Children's School Holiday Program September 2025

School

Holiday

Program

Spring into the Library for School Holiday Fun!

Program is released for viewing Monday 8 September

Booking starts Monday 15 September 2025

Booking an Event

Book online at www.wml.vic.gov.au

(see Services/Events and Programs

tab) or by calling any branch during

after 10 am on Monday

15 September 2025.

You can also scan the QR code.

Fees

• Craft Activities - $2

• External Performers - $5

• Storytimes - Free

Payment needs to be made within

48 hours of booking otherwise your

booking will be cancelled

Please note:

Fees are non-refundable

Booking page activates

Monday 15 September 2025

FAQ

I have made a booking but my child

cannot attend. What can I do?

Please cancel your booking if your

child can no longer attend. This

allows others on the waiting list to

join.

My chosen event is booked out,

what can I do?

It is worthwhile joining the waiting

list in case a space becomes

available.

Do regular events run during School

Holidays?

Regular Programs WILL NOT RUN

on school holidays.

Monday 22 September

Movers and Shakers

(0 - 3 years)

Box Hill 10.30 - 11.00 am

Nunawading 2.30 - 3.00 pm

The Pines 10.30 - 11.00 am

Explore the joy of songs, rhythm and

movement with your little ones in a fun and

interactive setting!

Registration: Not Required

Cost: Free

Window Art Workshop

(5+ years)

Bulleen 10.30 - 11.30 am

Join local artist, Lou Endicott, to create

drawings and designs, on the library

windows, using white chalk paint.

Registration: Required

Cost: $5

Rock painting

(7+ years)

Doncaster 2.30 - 3.30 pm

Make people smile by painting kindness

rocks. Not only is painting a wonderful

creative outlet, but seeing colourful rocks

hidden throughout the community brings

smiles to the faces of the people around

you. Let’s start painting!


Cost: $2

Tuesday 23 September

Holiday Storytime

Can you crawl like a caterpillar?

(All ages)

Nunawading 11.00 - 11.45 am

Our fun stories and games will challenge

you to make some hilarious moves as we

wiggle, crawl, flap and run! We’ll also enjoy

singing, stories and a fun craft.


Cost: Free

Movers and Shakers

(0 - 3 years)




interactive setting!


Cost: Free

Kids’ Movie Night

Harold and the Purple Crayon

(6+ years)

Vermont South 6.15 - 7.45 pm

Imaginative and adventurous, Harold is a

character in a book. He can create anything

he wants, just by drawing it with his purple

crayon. Popcorn provided. BYO something

comfy to sit on. Rated PG.


Cost: Free

Tuesday 23 September (Cont’)

Perla Bead Bag Tags

(6+ years)

Blackburn 2.30 - 3.30 pm

Create your own bag tag using Perla beads

– fun meltable beads you can fuse with

heat. Get creative and design something

cool that shows off your style!


Cost: $2

Pop-o-mania

(8+ years)

The Pines 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Make your craft POP-UP and learn the

skills to make your own at home!


Cost: $2

Wednesday 24 September

Holiday Storytime

Let’s Have FUN!

(All ages)

Warrandyte 11.00 - 11.45 am

Join us for some fun stories, songs that

make us laugh and some of our favourite

storytime games to play.


Cost: Free

Wednesday 24 September

(Cont’)

Movers and Shakers

(0 - 3 years)

Warrandyte 2.30 - 3.00 pm



interactive setting.


Cost: Free

The Animals of The Magical

Mountains

(4+ years)

Doncaster 11.00 am - 12.00 pm

A fun, interactive, and educational children’s

show inspired by Australian wildlife and

a magical dancing gum tree.


Cost: $5

Girl Guides Make & Explore

(5+ years)


Come along and learn about being a Girl

Guide and enjoy a fun actvity.


Cost: Free

Thursday 25 September

Holiday Storytime

Firetruck!

(All Ages)

The Pines 11.00 - 11.45 am

Hurry Hurry! Drive the Firetruck!

Songs, stories and a craft about our

favourite truck!


Cost: Free

Movers and Shakers

(0 - 3 years)

Bulleen 2.30 - 3.00 pm





Cost: Free

Butterfly Suncatchers

(5+ years)

Box Hill 2.30 - 3.30 pm

Visit the Box Hill Library and make an

attractive butterfly suncatcher for your

bedroom window.


