HOLIDAY

FUN

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Holiday Craft Bar @ Your Library: p1

Bee-Bot @ Gympie: p2

LittleBits @ Goomeri: p2

Island Fashion: p3

Pop-Up, Dress-Up: p4

Bee-Bot @ Kilkivan: p5

Clay Slab Huts: p5

Funny Faces: p6

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt @ Imbil: p6

LittleBits @ Gympie: p7

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt @ Rainbow Beach: p7

Crazy Cars: p8

Macrame Madness @ Tin Can Bay: p8

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt @ Goomeri: p9

Stitchen Vixen Embroidery Workshop: p9

Macrame Madness @ Kilkivan: p10

Fabulous Painting: p10

Bee-Bot @ Imbil: p10

Macrame Madness @ Gympie: p11

Inky and Chalky Charcoal: p11

Arty Nature Hunt: p12

Bee-Bot @ Rainbow Beach: p13

LittleBits @ Tin Can Bay: p13

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt @ Gympie: p13

What’s on offer these school holidays!

Holiday Craft Bar @ Your LibraryStop by the children’s area at your local library branch between Monday 6 April and Friday 17 April for free craft activities. Suitable for children aged 5-12 years and their carers.Tin Can Bay Library Monday – Friday, 11.00am – 12.00pmGympie Library Monday – Friday, 2.00pm – 3.00pmImbil Library Tuesdays, 10.00am – 11.00amRainbow Beach Library Wednesdays, 3.00pm – 4.00pmKilkivan Library Thursdays, 10.00am – 11.00amGoomeri Library Fridays, 3.00pm – 4.00pm

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Bee-Bot @ GympieCome and join in the fun with Bee-Bot. Learn basic programming skills while helping your Bee-Bot navigate his way back to the hive. Monday 6 April | Gympie Library 1.00pm – 2.00pm | 5-8 years | FREE Bookings essential through Eventfinda or phone 5481 0859

LittleBits @ GoomeriUse simple circuit components to create mini machines and inventions while learning about the basic elements of circuitry. Tuesday 7 April | Goomeri Library 10.00am – 11.00am | 8-12 years | FREE Bookings essential through Eventfinda or phone 5481 0859

Island FashionJoin Island Fashion on Tour from the Queensland Art Gallery I Gallery of Modern Art. Artists Grace Lillian Lee and Maryann Talia Pau have designed colourful weaving activities that you can wear, like wristbands, headpieces and necklaces. Free fun for the whole family. Tuesday 7 April | Gympie Regional Gallery 10.00am – 4.00pm | All ages | FREE

Photograph: Katie Bennett

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Pop-Up, Dress-UpPop-in and dress-up for a drawing activity for kids of all ages. Held in conjunction with the exhibition BOSS DROVERS by Robert MacPherson. Tuesday 7 April | Gympie Regional Gallery 10.00am – 4.00pm | All ages | FREE

Bee-Bot @ KilkivanCome and join in the fun with Bee-Bot. Learn basic programming skills while helping your Bee-Bot navigate his way back to the hive. Tuesday 7 April | Kilkivan Library 2.00pm – 3.00pm | 5-8 years | FREE Bookings essential through Eventfinda or phone 5481 0859

Clay Slab HutsHave fun with local ceramic artist Prue Sheehan as she shows you how to roll, cut and construct a clay slab hut. Decorate it with a garden and your own personal touch. Inspired by the exhibition The Working Shed by Christine Porter. Wednesday 8 April | Gympie Regional Gallery 10.00am – 11.00am | Tweens | 15 places | $10 Bookings essential through Eventfinda or phone 5481 0733

Image credits: Robert MacPherson, Australia b. 1937 1000 Frog Poems: 1000 Boss Drovers (“Yellow Leaf Falling”) For H.S. (detail, no. 317)

1996-2014 / Graphite, ink and stain on paper / 2400 sheets: 30 x 42.5cm (each) Purchased 2014 with funds from the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art

Foundation, Paul and Susan Taylor, and Donald and Christine McDonald Courtesy the artist and Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art

Photograph: Natasha Harth, QAGOMA

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LittleBits @ GympieUse simple circuit components to create mini machines and inventions while learning about the basic elements of circuitry. Wednesday 8 April | Gympie Library 2.00pm – 3.00pm | 8-12 years | FREE Bookings essential through Eventfinda or phone 5481 0859 p

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt @ Rainbow BeachWe’re not scared! Join us as we go over, under, around and through the library to find the Library bear and then create special craft as we celebrate this amazing book by Michael Rosen and illustrated by Helen Oxenbury. Thursday 9 April | Rainbow Beach Library 10.00am – 11.00am | 5-8 years | FREE Bookings essential through Eventfinda or phone 5481 0733 ages | FREE

Funny FacesJoin local artist Prue Sheehan to draw funny faces using collage and other materials. Wednesday 8 April | Gympie Regional Gallery 1.00pm – 3.00pm | 6+ years | 15 places | $10 Bookings essential through Eventfinda or phone 5481 0733

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt @ ImbilWe’re not scared! Join us as we go over, under, around and through the library to find the Library bear and then create special craft as we celebrate this amazing book by Michael Rosen and illustrated by Helen Oxenbury. Wednesday 8 April | Imbil Library 2.00pm – 3.00pm | 5-8 years | FREE Bookings essential through Eventfinda or phone 5481 0733

