Harford County Public Library's 8th Annual Fairy Tale & Superhero Festival takes place Friday, January 16, from 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. at the Abingdon Library, 2510 Tollgate Road in Abingdon. Participants are invited to come dressed as their favorite fairy tale or superhero character or as an everyday superhero. Activities include scavenger hunts, dance parties, prince/princess/superhero parade, a superhero training obstacle course and a Go Home Gnome activity.

STEM activities feature Three Little Pigs Construction Company, Superhero Mad Libs, the Magic Mirror and mushroom ring toss plus coloring sheets, sticker polls and gem polls. Children can also make a variety of crafts like paper fairy houses, 3-D printed unicorn mane, superhero masks, Rapunzel braid bracelet, dragon paper bag puppet and rocking snails.

Activity stations include Hulk Smash-Exit Prize, Greasy Goblin (temporary) Tattoo Parlor, Sensory Room Enchanted Forest, Story Walk and Winter Reading sign up. Celebrity story time throughout the day features local community leaders sharing their favorite children’s picture books.

For more information about the festival, visit HCPLonline.org.