Cost: $2

Thursday 25 September

(Cont’)

Kids’ Movie Night

The Wild Robot

(6+ years)


Stranded on an unfamiliar island, a helpful

robot adapts to survive with the local

animals and finds her purpose when she

takes in a lonely baby goose. BYO snacks

and something to sit on. Movie rated PG.


Cost: Free

Tea-Cup Gardens

(8+ years)

Nunawading 2:30 - 3:30 pm

We’ve got a fabulous selection of teacups

and saucers ready to transform into

miniature gardens! Whether you’re creating

a windowsill display or a unique table

centerpiece, you’ll craft your own tiny world

using plants, miniature animals, and other

tiny accessories — all nestled in a teacup.


Cost: $2

Monday 29 September

Holiday Storytime

Bugs and Beetles in my Garden!

(All ages)

Bulleen 11.00 - 11.45 am

Celebrate Melbourne’s parks and gardens

with this spring storytime full of nature,

stories, songs and a simple bug-inspired

craft.


Cost: Free

Rubber Band Emergency

Vehicles

(8+ years)

The Pines 2.30 - 3.30 pm

Build a toy car that really goes - powered

by a rubber band! Learn about energy, and

get artistic too. Decorate your design as a

police car, an ambulance or a firetruck.


Cost: $2

Tiny Room Creation

Paper Craft

(8+ years)


Grab your paper and glue! It’s time to

construct a 3D paper mini-room from

scratch. Imagine all the tiny furniture and

fun details you can add to make it super

special.


Cost: $2

Tuesday 30 September

Holiday Storytime

Neighbours

(All ages)

The Pines 11.00 - 11.45 am

We live in a community, and have

neighbours all around! Listen to some

stories about embracing our community.

There’ll be songs and craft, too!


Cost: Free


Bedtime Storytime

Blast Off!

(All ages)


Wear your pyjamas and bring your teddy

or soft toy and enjoy stories and songs

about stars, planets, the moon, and other

wonders.


Cost: Free

Moving Caterpillar

Paper Craft

(6+ years)

Nunawading 11.00 am - 12.00 pm

This craft will use a number of paper

crafting skills, but after you’ve finished

folding, rolling and gluing, you’ll be amazed

at the life like caterpillar crawling along

your leaf!


Cost: $2

Tuesday 30 September (Cont’)

Bug People Claymation

(9+ years)

Box Hill 2.30 - 3.30 pm

Calling all animators! Lets make a short

film with a bug person of your design.


Cost: $2

Wednesday 1 October

Preschool Play

with Warrandyte Toy Library

(0 - 7 years)

Warrandyte 11.00 am - 1.00 pm

Come drop in to the Warrandyte Toy

Library popup session, learn about

membership benefits and enjoy a chance

for children to play.


Cost: Free

Butterfly Kidz:

Mobile Butterfly House

(4+ years)

Box Hill 2.30 - 3.30pm

Interact with beautiful live butterflies in a

magical setting and become your favourite

character with face paint.


Cost: $5

Wednesday 1 October (Cont’)

Crafty Creations

Build-a-birdhouse: 3D paper craft fun

(5+ years)

Vermont South 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Cut, fold, glue and colour to create a mini

birdhouse that looks like the real thing -

only smaller and made entirely of paper!


Cost: $2

Makerspace

MakeDo: Cardboard City

(8 - 12 years)

Doncaster 10.45 am - 12.00 pm

MakeDo is an amazing set of tools

specifically designed for cardboard. Cut,

fold, and screw pieces of cardboard

together to make a giant cardboard city.


Cost: $2

Makerspace

Spring Bobble Heads

(8 - 12 years)


Get ready to squish, sculpt, and wobble as

you make your own bobblehead using air

dry clay and a spring!


Cost: $2

Wednesday 1 October (Cont’)

DIY Wall Hanging

(8+ years)

Doncaster 2:30 - 3:30 pm

Unleash your creativity with this DIY wall

hanging that’s as vibrant and unique as you

are! Craft a stunning piece of decor that

will steal the spotlight in any room. Let your

creativity soar – because ordinary decor?

That’s so last season!


Cost: $2

Thursday 2 October

Holiday Storytime

Come Into My Garden

(All ages)

Blackburn 11.00 - 11.45 am

There are always great stories and crafts

at our holiday storytime sessions, so bring

the whole family to join in the fun of stories

and a beautiful craft to take home!


