TUESDAY
27
OCTOBER
The Ember ListSF Bay Area
Arts & crafts for kids in the Bay Area this week
We reviewed 550+ Bay Area event sources and found 229 craft & maker events in the Bay Area between October 27 and November 2. Last updated October 27, 2026.
All craft & maker events in the Bay Area — October 27 – November 2
Guests enjoy not‑so‑spooky animal encounters, crafts, games, a Mad Scientist, face painting, and food from Rosie’s Mexican Food Truck, Kona Shaved Ice, Market on Larkey at Lindsay Wildlife.
Coco plays while attendees sip hot cocoa and decorate a 4x6 photo frame for a home ofrenda, Pleasant Hill Library, all ages.
Henna, coloring sheets, a game or puzzle, and crafts are offered at the Diwali Festival of Lights in Dublin Library’s Virginia Bennett Room, with goodie bags, all ages.
Spooktacular showcase with banjo sing‑along, shadow theater, costume parade led by a webbed friend, shadow puppetry, cookie decorating ($5), slimes, pumpkin toss and photo booth ($5) all ages.
MOCHA art workshops at the Asian Branch library feature museum teachers guiding creativity, social‑emotional and academic skill building through hands‑on projects, all ages.
Read to a certified therapy dog at Belmont Library’s Children’s Area, with a nearby seasonal crafting activity; ages 11 and under.
Decorate clay sugar skulls in the North Children’s Room, with all materials supplied; first‑come, first‑served, ages 5–12.
Tote decorating evening with fall‑themed designs at Morgan Hill Library’s Children’s Activity Room, supplies provided, no registration required, for ages 5–18.
Build with LEGOs in the Downtown Library’s El Camino Room, creating and photographing each creation for ages 18 months–13.
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Kids in grades 3‑5 build candy‑launching catapults from unexpected materials at Fremont Public Library, testing engineering skills; registration required, ages 5–10.
Hands‑on crafts with painting, gluing and decorating let participants create a take‑home project at Concord Library, ages 3–12.
Create a magnetic spinning spider after a magnetism lesson, using a hot glue gun, at Bayview Library, for ages 5–10.
Make bright tissue‑paper cempasúchil flowers to honor Día de Muertos at Pacifica Sanchez Library, for ages 6–11.
Mission Science Workshop's Tinkering Truck brings hands‑on tinkering, traveling exhibits and live animals to the Richmond San Francisco Public Library, for ages 5–10.
Build towers, spaceships, forts and more with LEGO® bricks at Seven Trees library each Tuesday for ages 5–12.
LEGO® building session at Centerville Library lets participants design creations with bricks, offering Duplo for younger children, for all ages.
Kids write, illustrate, and share stories, creating books, zines, comics, kamishibai, plays, or poems in a drop‑in workshop at the Rockridge Branch upstairs meeting room, for ages 3–12.
Make a cotton‑and‑lace trick‑or‑treat bag in the Belmont Library’s Taube Room, a STEAM activity for ages 6–18; supplies limited, no registration.
Physical, hands‑on fun at Westlake Library includes collaborative jigsaw puzzles, board games, decorative crafts, and creative Lego building for ages 3–13 and 18 and up.
Weekly art workshop at Cherryland Library where kids explore new projects and techniques, instruction offered in Spanish and English, for ages 3–11.
Build a mini Día de los Muertos ofrenda with clay food, flowers and calaveras, assembling them on cardboard in the San Carlos Library Children’s Room, for ages 6–11.
Bilingual English‑Vietnamese storytime with songs, fingerplay, movement, then a simple craft at Evergreen Children’s Area, free for ages 10 and under.
Guided, hands‑on arts and crafts projects led by staff each Tuesday in the Millbrae Library Makerspace, beginner‑friendly for ages 6–18.
Builders Club (Alum Rock, San Jose) presents monthly building challenges testing height, balance and earthquake proofing, free for ages 5–12.
Make haunted houses with provided supplies in the Community Room at Educational Park, San Jose, free, for ages 5–12.
Weekly LEGO building sessions in the Central Library Children’s Room, bricks provided for imaginative creations, ages 5–10.
Make sailboat, penguin, frog, or samurai helmet origami from colorful paper, then decorate with markers, supplies and instructions provided, staff assistance available, for ages 5–12.
Hands‑on engineering workshop at Half Moon Bay Library lets participants build structures, use laser cutter, 3D printer, vinyl cutter, soldering iron and iFixit toolkit, all ages.
