Day Calendar

Did you know there is so much more to understanding math concepts that learning to count? In this series of take home kits, we will include different manipulatives to use in developing a variety of skills for future math whizzes.

TeenTober is a nationwide celebration hosted by libraries every October and aims to celebrate teens! To celebrate our awesome teens, we are putting together pre-made Teentober book bags.

This program is designed for children ages 6-12. Learn about the science behind salt melting ice with this fun, haunted science experiment. While supplies last.

This program is designed for parents and children ages 2-5 to do together. Each kit contains crinkle paper, plastic spiders, and tweezers for sensory play as well as to practice fine motor skills.

There has been a murder at the zoo! Challenge your inner detective and solve the mystery. Follow the clues provided in the kit, work alone or with friends and family, and connect the dots to find the killer.

Join us for a StoryWalk® around Bethany Library. Enjoy nature and Bethany's walking trails as you read a story. The story changes every month so drop by to catch a different story.

Create your own Haunted House from a milk carton! Geared towards kids 5 and up, but open to all. Available while supplies last.

This is a take home kit for teens and adults. Kit contains the supplies to draw zentangles.

No registration necessary. Kits available starting Monday until kits are gone! Limit 2 per family.

Do you like horror films? Practice your Halloween make-up skills and learn how to create horror special FX looks! Pre-made kits will include materials, QR codes to video tutorials, and recommended horror book and film lists.

Are you a horror fan? How well do you know your horror films? Take a stab at our Classic Horror Film Challenge! On our horror book display are 25 numbered movie stills (screenshots) that correspond to a classic horror film.

Calling all geocachers (and scavenger hunt enthusiasts)! The Community Libraries have hidden caches all over eastern Oklahoma County. Explore the communities of Choctaw, Harrah, Jones, Luther, and Nicoma Park while hunting for the caches.

Dreaming of becoming the next Bob Ross? Start refining your skills with our adult paint by number kit. Each kit contains one canvas with picture as well as the paints and brushes to complete the project. Registration required.

Thanks to this kit, I ain’t afraid of no ghosts! Using the supplies provided, create your own ghost, ectoplasmic slime, and little Ghostbuster just in time for the spookiest, ghost-iest month of all!

Create your own Nicho box, a three dimensional shadowbox frame inspired by the Latin American holiday Día de los Muertos. All supplies are included. Kits are first come, first serve.

Exercise your creativity by joining the 2021 Kids Create Art Contest! We're now accepting submissions from artists ages 5-12 in the following categories:

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Learning takes place well before we start school!

Register for your own Paranormal Salt Dough Ornament! Kit will include ornament, paint and paintbrush for decorating your ornament.

It's finally fall! Do you love all things autumn? Have you been waiting all year for colorful fall foliage to arrive? We’ve got a craft for you! Decorate your home for the season with this easy DIY project.

College entrance exams such as the ACT and/or SAT are a key steps in the college preparation process. The library has several resources that can be found in this take home kit that may help you increase your scores on these important tests!

Help develop fine motor skills and learn shapes by creating a monster! Participants will use scissors and glue to piece together a monster out of paper. Supplies included.

Feeling witchy? Grab a kit to make your own spell jar to protect yourself, your loved ones, or your home from negative energy! This kit will include a glass jar, bay leaves, lavender, and obsidian.

Interested in the paranormal? Do you like to create stories? Please participate in the Downtown Library's Paranormal Writing Contest!

Calling all geocachers (and scavenger hunt enthusiasts)! The Community Libraries have hidden caches all over eastern Oklahoma County. Explore the communities of Choctaw, Harrah, Jones, Luther, and Nicoma Park while hunting for the caches.

Let your imagination soar at this special arts and crafts program made for little hands! professional librarians will provide you with all the resources you need to take home to spread your artistic wings.

Calling all geocachers (and scavenger hunt enthusiasts)! The Community Libraries have hidden caches all over eastern Oklahoma County. Explore the communities of Choctaw, Harrah, Jones, Luther, and Nicoma Park while hunting for the caches.

Calling all geocachers (and scavenger hunt enthusiasts)! The Community Libraries have hidden caches all over eastern Oklahoma County. Explore the communities of Choctaw, Harrah, Jones, Luther, and Nicoma Park while hunting for the caches.

Each Make it Together kit contains supplies for two people and is intended to be a project for an adult and child to work on together.

Do you enjoy playing scrabble or figuring out crossword puzzles?

Help! Some spooky creatures have invaded the library. Come and help us spot all of them before they frighten the book characters.

Worldwide, 50 million people are living with Alzheimer's and other dementias.

The Midwest City Library wants to do its part in keeping love ones engaged, keep treasured memories, and keepsakes for generations to come.

Using the straw blown watercolor technique, create your own creepy forest landscape.

Rejoice in the colors and textures of Fall! Your little one will get a get full of Fall surprises to explore and enjoy.

Calling all geocachers (and scavenger hunt enthusiasts)! The Community Libraries have hidden caches all over eastern Oklahoma County. Explore the communities of Choctaw, Harrah, Jones, Luther, and Nicoma Park while hunting for the caches.

How quickly can a Zombie (ping pong ball) get to the bottom of a zip line string? If you're going to escape their clutches, you'd better know!

Born of a desire to show the similarities and differences among Oklahoma City residents, the Shared Language Poetry Project invites people of all ages to create poetry that is unified by shared words.

Every October on Twitter and other Social Media platforms, creators give out a daily art prompt. This year, Ralph Ellison, will hold it's own draw-lloween.

Have you ever watched the show Nailed It? Well, this is your time to shine. Throughout the month of October teens have the chance to nail it or fail it!

Creep into the paranormal with Oklahoma's favorite cryptid, Bigfoot! Did you know that Oklahoma has a Bigfoot Festival at the beginning of October each year?

Have you ever wondered what it takes to get into college? Where to find scholarship opportunities? What financial assistance there is at all? What job you want for the future? We are here to help!

Have you always wanted to try making realistic looking wounds like the movies?
This is the perfect creepy Take Home Kit for you!

It's time to get spooooooky! Get the family together to make a Mini Ghost Piñata. This Take Home kit will contain the instructions and materials needed to make a small piñata to liven (or deaden) up the Halloween season.

Calling all teens! We need your help designing our teen volunteer t-shirts for Summer Reading 2022. The theme of next summer's program is Oceans of Possibility. The chosen artwork will appear on all teen volunteer t-shirts for next summer.