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Crazy CarsBring your wild and crazy ideas as artist Prue Sheehan inspires you to explore the shapes of cars, buses, trucks and bikes. Inspired by the exhibition Mulga Bill’s Bicycle by the Darling Downs Textile Art Group and the poem by Banjo Paterson.Thursday 9 April | Gympie Regional Gallery 10.00am – 12.00pm | 6+ years | 15 places | $10 Bookings essential through Eventfinda or phone 5481 0733–

Macramé Madness @ Tin Can BayCome along and learn how to make a simple beaded Macramé plant holder. Thursday 9 April | Tin Can Bay Library 2.00pm – 3.00pm | 8-14 years | FREE | Bookings essential through Eventfinda or phone 5481 0859

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt @ GoomeriWe’re not scared! Join us as we go over, under, around and through the library to find the Library bear and then create special craft as we celebrate this amazing book by Michael Rosen and illustrated by Helen Oxenbury. Tuesday 14 April | Goomeri Library 10.00am – 11.00am | 5-8 years | FREE Bookings essential through Eventfinda or phone 5481 0733

Stitchen Vixen Embroidery WorkshopSeamstress, Gamer and DIY enthusiast Matisse Andersen has been crafting since she was a very young girl. At 14, she started her own creative labels “Lucy and Oscar” and “Home Made Accolade” selling her hand made wares online through social media. During this workshop you will learn some basic embroidery stitches to make your own gorgeous designs. Matisse will guide you along the way so you can feel confident to continue your project at home. Inspired by the exhibition Mulga Bill’s Bicycle by the Darling Downs Textile Art Group.Tuesday 14 April | Gympie Regional Gallery 10.00am – 12.30pm | Tweens & Teens | 10 places $18 | Bookings essential through Eventfinda or phone 5481 0733

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Macramé Madness @ KilkivanCome along and learn how to make a simple beaded Macramé plant holder. Tuesday 14 April | Kilkivan Library 2.00pm – 3.00pm | 8-14 years | FREE | Bookings essential through Eventfinda or phone 5481 0859

Fabulous PaintingLet your creative juices flow and play with paint. Your tutor Sabine Gaber will show you how to combine paint and bits and pieces.Wednesday 15 April | Gympie Regional Gallery 10.00am – 12.30pm | Tweens & Teens | 12 places $10 | Bookings essential through Eventfinda or phone 5481 0733

Bee-Bot @ ImbilCome and join in the fun with Bee-Bot. Learn basic programming skills while helping your Bee-Bot navigate his way back to the hive. Wednesday 15 April | Imbil Library 2.00pm – 3.00pm | 5-8 years | FREE | Bookings essential through Eventfinda or phone 5481 0859

Macramé Madness @ GympieCome along and learn how to make a simple beaded Macramé plant holder. Wednesday 15 April | Gympie Library 2.00pm – 3.00pm | 8-14 years | FREE Bookings essential through Eventfinda or phone 5481 0859

Ink and Chalky Charcoal Relax and enjoy a morning with local artist Mara Vucak playing with watery ink and chalky charcoal. Create a coloured background with inks or diluted paint and have fun drawing with charcoal or pastels over these. Be prepared to get messy!Thursday 16 April | Gympie Regional Gallery 10.00am – 12.00pm | Tweens | 15 places | $10 Bookings essential through Eventfinda or phone 5481 0733

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Arty Nature Hunt Spend a lovely morning in the bush collecting and observing closely. Begin by making an artist book with Sandra, the Gympie Regional Gallery’s Education Officer, who will show you some special drawing and printing techniques. Stay on for a BBQ lunch, then join Rhiaan from Gympie Landcare with some fun rock painting. Hide your painted rocks and play in the amazing maze. Thursday 16 April | 93 Keefton Road, Gympie 10.00am – 3.00pm | 6+ years | 10 places $8 non-Junior Landcare members, members free Bookings essential through Eventfinda or phone 5481 0733

Partnership between the Gympie Regional Gallery and Gympie Junior Landcare

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Bee-Bot @ Rainbow BeachCome and join in the fun with Bee-Bot. Learn basic programming skills while helping your Bee-Bot navigate his way back to the hive. Friday 17 April | Rainbow Beach Library 10.00am – 11.00am | 5-8 years | FREE | Bookings essential through Eventfinda or phone 5481 0859

LittleBits @ Tin Can BayUse simple circuit components to create mini machines and inventions while learning about the basic elements of circuitry. Friday 17 April | Tin Can Bay Library 1.00pm – 2.00pm | 8-12 years | FREE Bookings essential through Eventfinda or phone 5481 0859

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt @ GympieWe’re not scared! Join us as we go over, under, around and through the library to find the Library bear and then create special craft as we celebrate this amazing book by Michael Rosen and illustrated by Helen Oxenbury. Friday 17 April | Gympie Library 1.00pm – 2.00pm | 5-8 years | FREE Bookings essential through Eventfinda or phone 5481 0733

Come to the historic Gympie Station and meet Steam Man on Saturday

4 April from 8am to 10am!

There will be free kids activities and loads of family fun! Steam Man will be at the Station every day of the Easter School Holidays, from 4 to 19 April, so be sure to come and say hello

before the trains depart Gympie Station.

Head to www.maryvalleyrattler.com.au to find out more.

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