Make a colorful sugar skull at the Atherton Library Makerspace while watching a brief visual presentation on Día de los Muertos traditions, ages 6–18.
Explore the Atherton Library Makerspace, learning about 3D printers, laser cutters, and more during open hours, for all ages.
Build With LEGO (Bay Farm Island Library) — LEGO building blocks provided for imaginative creations, all ages.
Freehand sketching and drawing session with charcoal, graphite, colored pencils and pastels in the Redwood Shores Library Community Room, supplies provided, all ages.
Crochet lessons and yarn social at Melrose Branch, Oakland, with supplies provided and projects welcome, for ages 3–12.
Cross stitch lessons with fun, colorful beginner patterns and all materials provided at Book Bubble, Main Library Children’s Area, for ages 8+ (grades 3‑5+), registration required.
Drop‑in crafts with new weekly projects in the Downtown Library Makerspace, supplies provided for kids K‑3rd grade, ages 5–9.
Hands‑on workshops in CSM’s Makerspace create ofrenda components for display at the campus Día de Muertos celebration and to take home.
WEDNESDAY
28
OCTOBER
Halloween dance party in the Secret Garden of Children's Library, with costume dancing, crafts, and refreshments; rain moves it to the Treetop Room, for ages 11 and under.
Mini Makers (Cupertino Library, Room 101) offers three stations to practice fine motor skills, limited to 30 children, no registration required, for ages 2–5.
Monthly art workshops led by MOCHA teachers at the Martin Luther King Jr. Branch focus on creativity, social‑emotional and academic skills, for ages 5–15 and caregivers.
Walk Columbia Park while reading Meowl‑o‑ween by Diane Muldrow, then craft at the end if supplies remain, costumes and treat bags encouraged.
Costume‑clad toddlers explore sensory play and make ghostly crafts while caregivers mingle at Atherton Library, for ages 5 and under.
Spooky tales and a costume parade fill West Valley Library, featuring interactive storytelling and a simple Halloween craft activity, for ages 5 and under.
Maker Madness at Civic Center Library Storytime Room offers beaded jack‑o‑lantern crafting with free snacks, no registration required, for ages 8–12.
Paint a hand‑carved copal alebrije in a hands‑on Oaxacan folk‑art workshop at East Palo Alto Library, led by artists Carolina Argote and Jose Virelas, for ages 6–18.
Mini pumpkins get painted as canvases in the Atherton Library Makerspace, with all supplies provided, limited pumpkins, no registration required, for ages 18 and under.
Bilingual Spanish and English stories and music with sing‑along and a craft activity, for ages 5 and under.
Unleash your inner artist this Halloween! Drop in on Wednesday October 28th between 2:00pm-5:00 pm to paint something spooky. All materials provided. Open to all ages. Sponsored by the Friends of the Rodeo Library.
Make a Día de los Muertos craft to take home, guided by Diane Levy of The Mexican Museum, at Potrero, San Francisco Public Library, for ages 5–10.
Storytime with music, fingerplays, action rhymes, and felt board activities, followed by a craft session, at Dougherty Station Library, for ages 1–5.
Storytime and a craft session for toddlers and preschoolers at Pleasant Hill Library, provided by I Heart Art, no registration required, for ages 1–3.
Decorate Día de Los Muertos skulls from magic modeling clay with all materials provided, at the 81st Avenue Branch, Oakland, all ages.
Spooky library session in the Edinger Room features chilling age‑appropriate stories followed by a creepy craft to take home, ages 7 and up.
LEGO® building extravaganza (Mountain View Public Library, 1st Floor Program Room) — participants construct creations with supplied LEGOs, open to ages 3–12.
Weekly craft sessions at Lakeview Branch feature a new project each week with all supplies provided, for all ages.
Arts and crafts, performances and special guests fill Wednesdays at Clayton Library’s Hoyer Hall for the Birds of the East Bay program, ages 3–9.
Build It! (Albany Library) — LEGO and other building materials available for drop‑in building, children under 8 must be with an adult, ages 3–12.
Free‑build LEGO creations displayed at Morgan Hill Library’s Children’s Activity Room, with bricks supplied for imaginative engineering, for ages 5–13.
Raised salt painting demonstrates watercolor traveling through textured salt lines via capillary action at the Main Library, for all ages.
Halloween craft session at Montclair Branch, Oakland offers a not‑too‑creepy Halloween project, for all ages.
Paint 3D printed models at Portola Valley Library, with free printed pieces available while supplies last, ages 6–18.
Kids' Craft Hour at 81st Avenue Branch, Oakland — monthly new art project crafting session, best for ages 5 and up.
