Event List

Shed your reptilian skin with glycerin soap and bath bombs that you have made yourself. Open to tweens and teens age 9-17.

Children, ages 0-5, and their caretakers are invited to join us for Storytime at Hotchkiss Library every Wednesday at 10:30am.

Make your own bright, gooey LAVA slime while learning a bit of simple chemistry. It’s quick, messy fun that sparks curiosity and creativity.

Children, ages 0-5, and their caretakers are invited to join us for Storytime at the Paonia Library every Thursday at 10:30am.

Join us as we kick-off our annual Summer Reading Program at Paonia Library!

“Dig It” will be a summer music series held in the amphitheater every Thursday evening in June from 6:30pm to 8pm.

Prepare for maximum whimsy with Master Gardener Gloria Good: Plantersaurus is mixing dino nostalgia with houseplant charm for a project that’s equal parts goofy and gorgeous. Come make something that sparks joy every time you look at it.

Bring the ancient world to life with paint! As part of our Summer Reading Program, Unearth a Story, participants will create their own prehistoric landscapes, complete with towering dinos and lush ancient environments.

Experience Steve Jenkin's classic book "Prehistoric Actual Size," a book that shows dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures to scale! Afterwards, create scale drawings and models of dinosaurs.

Make slime and add a toy insect to recreate what happened when prehistoric insects were preserved in tree resin for millions of years. 

Fossil Fest brings the dino magic all day long with crafts to make, challenges to try, fossils to uncover, and creativity everywhere you look. It’s the kind of event where every age group finds their people, their fun, and their spark.

Move like a dinosaur in this prehistoric-themed obstacle course!

Get ready for destruction and reconstruction! Kids will decorate a ceramic pot, break it into pieces, then glue it back together -- just like archaeologists reconstruct ancient pottery found at dig sites!

Use upcycled fabric and other materials to stitch dinosaurs that express your perspective on sustainability, climate change, adaptation, or other environmental issues.

Bring the dinosaurs back to life through animation at the Delta Library on July 8th from 3:00 to 5:00 PM!

Children, ages 0-5, and their caretakers are invited to join us for Storytime at the Paonia Library every Thursday at 10:30am.

Get ready for destruction and reconstruction! Kids will decorate a ceramic pot, break it into pieces, then glue it back together -- just like archaeologists reconstruct ancient pottery found at dig sites!

Celebrate our Summer Reading Program, Unearth a Story, by creating your very own clay dinosaur! Design a unique dino with spikes, frills, or tails, choose your colors and textures, and practice fun clay modeling techniques.

Explore your roots through art in this mixed media painting program focused on creating family trees.

Patrons will have the opportunity to record their family stories on the 13th of June and the 11th of July from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM.

Travel back in time to the age of dinosaurs! Little paleontologists will create “fossils” using dinosaur toys and squishing them into salt dough. Fossils will leave with the little paleontologist.

Use edible ingredients to make your own primordial ooze at home. This take home kit includes step-by-step instructions and all ingredients. For tweens and teens age 9-17. Available while supplies last.

Step into our Jurassic Escape Room, where the power’s out, the fences are failing, and the dinos are definitely not staying put. Work with your team to crack codes, unlock clues, and bring the park back online before time runs out.

Children, ages 0-5, and their caretakers are invited to join us for Storytime at the Paonia Library every Thursday at 10:30am.

If you like dinosaurs or are just a massive science fiction fan, you are going to want to join us for our A Jurassic Book Club & Movie Viewing Party.