Comics & Crafts Club for grades 6-8
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Comics & Crafts Club for grades 6-8 is on Wednesday, Oct 7 at East County Library, Portland. Good one for the kids.
Families
Things to do in Portland with kids
83 dated listings for school-age kids in Portland 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 Portland — the short version
If you're raising kids in Portland, this is the page that keeps up. Between Oct 7 and Nov 14, Portland's feed lists 83 dated listings for this age — 21 different programs, covering after-school, camps, courses and youth sports. Most of it runs at East County Library (14) and Capitol Hill Library (8).
Everything here is a real listing from Portland'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 Belmont Library and Capitol Hill Library.
Coming up for school-age kids in Portland
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.
Lego Club
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Wednesday, Oct 7: Lego Club at North Portland Library. Good one for the kids.
The Milk Carton Kids w/ Paper Wings
Wednesday, Oct 7, Revolution Hall - Portland hosts The Milk Carton Kids w/ Paper Wings. Expect a proper live set. Good one for the kids.
Tween Council
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Tween Council is on Wednesday, Oct 7 at Kenton Library, Portland.
Graphic Novel Club grades 4-5
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Mark Thursday, Oct 8: Graphic Novel Club grades 4-5 at Capitol Hill Library, Portland.
Kids and Family Maker Time
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Mark Thursday, Oct 8: Kids and Family Maker Time at East County Library, Portland. Good one for the kids.
Lego Club
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Mark Thursday, Oct 8: Lego Club at Midland Library, Portland. Good one for the kids.
Graphic Novel Club grades 6-8
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Graphic Novel Club grades 6-8 at Capitol Hill Library, Portland on Friday, Oct 9.
Lego Club
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Friday, Oct 9: Lego Club at Kenton Library, Portland. Good one for the kids.
Lego Club / Club de Lego
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Lego Club / Club de Lego at Troutdale Library, Portland on Friday, Oct 9. Bring the kids along.
The regular rhythm
These are the programs that run week after week — the ones Portland parents actually plan around.
Tuesdays — Tween Maker Time at East County Library · 6 sessions in the feed, next Oct 13, then Oct 20.
Wednesdays — Lego Club at North Portland Library · 3 sessions in the feed, next Oct 7, then Oct 21.
Thursdays — Kids and Family Maker Time at East County Library · 6 sessions in the feed, next Oct 8, then Oct 22.
Thursdays — Lego Club at Midland Library · 3 sessions in the feed, next Oct 8, then Oct 22.
Fridays — Lego Club at Kenton Library · 3 sessions in the feed, next Oct 9, then Oct 23.
Fridays — Tween Council at Northwest Library · 3 sessions in the feed, next Oct 16, then Nov 6.
Saturdays — Lego Club at Central Library · 6 sessions in the feed, next Oct 10, then Oct 17.
Saturdays — Kids Creation Club at Belmont Library · 4 sessions in the feed, next Oct 10, then Nov 7.
Good to know
By the numbers for this age in Portland: 83 dated listings in the next 60 days; 66 run after school on a weekday and 15 land on a weekend; the busiest single venue is East County Library with 14 of them.
On cost: none of these listings carries a free tag in Portland'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 Portland picks up where this one leaves off.
Never miss a registration in Portland
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Common questions
What's on in Portland for school-age kids right now?
The feed lists 83 dated listings for this age in the next 60 days, running Oct 7 to Nov 14 — 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 Portland?
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.