Art studio sessions in Pleasant Hill Library’s Maker Space, presented by I Heart Art with Friends of the Library support, for ages 6–12, no registration required.
Weekly STEAM Club at Calabazas offers robots, paper towers, augmented reality, secret codes, Frankenstein pneumatics, and robot trick‑or‑treat activities; tickets required, for ages 8–12.
Fuse bead workshop in Biblioteca Latinoamericana’s community room lets participants design, pattern and heat‑fuse colorful bead art to take home, registration required, for ages 5–18.
Story Explorers Book Club in the Orchard Room reads the Nat the Cat series, discusses each story, adds music, and finishes with a craft, for ages 3–13.
DIY Halloween lanterns in the San Bruno Public Library community room, a free drop‑in program for Grade K‑8, must register for Homework Center, ages 5–14.
Foster City Library hosts Crafternoon, a weekly drop‑in craft session offering assorted materials for makers to create handmade projects, all ages welcome while supplies last.
Weekly craft sessions with painting, cutting, gluing at Fruitvale Branch follow the MOCHA program, for ages 3–12.
Draw and paint Pikachu with step-by-step instruction at Dublin Library, limited to the first 20 participants, for ages 3–12.
Stanford Libraries staff guide participants in sewing a single-board computer and lights into costumes and coding interactive behavior, with all materials provided free.
Drop-in 3D printing at Hillsdale Library lets participants print 35‑minute files from a USB collection, first‑come, first‑served, with longer jobs by appointment, for ages 5–11.
Teen Time: Make a Mini Haunted House (Teen Room, Downtown Library, Hayward) — all ages.
Halloween-themed crochet club at Ingleside Library offers a selection of projects and optional instruction for crocheters of all skill levels, all ages.
In the Downtown Library Makerspace, a Day of the Dead workshop teaches Mexican traditions, demonstrates sugar skull decoration, then provides free skulls for participants to decorate and keep.
Parol making and halo‑halo tasting showcase Filipinx culture with traditional crafts and dessert, all ages.
Make silly and scary shredded‑paper monsters with provided materials in the Bascom Children’s Area, First Floor, San Jose, ages 5–10; parents and caregivers accompany. Supplies limited.
Oakley Library hosts Día de Muertos mask workshop with artist Rachel‑Anne Palacios, teaching mask history and guiding participants to craft own mask or calavera paper puppet, for ages 9–18.
Free art workshop builds a pop‑up mini haunted house in the YBCA Grand Lobby for Halloween.
Make a haunting terrarium with spooky decorations and eerie accessories at Fremont Public Library, registration required, for ages 5–10 and 13–18.
Makerspace opens with sewing machines, Cricut cutters and 3D printers for drop‑in creation, staff assisting, 60‑minute print limit, all ages.
One‑on‑one 3D printing appointments at Hillsdale Library’s Programming Space let participants design in Tinkercad or print from Thingiverse, with equipment provided and later pickup.
THURSDAY
29
OCTOBER
Trick-or-treat inside the Ferry Building Marketplace with festive shop signage, Halloween crafts, spooky music and games; RSVP on Eventbrite helps candy supply, free for all ages.
Bayshore Library hosts a Halloween Family Night with not‑spooky stories, paper‑plate spider crafts, treats, and a costume parade for all ages.
Atherton Library hosts a Halloween Spooktacular with arts‑and‑crafts, a spooky musical storytime, bounce houses, costume parades, scavenger hunt and sweet treats, all ages.
Spooky Halloween Treats Workshop (Shinn Historic Park and Arboretum, Fremont) — Make pudding cups, Madeline mummies, monster mash snack mix, take home bucket of treats, ages 5–10.
Create decorations for Fremont's first Día de los Muertos ofrenda at the Fremont Public Library, then view the displayed ofrenda during the first week of November, all ages.
Teaching Artist leads weekly hands‑on art projects exploring self‑expression and culture at THPS Community Room and Central 4th Floor Children’s Nonfiction Room, ages 5–12.
Decorate Día de Los Muertos skulls with magic modeling clay, all materials provided, at Golden Gate Branch, Oakland, all ages.
Paint a hand‑carved copal wood alebrije at San Carlos Library’s Teen Corner, guided by artists Carolina Argote and Jose Virelas, for ages 6–18.
Pumpkin contests for biggest, littlest, cutest, weirdest, plus decorating, crafts, foods, and free pumpkins to decorate at Moraga Library, all ages.