Cost: Free

Thursday 2 October (Cont’)

Preschool Play

with Manningham Toy Library

(1- 4 years)

Doncaster 10.30 - 11.30 am

Drop into the Manningham Toy Library

popup session to discover the benefits of

membership, enjoy a sensory play

experience, and explore some of their

BIG toys!


Cost: Free

That’s My Name

(5+ years)

The Pines 11.00 - 11.45 am

Can you spell your name? Great! You can

make this colourful artwork - all about you!.


Cost: $2

Crafty Creations

Basket Weaving

(8+ years)

Bulleen 2.30 - 3.30 pm

Weave your own colourful creation in

this simple basket-weaving session.

Explore patterns and colour as you make

something unique to take home!


Cost: $2

Friday 3 October

Holiday Storytime

Let’s Explore Our Community

(All ages)

Vermont South 11.00 - 11.45 am

Enjoy stories and songs about our

neighbourhod, friends and the places we

see very day!


Cost: Free

Movers and Shakers

(0 - 3 years)

Nunawading 10.30 - 11.00 am





Cost: Free

All School Holidays

Tuesday 23 September-

Friday 3 October

Community Castle

(All Ages)

Warrandyte Opening Hours Apply

Want to be part of something BIG and

beautiful? Grab a castle piece and let your

creativity shine! Colour it however you

like, then watch as it becomes part of our

magnificent community castle. Come back

often to see how much it grows!


Cost: Free

Holiday Storytime

Bugs! Bugs! Bugs!

(All ages)

Box Hill 11.00 - 11.45 am

Enter the world of a bug’s life in stories that

capture the funny, the adventurous and

amazing worlds of life as a bug! We’ll also

have our usual offerings of songs and craft

to complete the fun.


Cost: Free

Games

Day

2025

Nunawading

Library

Games Day is for ALL ages, providing an

inclusive and welcoming space for anyone

who loves gaming in all its formats.

We’ve got a packed 4-hour schedule of

events and free play all day.

Registration: Not required

Branch Date Time

Nunawading Sat 29 Nov 12.00pm – 4.00pm

Free play 12–4pm

• Console games and virtual reality

• Video game tournaments

• Role playing board games and party

games

• Displays and demonstrations from the

games developers themselves

Register for events online at www.wml.vic.gov.au or in branch

Check the schedule for special events, tournaments, workshops and demos.

Make sure you book in advance for our Makerspace workshops.

Other events are open to all.

MAKERSPACE

Make a video game

with Bitsy

Bitsy is a free game engine that lets you build

little 2D games, worlds and stories online. In this

workshop, you’ll get to use this tool to make pixel art

and code basic game play.

Perfect for beginners.


Ages Date Time

10–14 years Sat 29 Nov 12.00pm – 1.00pm

15+ years Sat 29 Nov 2.00pm – 3.00pm

Indie developers panel

Ever wondered what it takes to design your own

game? Our panel of industry experts have all

published their own independent games. After

the panel, there’ll be an opportunity to meet the

devs one-on-one and ask your pressing questions!

Register now to receive reminders and updates, or

just show up on the day.


Ages Date Time

All ages Sat 29 Nov 1.00pm – 2.00pm

Wizards and Warlords

LARP demo

Experience the magic of Wizards and Warlords –

a live action role playing (LARP) game. Players from

the game will demonstrate a mock battle, followed

by a chance for you to take up a sword or wield

sorcery yourself.


Ages Date Time

All ages Sat 29 Nov 2.00pm – 2.30pm

‘Gaming?!’ – A parents’ Q&A

with GameAware

Join Andrew from GameAware, to discover the pros

and cons of your kid’s gaming. He’ll answer your

questions about gaming and show you why they

play so much! Register now to receive reminders

and updates, or just show up on the day.


Ages Date Time

Adults Sat 29 Nov 3.00pm – 4.00pm

Register for events online at www.wml.vic.gov.au or in branch

open for discovery

CONTACT US

Blackburn 9896 8400

Box Hill 9896 4300

Bulleen 9896 8450

Doncaster 9877 8500

Nunawading 9872 8600

The Pines 9877 8550

Vermont Sth 9872 8650

Warrandyte 9895 4250

E. info@wml.vic.gov.au

www.wml.vic.gov.au

Children's School Holiday Program September 2025

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