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Colour Your Stress Away

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2026-11-05 10:30:00 2026-11-05 11:30:00 Australia/Melbourne Colour Your Stress Away De-stress your day with some mindful colouring, painting or drawing while enjoying a chat and the company of other people. Corio Library - Corio Meeting Room

Thursday, November 05
10:30am - 11:30am

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Corio Library

Corio Meeting Room

De-stress your day with some mindful colouring, painting or drawing while enjoying a chat and the company of other people.

Colour Your Stress Away is a friendly get-together at Belmont Library. Enjoy a relaxing conversation and some mindful colouring, painting or drawing. It’s a great way to connect with your creative side and meet new people.

What to expect:

  • This is a creative, social and wellbeing program facilitated by a library staff member, with a maximum of 15 participants.
  • Colour one of the templates provided or enjoy some relaxed free-hand drawing or painting 
  • It is a relaxed social environment and you are welcome to chat as much or as little as you like.
  • No previous experience is necessary and all materials will be provided.

Bookings: 

Bookings are recommended to save your place in the program.
Please cancel your booking if you are no longer able to attend so we can contact our waitlist.

Further information:

If you have any questions about this program, please contact the library on the details below.

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Social Connection | Health & Wellbeing | Art, Craft & Sewing |

TAGS: | recommended |

Corio Library
Phone: (03) 4201 0658
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Mon, Oct 05 9:00AM to 5:30PM
Tue, Oct 06 9:00AM to 5:30PM
Wed, Oct 07 9:00AM to 5:30PM
Thu, Oct 08 9:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, Oct 09 9:00AM to 5:30PM
Sat, Oct 10 9:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Oct 11 2:00PM to 5:00PM
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About the Library

This busy and vibrant branch serves Geelong’s northern suburbs. Highlights of this branch include zoned areas for study, reading and children’s activities, bilingual picture books, LOTE (Languages other than English) magazines, a learning English collection, World DVDs and a parenting collection. The library has a large meeting room for community hire, a range of accessibility features and a dedicated makerspace enabling discovery and creativity. Regular Baby, Toddler, Inclusive and Preschool Story Time sessions are held here, as well as events and programs for adults taking place throughout the year. 

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Children's Area
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Toddler time
Thu, Nov 05, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Area
Dance, sing and read along with your child at this action-packed program.
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Thu, Nov 05, 10:30am - 11:30am
Corio Meeting Room
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Get those photos, VHS tapes, Super 8/8mm film reels, camcorder tapes, slides and negatives out of storage and learn... more
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Thu, Nov 05, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Corio Meeting Room
Join us for a relaxed social session and a chat with friends. Bring your own knitting or crochet project or use our... more
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