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.

Get ready for El Dia de los Muertos (The Day of the Dead) by decorating sugar skulls. El Dia de los Muertos is a Latino holiday celebrated Oct. 31-Nov.

This is a take home kit for teens and adults. Kit contains the supplies to make a yarn spider web.

Please register ahead of time.

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.

"Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of Spoticus. His mission: to explore space and conduct new experiments, to boldly go where no dog has gone before."

Come by Capitol Hill and help us celebrate the Day of the Dead.  We will have paper mache skulls and the supplies needed ready to decorate in the style of sugar skulls.  You'll have to register for the program in order to receive th

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:

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

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!

Glitter, glitter everywhere! Who doesn't love shiny, sparkly glitter?! Stop by the Downtown Library to pick up a Glitter Cobweb Take Home Kit. Participants will use glue and glitter to create beautiful cobwebs. All supplies included.

November is National Novel Writing Month, and your library has the tools to prepare you for the challenge!

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

Sign up for your own personalized book box, filled with some great new YA reads selected just for YOU. You'll receive 2 new YA books (published in the last 1 to 1.5 years) checked out to your library card along with some fabulous fun treats.

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.

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!

Celebrate this spooky time of year by diving into an ooey, gooey science project with Ralph Ellison (we're making SLIME). Not sure how slime and STEM relate? Come pick up a kit and find out!

Have you ever heard of the art of Bargello? Bargello is a type of needlepoint embroidery consisting of upright flat stitches laid in a mathematical pattern to create motifs. Sounds a little science-y, but looks amazing!

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

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.