Book reading, songs and craft activity in the Ruth Bancroft Garden’s Nook, admission $6 for ages 5–17, free for ages 4 and under, for ages 17 and under.
Decorate a pre‑made sugar skull with fabric paint, sequins and feathers in Cupertino Library’s Room 101, one per child, while supplies last, for ages 5–13.
Weekly STEAM adventures at Calabazas include robotics, structural engineering, cloud lab, pirate science, Sphero art, space week, measurement and robot trick‑or‑treat, free for ages 3–7.
LEGO® building sessions at Tully Library let participants create unique models from supplied bricks, no registration required, under‑5 participants must be accompanied, for ages 5–10.
Freehand sketching and drawing with charcoal, graphite, colored pencils, pastels, plus paper collage, in the Downtown Library Makerspace; supplies provided, all ages welcome.
Decorate a colorful sugar skull and view a brief visual presentation on Día de los Muertos traditions, Pacifica Sharp Park Library, for ages 6–18.
Create a Halloween bracelet using a basic crochet chain stitch at Woodside Library, with all materials supplied while supplies last, ages 6–18.
Explore the Atherton Library Makerspace, learning about 3D printers, laser cutters, and more during open hours, for all ages.
Chinese stories, songs, dances and bilingual art, music and movement rotate each Thursday in Calabazas community room, free tickets, limited seating for ages 5 and under.
Paint skull-shaped ceramic planters and a small succulent in a hands‑on workshop with exclusive early access to the Conservatory of Flowers for Día de Muertos or Halloween.
Chinese stories, songs, dances, and bilingual art activities rotate each Thursday in Calabazas community room, for ages 5 and under.
Pumpkin painting with BIO in Eshleman Hall 544 offers pumpkins, painting supplies, snacks, and refreshments; costumes are welcome.
Build a seasonal organic flower bouquet from farm‑grown blooms at O'Donohue Family Stanford Educational Farm.
Self‑guided art session at Half Moon Bay Library offers basic materials for creative exploration, ages 6 and up.
FRIDAY
30
OCTOBER
Halloween Boonanza (Central Lawn & Main Plaza) — candy collecting, magical fairy encounters with Happily Ever Laughter, festive crafts by GoGo Craft, and a performance by Jamaroo.
Spooky Mad Science show, Halloween craft station, and limited spooky treats at Pearl Avenue’s Halloween Festival, with costumes encouraged, seating first‑come, for ages 12 and under.
Autumn Farm Festival at the O'Donohue Family Stanford Educational Farm offers music, farm art, games, light bites and costume fun for all ages.
Halloween themed art activities, costume party, trunk‑or‑treat, live DJ, sweet treats and spooky surprises on Pulgas Ave between Bay Rd and Weeks St for all ages.
Costumes, food, games, crafts, and stories fill Southside Community Center Room 11, for ages 3–5.
Trick-or-treat quest leads participants to stores with orange pumpkin signs, then balloon artist, creepy crafts and games at Veterans Community Plaza, for ages 3–13.
Mandarin and English stories, songs, flannel board tale, fingerplay, and a craft project led by the children librarian in Cupertino Library Room 101, all ages.
Unleash your inner artist this Halloween! Drop in on Friday October 30th between 2:00pm-5:00 pm to paint something spooky. All materials provided. Open to all ages. Sponsored by the Friends of the Rodeo Library.
Teaching Artist leads weekly hands‑on art projects in the Central Library’s Children’s Nonfiction Room and THPS Community Room, exploring self‑expression and cultural themes, ages 5–12.
Boo Bash at Red Morton Community Center offers creepy crafts, spooky desserts, ghoulish games, pizza and drinks, $35, for ages 5–10.
Decorate Día de Los Muertos skulls with magic modeling clay, all materials provided, at Eastmont Branch, Oakland, all ages.
Spooky crafts celebrating Halloween and Day of the Dead in the Milpitas Library Activity Room, with all materials provided, ages 5–13.
Build with LEGOs at College Terrace Library, snapping photos of creations; imagination fuels STEAM play for ages 18 months–11.
Free arts & crafts, performances, workshops, and board or video games offered Friday at Willow Glen Branch Library community room; free Lego play on second Friday, ages 5–12.
Pumpkin carving and marigold garland making at Happy Girl Kitchen, with tables, candles, costume encouragement, free entry, optional dinner purchase, limited pre‑ordered garland kits.
Explore 3D printers and a Glowforge laser cutter at Foster City Library, designing Tinkercad models and crafting 2‑inch acrylic charms with volunteer guidance, for ages 6–18.
109 more events through Monday, November 23.