By Amy Mann, Children’s Services
Warsaw Community Public Library

Have you noticed that art for sale in stores and at art fairs has changed over the course of the last month?

Orange, black, purple and neon green have taken over the pastels and light of summer paintings and signs. Instead of being in the background, orange vegetables have appeared on front stoops. Dried flora is suddenly adorning doors and walls.

Do you enjoy making art pieces? Author Alix Wood has written books on creating art using watercolor, acrylics, charcoal, colored pencils, pastels and pen and ink. Techniques, projects and colored photographs make these books user-friendly and may be a good start towards your finished masterpiece.

The library has many crafting books that cover topics such as beading, knitting, crocheting and creating with found objects. “Cool Crafts” by Stephanie Turnbull also shows instructions for salt-dough sculpting, origami and making pop-up cards.

Some fun activities will be coming to the Warsaw Community Public Library in October.

We will be offering our regular events, such as story times for little patrons and their caregivers, online bedtime stories, Kids’ Minecraft, LEGO Clubs and visits from our Greyt Readers greyhounds. We will be partnering with the parks departments in both Warsaw and Winona Lake to bring fall family fun to the area, and we will be hosting Halloween activities at the library at the end of the month.

For more information, come and get a printed calendar at 310 E. Main St., Warsaw, or see the event calendar at warsawlibrary.org