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Every summer, Youth Services launches a new scavenger hunt. 

One with fun cartoon characters hidden throughout the 2nd floor. 

And a totally awesome PRIZE!

Oh, the good old days. 

While we can't do one in-person this year,

we do have a craft that makes up for it. 

Well, almost.

The plus side is that this "scavenger hunt" will last FOREVER! 

You can do it over and over again until you get sick of it or you lose it, whichever comes first. 

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It is another installment of DPPL's Move & Groove Tuesday.

Each week look for a new fun way to get moving around Des Plaines.

We'll post them on DPPL's Facebook and Instagram pages and here on the blog. 

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Welcome to another edition of DPPL's favorite literary-quarantining-baking series!

This week: we bake the Queen of Hearts' infamous Fruit Tarts from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. 

AND we invite YOU to bake along with us.

Reserve the book here

Check out the ebook with Overdrive here

Read the full text online here

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Hey Kiddos! It's time for DPPL Storytime. We miss you all and hope you will tune in for a new episode each week. On this episode, Miss Elizabeth reads Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? written by Bill Martin, Jr. and illustrated by Eric Carle. Don't forget, you can follow us on Facebook or Instagram to see more virtual programming like this!

Any kiddos here love to finger paint? 

How about sprinkling stuff? 

Say salt, for example. 

What does this have to do with painting?

Salt has absorbent properties that heighten light and dark values of pigments.

Depending on how much you use, it also helps create fun textures and patterns. 

The end result? 

Beautiful unique paintings.

Unique because no two salt grains land the same.

So this week, we're going to give salt painting a go! 

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