Teen Programs – December 2025
Take It & Make It!
Available All Month | Complete On Your Own Schedule!
Pick up take & make craft kits at any of our teen programs or at our weekly Popup Library at the East Haven Senior Center. A new kit will be available each month! Crafts to be announced. Available on a first come, first serve basis to teens age 12 to 18. If you’re unable to pick-up at a teen program, contact the teen librarian, Miss Emily, to pick up a kit at the pop-up library at the senior center: ekalotai@hagamanlibrary.org
Teen Advisory Group
Thursday, Dec. 4 | 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Teen Rec Room, Hays School, 1 Maple St
Help us make the library a better place for yourself and all teens! Discuss new library programs, vote on new books to add to our teen collection, and more! Open to all Middle and High School students in East Haven and the surrounding areas. All teens joining us will earn community service hours for their participation! Open to teens age 12 to 18. Drop-ins welcome. This program made possible by East Haven Rec & Youth Services Departments.
Inventors’ Lab
Thursday, Dec. 11 | 6 – 7:30 pm
Teen Rec Room, Hays School, 1 Maple St
Learn about STEM topics and try out an exciting experiment during our new, peer-led Inventor’s Lab! Open to teens age 12 to 18. Sign-Up Required. Please contact Miss Emily: ekalotai@hagamanlibrary.org. This program made possible by East Haven Rec & Youth Services Departments
Tabletop Club
Thursday, Dec. 18 | 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Teen Rec Room, Hays School, 1 Maple St
Learn to play Dungeons & Dragons at Tabletop Club! Play as woodland creatures in this grand adventure to fight the fires threatening all of Humblewood! All materials are provided. Library Character Sheets will be available, but players may bring their own character for D&D 5th edition. Open to teens age 12 to 18. Drop-ins welcome. This program made possible by East Haven Rec & Youth Services Departments
Virtual Event: Teen Murder Mystery
Saturday, Dec. 13 | 1:30 – 3:30 PM
Hop on Zoom to solve a holiday-themed mystery! Interrogate your fellow players and follow the evidence to discover who among you did the crime! Open to teens age 12 to 18. For a Zoom code, please contact: ekalotai@hagamanlibrary.org
Crafternoon Hangout
Tuesday, Dec. 30 | 4 – 5 pm
EH Senior Center, 91 Taylor Ave
Kids, Tweens & Teens can drop in to hang out, and try out a different craft each month! We’ll be making bath fizzies in December, creating kandi bracelets in January, and sculpting with polymer clay in February! Open to students in Grades 5 to 12. Contact Miss Caitlin, our Youth Services librarian, at criccitelli@biblio.org or Miss Emily, our Teen Services librarian, at ekalotai@hagamanlibrary.org for more information! Made possible by the EH Senior Center