Kids Crafternoon: Perler Bead Play!
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Kids Crafternoon: Perler Bead Play! is on Wednesday, Oct 7 at Twin Oaks Branch, Austin. Bring the kids along.
Families
Things to do in Austin with kids
56 dated listings for school-age kids in Austin in the next 60 days — after-school, camps, courses and youth sports, pulled from the town's real event feed and sorted by age, not by who paid to be first.
Kids life in Austin — the short version
If you're raising kids in Austin, this is the page that keeps up. Between Oct 7 and Nov 12, Austin's feed lists 56 dated listings for this age — 31 different programs, covering after-school, camps, courses and youth sports. Most of it runs at Howson Branch (8) and St. John Branch (7).
Everything here is a real listing from Austin's own event feed, checked against each program's age range — a program whose ages overlap 5–12 shows up here even if it also fits the age next door. The library branches showing up for this age are Central Library.
Coming up for school-age kids in Austin
Dated listings in the next 60 days, soonest first. A weekly program shows a few of its sessions here — the rhythm section below has the full pattern.
Kids Create: Origami
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Kids Create: Origami is on Wednesday, Oct 7 at Central Library, Austin. Bring the kids along.
Tweens Create: Charmed Keychains with Sarah Doan
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Wednesday, Oct 7: Tweens Create: Charmed Keychains with Sarah Doan at St. John Branch, Austin.
Kids Create: Washi Tape Pop Art
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Central Library, Austin hosts Kids Create: Washi Tape Pop Art on Thursday, Oct 8. Worth bringing the whole family.
Lego Lab
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Lego Lab at Pleasant Hill Branch, Austin on Thursday, Oct 8. Bring the kids along.
Preschool Imagination Station: Harvest
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Hampton Branch at Oak Hill, Austin hosts Preschool Imagination Station: Harvest on Thursday, Oct 8. Worth bringing the whole family.
Tripping Daisy (Under 17 with guardian)
Tripping Daisy (Under 17 with guardian) plays at Buck's Backyard, Buda on Thursday, Oct 8. A live show, if you're in the mood for a night out.
Hayden Coffman (Under 17 with guardian)
Something on Friday, Oct 9: Hayden Coffman (Under 17 with guardian) at Buck's Backyard, Buda.
Lego Lab
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Howson Branch, Austin hosts Lego Lab on Friday, Oct 9. Good one for the kids.
Tweens Create: Spooky Zen Gardens
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Mark Friday, Oct 9: Tweens Create: Spooky Zen Gardens at Central Library, Austin. Bring the kids along.
The regular rhythm
These are the programs that run week after week — the ones Austin parents actually plan around.
Mondays — Lego Lab at St. John Branch · 6 sessions in the feed, next Oct 12, then Oct 19.
Mondays — Lego Lab at Cepeda Branch · 3 sessions in the feed, next Oct 12, then Nov 9.
Tuesdays — Tween Code Club: Python for Beginners at Central Library · 3 sessions in the feed, next Oct 13, then Oct 27.
Thursdays — Lego Lab at Pleasant Hill Branch · 5 sessions in the feed, next Oct 8, then Oct 15.
Fridays — Lego Lab at Howson Branch · 6 sessions in the feed, next Oct 9, then Oct 16.
Good to know
By the numbers for this age in Austin: 56 dated listings in the next 60 days; 44 run after school on a weekday and 3 land on a weekend; the busiest single venue is Howson Branch with 8 of them.
On cost: none of these listings carries a free tag in Austin's feed, so treat prices as check-the-listing — libraries and rec centres often run these at no cost, but the feed doesn't say so and we won't guess.
Keep exploring
Your next stage: kids grow out of this age band fast — the teens page for Austin picks up where this one leaves off.
Never miss a registration in Austin
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Common questions
What's on in Austin for school-age kids right now?
The feed lists 56 dated listings for this age in the next 60 days, running Oct 7 to Nov 12 — the Coming up section is pulled straight from it.
Are these drop-in, or do I need to register?
It varies by program, and the page only says which is which where a listing's own words say so — the Good to know section names the drop-in and registration listings it found. When it doesn't say, the listing link is the place to check.
What's free for school-age kids in Austin?
None of the current listings carries a free tag in the feed, so check each listing for its price — we don't mark anything free that the source doesn't.