Fun Rental Items

The FCL offers an extensive selection of rentable kits and museum passes, available to you for FREE with your Library Card! Kits can be checked out for two weeks at a time, checkout time for museum passes varies.

Take advantage of these awesome resources available to you, perfect for a rainy day indoors or a sunny day off! Please call ahead of time to confirm availability, kits and passes can not be held.

Museum Passes

A new addition to the FCL rentables collection, these passes offer membership level access to some of the most popular museums and parks in the central and western New York region, completely free! These passes make for a great activity for the whole family, rain or shine. 

COMING 2025: Ithaca Science Center, Oswego Children’s Museum, Buffalo Zoo

Onondaga County Parks

Valid for free admission to:

-Beaver Lake Nature Center

-Highland Forest & Rosamond Gifford Zoo

-Jamesville Beach Park & Oneida Shores Park

-Pratt Falls Park

NY State Parks

Valid for:

-Free access to New York’s 180 state parks

Everson

Valid for:

-Free admit to the museum for patrons and their families

-Gift shop discounts

-Reduced or free admit to other museums through the Empire State Reciprocal Program

The MOST

Valid for:

-Free admit for up to 6 people

-10% discount in the MOST Science Shop

-15% off when you buy your own member-ship

Corning Museum of Glass

Valid for:

-Free admit for 2 adults and all kids

-Access to express members-only line at museum admissions desk

-10% off when you buy your own member-ship

Rochester Museum & Science Center

Valid for free admit to the following for 2 adults + any children in household:

-The Museum & Science Center

-Strasenburgh Planetarium Star Shows

-The Cumming Nature Center

-Museums in the ASTC Passport Program

Baking Kits

The FCL’s most extensive rentables collection, we offer numerous shaped/themed pans to use for all your baking needs. Great activity to do during a rainy day indoors, with the family or to relax on your own. Bake cakes and goodies for all your family and friends!

heart pans

Heart Baking Pan 

Includes:

Heart Shaped Cake Pan

Wilton’s Heart Shaped Layered Cake Recipe

circle and bell pans
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Circle & Bell Baking Pans

Includes: 

2 Bell Pans

5 Circle Layer Pans

Sugar Geek Show’s Rainbow Cake Recipe

The number One (1) Baking Pan

Includes:

#1 Shaped Pan

animal pans

Animal Baking Pans

Includes:

Cow Shaped Pan

Butterfly Shaped Pan

Paw Print Shaped Pan

mickey mouse pans

Mickey Mouse Baking Pans

Includes:

2 Mickey Mouse Shaped Pans

halloween pans

Halloween Baking Pans

Includes:

Jack o’ Lantern Shaped Pan

Gravestone Shaped Pan

Easter Bunny Baking Pans

Includes:

2 Easter Bunny Shaped Pans

character pans

Character Baking Pans

Includes:

Elmo Shaped Pan

Hello Kitty Shaped Pan

Winnie the Pooh Shaped Pan

Teenage Mutant Ninja Shaped Pans

Sports Baking Pans

Includes:

Football Shaped Pan

Golf Club Shaped Pan

Icing Applicator

Includes:

Icing Applicator Gun

5 Icing Tips

1 Box of 4 food dye colors

Hobby & Craft Kits

These kits are great for trying out new hobbies, no need to invest a lot of money or resources when you can practice with these kits for free!

*Expendable materials do not have to be replaced when returning the kit, please keep your creations!*

Metal Engraving Kit

Includes:

User Manual

Adjustable Speed Rotary Carver w/ Power Cord

2 Cases of Replacement Carving Bits

Metal Stamping Hammer

Metal Stamping Base

1 Pack of Letter Stamps/Engravings

2 Aluminum Bracelets

Jewelry Making Kit

Includes:

3 Beginners Jewelry Books

3 Pliers

String, Wire, and Jump Rings

2 Boxes of Assorted Beads

Quilling Kit

Includes:

Assorted Paper Strips

Tweezers

Glue

1 Greeting Card

1 Envelope

Slotted Tool

Flower Sampler Instructions

Quilling Art Book

S.T.E.M Kits

Great for kids sharpening their S.T.E.M skills during the summer or school year! These kits come with a pre-made set of fun and educational activities/games that encourage the use of important S.T.E.M skills like problem solving, creativity, and critical thinking.

