Let's Build!

Sat · Nov 14·12 PM – 3 PM·Capitol View Neighborhood Library · Washington

Legos and blocks are available for building creative creations at Capitol View Neighborhood Library, ages 12 and under.

Sat · Oct 31·10 AM – 5 PM·American Indian Museum DC · Washington

Dance performances, live Catrinas, paper marigold making, papel picado demos, pan de muerto baking, and a butterfly memorial arch fill the American Indian Museum, Washington, for all ages.

Sat · Oct 31·10 AM – 4 PM·American History Museum, Spark!Lab, First Floor, West Wing · Washington

Inventors workshop at the American History Museum’s Spark!Lab invites ages 6–12 to create, collaborate, test, and experiment using STEM, art, and history.

Sat · Oct 31·10 AM – 12 PM·Tudor Place · Washington

Trick or Treat at Tudor Place offers treats, costumes, coffee, cider, crafts, games and face‑painting outdoors, rain or shine; Member child $15, child $20, adult $10, for ages 3–13.

Sat · Oct 31·11 AM – 1 PM·Pinstripes (1064 Wisconsin Ave NW), DC · Washington

Halloween crafts, candy, and face painting fill an afternoon at Pinstripes, with kids encouraged to wear costumes.

Sat · Oct 31·12 PM – 1 PM·Air and Space Museum, First Floor · Washington

Story time with spacesuit technician and author Sharon McDougle at the Air and Space Museum includes a spacesuit craft activity and a book signing.

Sat · Oct 31·1 PM – 4 PM·Shepherd Park (Juanita E. Thornton) Neighborhood Library · Washington

Pumpkin painting at Shepherd Park Neighborhood Library offers pumpkin decorating and Fall celebration for ages 5–12.

Sat · Oct 31·11 AM – 3 PM·Postal Museum, National Postal Museum · Washington

Spooky stamps, hands‑on art, a museum‑wide costume parade, and a Wizard of Oz stamp station where participants design a Toto costume at the National Postal Museum.

Tue · Oct 27·1 PM – 1:30 PM·Mt. Pleasant Neighborhood Library · Washington

Songs, bounces, scarves, shaker eggs, and parachutes fill 20‑30‑minute story times for infants and their caregivers at Mt. Pleasant Neighborhood Library, for ages 5 and under.

Tue · Oct 27·2 PM – 3 PM·Francis A. Gregory Neighborhood Library · Washington

Tech Help Tuesdays (Francis A. Gregory Neighborhood Library) — One‑hour drop‑in session where staff assist with computer, laptop, phone, or tablet questions. Ages 18+.

Tue · Oct 27·2 PM – 4:15 PM·Chevy Chase Neighborhood Library · Washington

Terrific Movie Tuesday (Chevy Chase Neighborhood Library) — Screening the 2024 film September 5, a 1‑hour‑31‑minute drama about the 1972 Munich Olympics hostage crisis, with closed captions, for ages 18 and up.