Hawaiʻi State
Public Library System

• December 30, 2025
• Categories: Arts & Crafts, Entertainment, Science
• Contact: 808-733-8488

Winter Break means NO School!

Join us for activities every day during the break.

Tuesday is LEGO Day!

We love LEGO! Join us and build something for us to display around the library.

LEGOs will be out all day long for our building hands.

We also have a box of Duplo for little hands, ages 1.5+

Fun for ALL ages!

Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication, or a modification of policies or procedures to participate in a program, service or activity should contact library staff as soon as possible. Advance requests 48 hours or more before the event are encouraged, but not required. Program schedule is subject to change.

• December 30, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
• Categories: Arts & Crafts, Music, Reading programs, Storytime (for kids)
• Contact: 808-733-8488

Join us at Waikīkī-Kapahulu Library for our Sort of Traditional StoryTime! Our YA Librarian Kylee, comes to us from Kaimukī Public Library where she became well-known for her StoryTime. Thus, despite her current focus in the Young Adult sphere, she is kindly reprising her renowned storytime. There will be books, songs, bubbles and coloring!

Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication, or a modification of policies or procedures to participate in a program, service or activity should contact library staff as soon as possible. Advance requests 48 hours or more before the event are encouraged, but not required. Program schedule is subject to change.

• December 31, 2025
• Categories: Entertainment, Films & Movies
• Contact: 808-733-8488

Winter Break means NO School!

Join us for activities every day during the break.

Wednesday is Movie Day!

Three different G/PG movie will be playing in the carpet area of the children’s section. We will start all movies promptly at scheduled times.

9:30am: Happy Feet

11:30am: Abominable

2:00pm: Zootopia

Appropriate for all ages.

Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication, or a modification of policies or procedures to participate in a program, service or activity should contact library staff as soon as possible. Advance requests 48 hours or more before the event are encouraged, but not required. Program schedule is subject to change.

• December 31, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
• Categories: Entertainment, Games, Music
• Contact: 808-733-8488

Make some music (or at least noise) with Kylee!

Learn about music notes and octaves, play fun songs, and enjoy the magic of boom whackers.

This program is every Wednesday of the month.

Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication, or a modification of policies or procedures to participate in a program, service or activity should contact library staff as soon as possible. Advance requests 48 hours or more before the event are encouraged, but not required. Program schedule is subject to change.

• January 2, 2026
• Categories: Entertainment, Games
• Contact: 808-733-8488

Winter Break means NO School!

Join us for activities every day during the break.

Friday is Game Day!

Join us at the library for all day game time.

Four players at a time will rotate and play these PS4 games: Crash Team Racing: Nitro Fueled, Overcooked, and Rayman Legends.

Tons of board games will also be out to play all day long. Games like: Candy Land, Apples to Apples, Carcassonne, Chutes and Ladders, Clue Jr, Charades, Life, Maki Stack, Monopoly, Scrabble and more!

Come and join us for the fun! No experience is necessary.

Games for all ages!

Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication, or a modification of policies or procedures to participate in a program, service or activity should contact library staff as soon as possible. Advance requests 48 hours or more before the event are encouraged, but not required. Program schedule is subject to change.

• January 2, 2026 @ 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
• Categories: Arts & Crafts, Entertainment, Games, Learning, Science
• Contact: 808-733-8488

Calling all LEGO Builders! Are you up for a challenge? Work alone or with a partner. You will get:

• A bag of random LEGOs
• 1 hour
• A specific task to accomplish 

Our Library community will vote on the best build.

Can you do it?

Appropriate for elementary school ages and up.

• January 3, 2026
• Categories: Arts & Crafts, Entertainment
• Contact: 808-733-8488

Winter Break means NO School!

Join us for activities every day during the break.

Saturday is Craft Day!

Craft supplies and a few ideas will be provided. Bring your creativity and your bright minds. Let the creating begin!

Appropriate for all ages.

Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication, or a modification of policies or procedures to participate in a program, service or activity should contact library staff as soon as possible. Advance requests 48 hours or more before the event are encouraged, but not required. Program schedule is subject to change.

• January 3, 2026 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
• Categories: Books, Community, Learning, Poetry, Research, Writing
• Contact: 808-733-8488

Ready to write and hesitant?

Join our Writers’ Group!

Work on your current writing project in an informal setting with a published author. Bring writing supplies, a notebook, or laptop and meet us at the Adult Sci-Fi tables.

• January 3, 2026 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
• Categories: Learning, Writing
• Contact: 808-733-8488

Did you NOT learn to write in cursive? Come in for a lesson or a refresher! Instruction in basic cursive handwriting for all ages.

Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication, or a modification of policies or procedures to participate in a program, service, or activity, should contact library staff as soon as possible. Advance requests 48 hours or more in advance of the event are encouraged, but not required. Program schedule is subject to change.

• January 3, 2026 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
• Categories: Arts & Crafts, Books, Reading programs, Storytime (for kids)
• Contact: 808-733-8488

Listen along to a chapter (or so) of a book each week, and work on a craft. It’s Storytime for older kids!

Kylee (YA) Librarian will be reading aloud chapters from popular books. The first book being read is Katherine Paterson’s Bridge to Terabithia.

Program is intended for age range 10-15 years of age.

Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication, or a modification of policies or procedures to participate in a program, service, or activity, should contact library staff as soon as possible. Advance requests 48 hours or more in advance of the event are encouraged, but not required. Program schedule is subject to change.