, December 14, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Lincoln Room at Wauconda Area Public Library
Program Type:
Art, Movies & Entertainment
Age Group:
Adults

Make the season bright with Matt and Cynthia Gruel in their Holiday Cabaret, “Under the Mistletoe!” Feel the jingling beat with "Jingle Bells," "Holly Jolly Christmas," and "It’s Beginning to Look a lot like Christmas!" Reminisce with "Baby, It’s

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Wauconda Area Public Library
Room: Lincoln Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Art, Movies & Entertainment
Registration Required
Event Details:

Make the season bright with Matt and Cynthia Gruel in their Holiday Cabaret, “Under the Mistletoe!” Feel the jingling beat with "Jingle Bells," "Holly Jolly Christmas," and "It’s Beginning to Look a lot like Christmas!" Reminisce with "Baby, It’s

Take & Make Crafts - Gingerbread House Ornaments

All Day 12/15 - 12/18
Grab & Go Craft Pickup at Wauconda Area Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers, Kids

Celebrate snowy weather with a month full of wintery Take & Make Crafts. Check out our YouTube for easy-to-follow instructions!

Library Branch: Wauconda Area Public Library
Room: Grab & Go Craft Pickup
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Kids
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Celebrate snowy weather with a month full of wintery Take & Make Crafts. Check out our YouTube for easy-to-follow instructions!

Art Lab

Monday, December 15, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Storytime Room at Wauconda Area Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Kids

 Where science meets creativity.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Wauconda Area Public Library
Room: Storytime Room
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

 Where science meets creativity.

Cabbage Patch Kids

Toys of the 1980s and 1990s Remembered

Monday, December 15, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Lincoln Room at Wauconda Area Public Library
Program Type:
Culture, History & Current Events
Age Group:
Adults

Beanie Babies to Transformers!  Lets reminisce about the popular toys of the 1980s & 1990s.  Learn about how the history of toy companies and how these amazing toys were created.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Wauconda Area Public Library
Room: Lincoln Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Culture, History & Current Events
Registration Required
Event Details:

Beanie Babies to Transformers!  Lets reminisce about the popular toys of the 1980s & 1990s.  Learn about how the history of toy companies and how these amazing toys were created.

Teen Gaming Drop In

Tuesday, December 16, 2025 at 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Lincoln Room at Wauconda Area Public Library
Program Type:
Games & Activities
Age Group:
Teens

Enjoy some Nintendo Switch free play on the big screen and a rotating selection of your favorite tabletop games. Grades 6-12.


 

Library Branch: Wauconda Area Public Library
Room: Lincoln Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Games & Activities
Event Details:

Enjoy some Nintendo Switch free play on the big screen and a rotating selection of your favorite tabletop games. Grades 6-12.


 

Decoración Navideña

Tuesday, December 16, 2025 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Storytime Room at Wauconda Area Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Español
Age Group:
Family

Presentado en español 

Evento familiar – Todos son bienvenidos

Waitlist
Registration Required
Library Branch: Wauconda Area Public Library
Room: Storytime Room
Age Group: Family
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Español
Registration Required
Event Details:

Presentado en español 

Evento familiar – Todos son bienvenidos

Teen Dungeons & Dragons

Thursday, December 18, 2025 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Storytime Room at Wauconda Area Public Library
Program Type:
Games & Activities
Age Group:
Teens

Beginners and veterans alike are invited to join this introduction to tabletop roleplaying games. Journey with us as we encounter enemies, explore new lands, and solve puzzles as a team.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Wauconda Area Public Library
Room: Storytime Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Games & Activities
Registration Required
Event Details:

Beginners and veterans alike are invited to join this introduction to tabletop roleplaying games. Journey with us as we encounter enemies, explore new lands, and solve puzzles as a team.

Yoga Nidra for Deep Relaxation

Thursday, December 18, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Lincoln Room at Wauconda Area Public Library
Program Type:
Food, Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Adults

Yoga Nidra is a guided meditation practice that induces a deep state of relaxation, leading to both physical and mental restoration. 

Waitlist
Registration Required
Library Branch: Wauconda Area Public Library
Room: Lincoln Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Food, Health & Wellness
Registration Required
Event Details:

Yoga Nidra is a guided meditation practice that induces a deep state of relaxation, leading to both physical and mental restoration. 

Staff Training Closure

Friday, December 19, 2025 at 9:00am - 12:00pm
Wauconda Area Public Library
Closing
Branches:
Wauconda Area Public Library

Take & Make Crafts - Winter Craftapalooza

All Day 12/22 - 12/23
Grab & Go Craft Pickup at Wauconda Area Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers, Kids

Celebrate snowy weather with a month full of wintery Take & Make Crafts. Check out our YouTube for easy-to-follow instructions!

Library Branch: Wauconda Area Public Library
Room: Grab & Go Craft Pickup
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Kids
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Celebrate snowy weather with a month full of wintery Take & Make Crafts. Check out our YouTube for easy-to-follow instructions!

Christmas Holiday Closing

All Day 12/24 - 12/25
Wauconda Area Public Library

The Library will be closed on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. 

Closing
Branches:
Wauconda Area Public Library
Description:

The Library will be closed on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. 

