Save the date for Wednesday 29th January, 3 – 6pm in the garden outside the library to celebrate the Year of the Rat

Bring: a Chinese inspired dish to share and a picnic rug to spread out. BYO water bottle and reusable plate if you have one

Provided: Paper craft activities to create including paper fans, decorate a lantern, rat mask to make and paper cut-outs, Chinese Spring Couplets to paint

Photo Booth (in the library), come dressed up for your family pic!

Dragon dance performance

Fortune cookie and lots of good luck to share

Learn: your Chinese Zodiac sign and New Year traditions

3pm Paper craft activities start

5pm Dinner is served

5:30pm Winners of the Rat Mask competition announced

5:45pm Dragon dance finale

All welcome to this FREE, inclusive, family friendly event

Please RSVP your dish so we don’t double up and so you can receive some guidelines on safe food preparation. RSVP by 28th January to:  amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au  Ph: 9780 5600

Please contact library staff if you have access requirements as this event is in the library and the lawn area outside

In preparation for Chinese New Year celebrations at the library, we have started the ‘Decorate a Rat Mask’ craft activity. This is how to join in:

• Collect your mask from Margaret River or Augusta Library
• Decorate your mask and return it to the Margaret River Library for display in the foyer by Monday 20th January
• The Chinese New Year committee will pick 3 favourite masks and these will be announced at the Chinese New Year Celebration on Wednesday 29th January at 5.30pm
• For more information contact the Library Ph: 9780 5600

Cynamon conducted a twine weaving demonstration at the library in September and the participants learned the weaving technique and how to recycle fabric into lengths of cord for weaving. The cords from the workshop have been upcycled into the basket that has been presented to the library to hold the Hand Puppet collection.