Hiking Adventure Backpack

Includes:

Hiking Backpack

1 Set of Hiking poles

1 Magnifying Glass

Set of New York State Park Maps

Guide to New York State Birds Pamphlet

52-Piece Microscope Kit

Includes:

  • User Guide  
  • Microscope
  • Tweezers
  • 2 Collecting Vials
  • Micro-Slicer
  • Case of Plastic Slides (5 Prepared, 7 Blank)
  • Pack of Cover Slips
  • Graduated Cylinder
  • Microscope Quick Guide
  • Stirring rod
  • Needle
  • Scalpel
  • Sea Salt
  • Gum Media
  • Eosin Dye
  • 7 Slide Labels/Covers
  • Eyepiece
  • Spare Bulb
  • 2 Packs of 12 Slides
  • Activity Packet

Childrens Talking Microscope Kit

Includes:

User Manual 

Microscope 

20 Slides

Activity Packet

Aomekie Telescope Kit

Includes:

  • Instruction Manual
  • Main tube
  • Tripod Leg
  • 2 Small Eyepieces
  • 2 Tall Eyepieces
  • Phone Adapter
  • Finderscope
  • Star Map
  • Pan Handle
  • Telescope Quick Guide
  • Activity Packet
  • Flashcards
  • Bingo Game

Kids Projector Telescope Kit

Includes:

Educational Guidebook

Telescope

Tripod Base

Projector

3 Slide Discs

Activity Packet

Literacy Kits

Great for infants and toddlers who are just learning to read! Each kit includes a set of song cards that help improve key literacy and math skills to help get them on track and ready for Kindergarten!

Digging Up Dinos Literacy Kit

Includes:

Dinosaurs by Gail Gibbons

Dizzy Dinosaurs Silly Dino Poems by Lee Bennett Hopkins

Dinosaurs Matching Toy

Smartmax Magnet Discovery

Melissa & Doug Chunky Puzzle

2 Maracas

Literacy Songs on a Ring

Things That Go Literacy Kit

Includes:

The Great Big Book of Mighty Machines

National Geographic Look & Learn Dig

National Geographic Look & Learn Things That Go

It’s a Small World Away We GO

Wheels on the Bus Play Mat

Construction Vehicles Toy Truck Set

2 Maracas & 2 Noisemakers

Literacy Songs on a Ring

Amazing Alphabet Literacy Kit

Includes:

LMNO Pea-quel by Keith Baker

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault

ABC by Eric Carle

Alphabet Robots

2 Maracas

Crayons

Coloring Sheets

Game and Family Activity Kits

If you’re in need of something to do to keep the whole family entertained, these kits are for you! Great for a night in with the fam, to entertain guests, to keep the fun going at a party or sleepover, and more!

Game Night Kit

Includes:

Family Charades Board Game

2 Decks of Playing Cards

Uno

Beat The Parents Board Game

Stay Sharp Kits

Keep your brain and wits sharp with these stay sharp kits! Great to bring when visiting elderly family members or friends. All kits include a book, game, and puzzle.

Baseball Stay Sharp Kit

Includes:

The Comic Book Story of Baseball by Alex Irvine 

America’s Classic Ballparks by James Buckley Jr.

Baseball Themed Puzzle

 

Cat’s Stay Sharp Kit

Includes:

Cats Memory and Matching Game

Wooden Cat Puzzle for Adults

Gardening Stay Sharp Kit

Includes:

What’s That Flower book

Planted: A Game of Nature & Nurture