Cookie Storytime

Monday, December 29, 2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Lincoln Room at Wauconda Area Public Library
Program Type:
Special Event
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers

Come for a sweet treat storytime and decorate a nut free, gluten free, blue fox cookie. 

Older siblings may attend, but they must be registered for the 11:00 am Cookie Decorating class to ensure enough cookies for all.

Waitlist
Registration Required
Library Branch: Wauconda Area Public Library
Room: Lincoln Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Special Event
Registration Required
Event Details:

Come for a sweet treat storytime and decorate a nut free, gluten free, blue fox cookie. 

Older siblings may attend, but they must be registered for the 11:00 am Cookie Decorating class to ensure enough cookies for all.

Cookie Decorating

Monday, December 29, 2025 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Lincoln Room at Wauconda Area Public Library
Program Type:
Special Event
Age Group:
Kids

Decorate a gluten free, nut free Blue Fox cookie.

YUM!

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Wauconda Area Public Library
Room: Lincoln Room
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: Special Event
Registration Required
Event Details:

Decorate a gluten free, nut free Blue Fox cookie.

YUM!

Embroidered with Love / Bordado con Amor

Monday, December 29, 2025 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Lincoln Room at Wauconda Area Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Special Event
Age Group:
Teens, Adults

Baking will be better after embellishing an apron with embroidery.

Evento para Adultos y Adolescentes

Bilingüe

Waitlist
Registration Required
Library Branch: Wauconda Area Public Library
Room: Lincoln Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Special Event
Registration Required
Event Details:

Baking will be better after embellishing an apron with embroidery.

Evento para Adultos y Adolescentes

Bilingüe

Paw Patrol New Year's Dance Party

Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Lincoln Room at Wauconda Area Public Library
Program Type:
Special Event
Age Group:
Family

Get "fired up" with Chase and Marshall and ring in the New Year! 

Waitlist
Registration Required
Library Branch: Wauconda Area Public Library
Room: Lincoln Room
Age Group: Family
Program Type: Special Event
Registration Required
Event Details:

Get "fired up" with Chase and Marshall and ring in the New Year! 

Embroidered with Love / Bordado con Amor

Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Lincoln Room at Wauconda Area Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Special Event
Age Group:
Teens, Adults

Baking will be better after embellishing an apron with embroidery.

Evento para Adultos y Adolescentes

Bilingüe

Waitlist
Registration Required
Library Branch: Wauconda Area Public Library
Room: Lincoln Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Special Event
Registration Required
Event Details:

Baking will be better after embellishing an apron with embroidery.

Evento para Adultos y Adolescentes

Bilingüe

New Years Holiday Closing

All Day 12/31 - 1/1
Wauconda Area Public Library

The library will be closed all day on Wednesday, December 31st. The library will remain closed all day on Thursday, January 1st. We will reopen on Friday, January 2nd at 9:00 a.m. ...

Closing
Branches:
Wauconda Area Public Library
Description:

The library will be closed all day on Wednesday, December 31st. The library will remain closed all day on Thursday, January 1st. We will reopen on Friday, January 2nd at 9:00 a.m.

BookFix

All Day
Grab & Go Craft Pickup at Wauconda Area Public Library
Program Type:
Books & Authors
Age Group:
Teens

It's StitchFix for reading recommendations! 

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Wauconda Area Public Library
Room: Grab & Go Craft Pickup
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Books & Authors
Registration Required
Event Details:

It's StitchFix for reading recommendations! 

Grab & Go: Solve a Cold Case

All Day
Grab & Go Craft Pickup at Wauconda Area Public Library
Program Type:
Culture, History & Current Events, Games & Activities
Age Group:
Adults

Do you like true crime and solving puzzles? Sign up for this fun program that will let you solve your own case. All of the faux cold case information will be provided. Get ready to become a detective!

Waitlist
Registration Required
Library Branch: Wauconda Area Public Library
Room: Grab & Go Craft Pickup
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Culture, History & Current Events, Games & Activities
Registration Required
Event Details:

Do you like true crime and solving puzzles? Sign up for this fun program that will let you solve your own case. All of the faux cold case information will be provided. Get ready to become a detective!

Take & Make Crafts - Felt Cookies

All Day 1/2 - 1/11
Grab & Go Craft Pickup at Wauconda Area Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers, Kids

Satisfy your sweet tooth with sweet reads and delicious dessert crafts all January long.

Library Branch: Wauconda Area Public Library
Room: Grab & Go Craft Pickup
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Kids
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Satisfy your sweet tooth with sweet reads and delicious dessert crafts all January long.

Cookies & Coloring

Friday, January 2, 2026 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Lincoln Room at Wauconda Area Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Kids, Teens, Family

Unwind after the holidays, with a relaxing afternoon of cookies and coloring.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Wauconda Area Public Library
Room: Lincoln Room
Age Group: Kids, Teens, Family
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Unwind after the holidays, with a relaxing afternoon of cookies and coloring.

Time for Twos

Monday, January 5, 2026 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Storytime Room at Wauconda Area Public Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers

This musical story time is perfect for two year olds who are always on the go. 

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Wauconda Area Public Library
Room: Storytime Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Storytime
Registration Required
Event Details:

This musical story time is perfect for two year olds who are always on the go. 

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.