Flyer for a children's storytelling event titled "Make and Take Storytime," featuring an illustration of a girl flying with a book as wings. The event occurs every Friday at Wilson Durbin House, from 11:30 AM to 4:00 PM, led by Educator Zach. The event is free with museum admission, and no registration is required.

About the program

Stories Come to Life. Crafts Go Home.

A man reading a children's book to a group of kids in a classroom or daycare setting.

Make and Take Storytime is an opportunity to create imaginative crafts based on a different story each week. Materials are provided to make a specific craft, but imagination and creativity are encouraged — put your own unique touches on it and make it yours.

After 15–20 minutes of creating, Educator Zach reads the weekly story. The stories range from classics to new releases and everything in between. Participation and interaction are always encouraged as Zach reads.

While the program is aimed at ages 2–6, everyone is welcome to create and enjoy the story. Reading skills like rhyming, predicting, and new vocabulary are woven into the telling, along with social and emotional learning through the themes of each story.

How it works

Step 1

Drop in

No registration needed

Step 2

Craft

15–20 min of creating

Step 4

Take it home

Keep your creation!

Step 3

Story time

Zach reads aloud

A group of young children sitting on a colorful rug, attentively watching a man who is talking to them. The children are holding crafts or toys, and the setting appears to be a classroom or activity room with tables and chairs in the background.
Children and adults in a classroom participating in a crafting activity, with tables, chairs, and colorful curtains in the background.
Children and adults gathered around tables in a classroom, engaging in activities and conversations. One child in a red sweater is smiling and holding a snack, while a man in a colorful Hawaiian shirt is smiling at her. Other kids are focused on crafts or play.

What kids get out of it

Social & emotional

Stories explore feelings, empathy, and relationships in an age-appropriate way.

Reading skills

Rhyming, predicting, and new vocabulary woven naturally into every story.

A take-home treasure

Every child leaves with a craft they made — a tangible memory of the story.

Creative confidence

Crafts have a starting point but kids are encouraged to make them uniquely their own.

See what they make

A young girl with curly red hair and blue eyes holding a decorative party horn with a purple and white striped stick and colorful paper decorations, looking directly at the camera.

A new story. A new craft. Every Friday.

Young girl with dark hair in pigtails holding up a toy fried egg, smiling at the camera.
A smiling young boy holding two colorful craft projects made of rainbow-colored popsicle sticks, eyes, and craft materials, in a classroom setting.
A young girl with pigtails and a striped red and green shirt holds up a handmade craft resembling a mouse made from a paper toilet paper roll, decorated with buttons, pipe cleaner whiskers, and embellishments, in a classroom setting.
Two young boys holding homemade marshmallow pops wrapped in paper tubes, decorated with colored leaves and sticks, in a classroom setting.
A young boy with blond hair smiling and holding a felt craft of a green alien with googly eyes, sitting on a brown log with colorful decorations. He is wearing a blue and green fuzzy jacket.
A young girl with light brown hair, smiling, holding a red fuzzy toy monster with googly eyes, inside a room with chairs, a table with a purple container, and a window showing a street and parked car outside.
Child holding a cardboard tube decorated with a colorful autumn leaf and pom-poms, standing in front of a polka dot background.
A young boy with red hair smiling next to a homemade paper giraffe craft inside a room with a window and a water bottle on a counter.
A young girl with glasses and earrings smiling while holding a small object with pom-poms near her face.