Storytime and library events with kids in San Jose

Coming up near San Jose

Nothing listed in San Jose for this view right now. Here's what's on elsewhere in the Bay Area, plus ideas you can do today.

Within a short drive of San Jose

• Santa Clara City Library Comic Con

  Sat, Oct 10 · 10:00 AM · Santa Clara City Library - Central Park · santa clara · 4 mi away · Ages 0–12

Activity ideas that work any day in San Jose

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  Create a Shimmering Mermaid Grotto

  Let's make a beautiful sensory bin filled with cool water, shiny gems, and smooth stones. It's the perfect underwater grotto for a mermaid to explore.

  4,5 · Indoor/Outdoor · 40 min · About $10–$35

  Open
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  Cardboard Box Spaceship Adventure

  Let's turn a big cardboard box into an interstellar spaceship! We'll decorate our control panel, plot a course for Mars, and blast off.

  4,5,6 · Indoor · 90 min · About $0–$20

  Open
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  Tie-Dye T-Shirts

  Get ready to transform plain t-shirts into wearable works of art. Kids love the hands-on process of tie-dye, where they can experiment with bold colors and watch their designs come to life. It’s satisfying to create something truly one-of-a-kind that they can wear and share, showcasing their personal style with vibrant patterns they made themselves. You'll start by learning different folding techniques like spirals, crumples, and stripes, securing your shirts with rubber bands to create patterns. Then, choose your dyes and carefully apply them to your folded fabric. After a short wait for the dye to set, rinse, unfold, and reveal your unique masterpiece. For an extra challenge, try layering colors or creating a specific image by folding your shirt in a particular way.

  9-13 · Outdoor · 75 min

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  Fizzy Ocean Potion Lab

  Put on your lab coats and mix up some colorful, bubbling potions fit for a mermaid Queen or King. Watch the fun, fizzy reactions!

  4,5,6 · Indoor · 30 min · About $5–$10

  Open

Questions parents ask about San Jose

What can you do with a toddler in San Jose on a rainy day?

San Jose is the easiest Bay Area city for this: large indoor children's venues plus a library system with storytimes across most branches every week. The indoor list for San Jose shows what's scheduled.

Are these activities free?

Library and city park programs are free; the larger indoor venues are ticketed per person, and weekend slots sell out first. Anything ticketed links out to the organizer so you can check the price before you go.

How often is this page updated?

Event listings refresh automatically from local sources, so past dates drop off on their own.