'Tis the Season Scavenger Hunt

All Day
0-5 Years, 6-11 Years
Spring Lake Community Library
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Library Branch: Spring Lake Community Library
Age Group: 0-5 Years, 6-11 Years
Program Type: Games & Activities, Self-Directed Activity
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’Tis the season to be jolly—and to go on a scavenger hunt! Search the youth services area to find 8 festive pictures hidden around the library. Can you spot them all? 

Available December 1–31, 2025. 

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Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

A Very Merry Grinchmas Scavenger Hunt

All Day
0-5 Years, 6-11 Years, All Ages
Headquarters Library
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Library Branch: Headquarters Library
Age Group: 0-5 Years, 6-11 Years, All Ages
Program Type: Games & Activities, Self-Directed Activity
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Oh no! The Grinch has struck again—he’s stolen Whoville’s holiday treasures. Search the library to find all 10 hidden items, check them off your list and claim a special prize. Available December 1–31. 

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Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Festive Friends Scavenger Hunt

All Day
6-11 Years
Bordeaux Community Library
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Library Branch: Bordeaux Community Library
Room: Story Time Area (BOR)
Age Group: 6-11 Years
Program Type: Games & Activities, Self-Directed Activity
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Once upon a December, festive friends appeared in the children’s area. Can you find each one before the month is over? Pick up a scavenger hunt sheet and start your adventure. 

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Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Genre Jump: A Reading Bingo Challenge

All Day
19+ Years
Hope Mills Community Library
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Library Branch: Hope Mills Community Library
Age Group: 19+ Years
Program Type: Games & Activities, Self-Directed Activity
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Expand Your Reading. Win a Prize. Challenge yourself to read outside the box—try a new genre, explore an international author or follow a character with a life far from your own. 

Gingerbread Cookie Scavenger Hunt

All Day
0-5 Years, 6-11 Years
Hope Mills Community Library
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Library Branch: Hope Mills Community Library
Age Group: 0-5 Years, 6-11 Years
Program Type: Games & Activities, Self-Directed Activity
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Oh no! Our gingerbread friends are on the run! Can you find all the cookie pals hiding in the children’s area? Complete the hunt any time in December to help bring them home. 

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Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Gingerbread House Magnet Craft Kit

All Day
0-5 Years, 6-11 Years, 12-14 Years
Hope Mills Community Library
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Library Branch: Hope Mills Community Library
Age Group: 0-5 Years, 6-11 Years, 12-14 Years
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Self-Directed Activity, STEM/STEAM
Event Details:

Add some holiday sparkle to your fridge! Pick up a Gingerbread House Magnet Craft Kit and decorate your own tasty-looking creation. Kits available in December while supplies last. 

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Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Gingerbread Men Scavenger Hunt

All Day
0-5 Years, 6-11 Years
East Regional Library
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Library Branch: East Regional Library
Age Group: 0-5 Years, 6-11 Years
Program Type: Games & Activities, Self-Directed Activity
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"Run, Run, Run, as fast as you can!" Can you help find all six Gingerbread men in our children's area and receive a prize? 

This program runs December 1-31, 2025. 

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Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Holiday Scavenger Hunt

All Day
6-11 Years
North Regional Library
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Library Branch: North Regional Library
Age Group: 6-11 Years
Program Type: Games & Activities, Self-Directed Activity
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The holidays are hiding! Find seven festive items in the children’s area, mark them on your sheet and claim your free sticker. Hunt runs December 3–31, 2025. 

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Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Holiday Scavenger Hunt

All Day
0-5 Years, 6-11 Years, All Ages
West Regional Library
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Library Branch: West Regional Library
Age Group: 0-5 Years, 6-11 Years, All Ages
Program Type: Games & Activities, Self-Directed Activity
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It's a holiday explosion in the children’s area! Search high and low to find all eight holiday icons hiding around the library. Return your completed sheet to the desk for a special prize. 

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Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Letters to Santa

All Day
0-5 Years, 6-11 Years
West Regional Library
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Library Branch: West Regional Library
Age Group: 0-5 Years, 6-11 Years
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Self-Directed Activity
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Have something to tell Santa? Write your letter and send it straight to the North Pole through our Letters to Santa Mailbox. 

For more information about this program, please call 910-483-7727, ext. 1481.

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Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Snowpeople Scavenger Hunt

All Day
6-11 Years
Cliffdale Regional Library
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Library Branch: Cliffdale Regional Library
Age Group: 6-11 Years
Program Type: Games & Activities, Self-Directed Activity
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There’s no people like snowpeople! This December, a flurry of friendly snowpeople has blown into the children’s area at the Cliffdale Library. Find them all and stop by the desk for a special sticker. 

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Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Toddler and Preschool Story Time: Penguins

10:30am–11:15am
0-5 Years
Bordeaux Community Library
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Library Branch: Bordeaux Community Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (BOR)
Age Group: 0-5 Years
Program Type: Story Time
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Waddle on over for story time! Enjoy songs, stories and activities made for sensory seekers, plus a craft and coloring sheet to take home. 

This week’s theme is penguins. 

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Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Community Resources

1:00pm–3:00pm
19+ Years, All Ages
Hope Mills Community Library
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Library Branch: Hope Mills Community Library
Room: Conference Room (HPM)
Age Group: 19+ Years, All Ages
Program Type: General Program
Event Details:

Our Community Navigator links customers to needed resources and information.

Tech Time @ the Library

2:00pm–3:30pm
19+ Years
Spring Lake Community Library
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Library Branch: Spring Lake Community Library
Room: Conference Room (SPL)
Age Group: 19+ Years
Program Type: Digital Literacy
Event Details:

Whether you need help setting up an email account, learning how to use Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) or anything in between, we’re here to help you with your computer, tablet or smartphone questions.

Dungeons and Dragons: Rise of the Guardians

3:00pm–5:00pm
12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Headquarters Library
Closed
Registration Required
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Library Branch: Headquarters Library
Room: Conference Room #3 (HQU)
Age Group: 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Program Type: Culture & Entertainment, Games & Activities
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for a thrilling cinematic adventure filled with magic, mayhem and misfit heroes! Come watch Rise of the Guardians (PG; 2012) with us. Adventurers, prepare for a tale of legendary protectors!

Teen Sewing Club: Felt Heart Hangers

4:00pm–5:00pm
12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Cliffdale Regional Library
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Library Branch: Cliffdale Regional Library
Room: Story Time Room (CLF)
Age Group: 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, STEM/STEAM
Event Details:

Join the Teen Sewing Club! Try your hand at hand sewing at this beginner sewing class for teens. 

Make a simple felt heart to wear on your sleeve or gift to a loved one. Ready, Set, Sew! Ages 12-18. 

Winter Wonderland Movie Series: The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

4:00pm–6:00pm
0-5 Years, 6-11 Years, 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years, 19+ Years, All Ages
West Regional Library
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Library Branch: West Regional Library
Room: Teen Room (WRL)
Age Group: 0-5 Years, 6-11 Years, 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years, 19+ Years, All Ages
Program Type: Culture & Entertainment
Event Details:

Join us every Monday at 4 p.m. to enjoy some popcorn and watch a winter-themed movie. This week's movie is The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (PG; 2018). 

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Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.