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Legos build fun times between children
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Peyton (pictured) sat down at the table to work on making different Lego objects on Feb. 4. Lego My Library happens twice a month at the Austintown library.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Children who attended the Lego My Library event at the Austintown library on Feb. 3 got to choose from buckets of Legos to make different creations.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.One of the girls attending the Lego My Library event at the Austintown library worked on building a wall out of Legos. Pictures were taken of the creations and hung around the library.
By ALEXIS BARTOLOMUCCI
The Austintown library hosted its Lego My Library event on Feb. 3 for children to come and build whatever they wanted with Legos provided by the library.
Twice a month children have the chance to spend time making Lego creations with their friends and family. The library has a Lego event on a Saturday and then again during a weekday. Austintown library sets out boxes filled with different kinds of Legos for the children to choose from.
Librarian, Nikki Puhalla, sat with the children and was available for any questions they may have had.
“Children seem to really enjoy it here. Even if they have Legos at home, they still come here,” said Puhalla.
The Lego My Library event is one of the more popular events the library hosts for the children in their tweens and teens. Books about Legos and different Lego creations were available for the guests to look at for ideas and also to check out to take home.
The children have pictures taken of the Lego creations and then put them up all around the library for people to enjoy.
Austintown’s after school program is what helped form the idea to make the Lego my Library event. Playing with Legos has been one of the more popular things the students like to do when they go to after school at the library. Having a separate event for Legos allows children to come with their family that might not have the opportunity to come after school.
“It’s something to do with your family. We have families that come here on Saturdays too, big families,” said Puhalla.