Week Calendar

April is National Poetry Month! Stop by the Downtown Library pick up your personal poetry kit. When you have finished your poetry, bring your best poem back to the library so we can hang it up in the Children's Department!

Looking for fun and engaging ways to play with your little one at home? Our skilled Children’s Librarians have developed a special take home kit just for you!

Looking for fun and engaging ways to play with your little one at home? Our skilled Children’s Librarians have developed a special take home kit just for you!

Looking for fun and engaging ways to play with your little one at home? Our skilled Children’s Librarians have developed a special take home kit just for you!

Celebrate National Poetry Month by creating your own blackout poetry.

Request a kit at the circulation desk, when you call in your curbside pickup, or in the notes section of the app. ​​

Celebrate spring! Pick up a "Grab N Go Kit" and create a Spring Suncatcher. Kits are available on a first come, first served basis while supplies last.

Throughout 2021, Black History Month and Beyond, Ralph Ellison Library is providing a unique visual opportunity by visiting former locations of Black establishments.

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.

Join us for an at-your-pace, virtual storytime! Skilled librarians will introduce little ones to the library and show parents and caregivers invaluable information on reading readiness and create excitement about reading.

Poetry Month is here! Help us celebrate by designing your very own Blackout Poem with art! Register today and pickup your kit starting April 7th. We would love to see your creation!

Visit Ralph Ellison Library for a poem a day during National Poetry Month, featuring different poets, eras, and subjects. You just might find a new favorite!

Visit Ralph Ellison Library for a poem a day during National Poetry Month, featuring different poets, eras, and subjects. You just might find a new favorite!

With some comics and glue, learn how to decoupage a box with your favorite superheroes!

Request a kit at the circulation desk, when you call in your curbside pickup, or in the notes section of the app. ​​

Disposable packaging offers convenience, but it's not the most environmentally friendly option. Beeswax wraps fold around foods or cover bowls of leftovers and they are reusable, not to mention easy to make.

Visit Ralph Ellison Library for a poem a day during National Poetry Month, featuring different poets, eras, and subjects. You just might find a new favorite!

Visit Ralph Ellison Library for a poem a day during National Poetry Month, featuring different poets, eras, and subjects. You just might find a new favorite!

Light side or dark side? Make a Star Wars themed paper lamp.

Request a kit at the circulation desk, when you call in your curbside pickup, or in the notes section of the app. ​​

Weekly Make & Take Craft kits available as supplies last. Great for customers of all ages! Most supplies included, may need some supplemental materials such as glue or markers. Children may require adult help & supervision.

Visit Ralph Ellison Library for a poem a day during National Poetry Month, featuring different poets, eras, and subjects. You just might find a new favorite!

Do you enjoy looking at beautiful flowers, birds or colorful art? Here is your chance to create your own beautiful art with this Adult Take & Make kit.

Celebrate Earth Day by creating an herb garden! This kit will provide you with everything you need to start seeds for five different herbs. Once they start growing, you can transplant them outside.

Spring is in the air, and so are the birds! Swoop into the library and pick up a kit to create your very own backyard birdfeeder! We will also include a guide to identify common backyard birds in Oklahoma. See if you can find them all!

Celebrate National Poetry Month the easy way, with Blackout Poetry!

Monthly take home kit series! In this take home kit, registrants will be given a short biography of an artist or art style and the supplies to make their own inspired art!

Cinco de Mayo commemorates the Mexican Army’s victory over the French at the Battle of Puebla in 1862, but is not Mexico’s independence day as many people assume. In fact, it is not celebrated nationally in Mexico, but only in Puebla.

This program is designed for children ages 6-12. Learn about the water cycle while doing this hands-on activity! While supplies last.

Celebrate National Poetry Month this April with a Blackout Poetry Take Home Kit! Create your own Blackout Poem with items included in kit and share your completed poem with us if you like and we'll post them for others to read!

This program is designed for parents and children ages 2-5 to do together. Make your own firefly using different materials. While supplies last via curbside service.

Create your own macramé planter in honor of Earth Day! Each kit will include directions and everything you need to make one hanging planter with a seed heart for planting.

Want to learn about poetry but aren’t sure where to start? Just want to write and colour and learn? Then our Poetry Journals are for you!

Get artistic in April, for National Poetry Month! Create blackout poetry, collage poetry, or a piece of your own making to celebrate the joy, expressiveness, and pure delight of poetry!

Create your very own abstract art masterpiece with a style of painting that is successful for everyone. Put the "A" in STEAM using canvas, paint, and painters’ tape to create a piece of original art.

Let kids practice their fine motor skills with Paper Weaving! Colorful paper weaving not only helps kids develop hand/eye coordination and concentration but also sparks the mind and creativity with its use of color and patterns!

Weekly Make & Take Craft kits available as supplies last. Great for customers of all ages! Most supplies included, may need some supplemental materials such as glue or markers. Children may require adult help & supervision.

Visit Ralph Ellison Library for a poem a day during National Poetry Month, featuring different poets, eras, and subjects. You just might find a new favorite!

Learn how to be more sustainable by giving your clothes more life! Get some practice doing basic mending with this handy kit—needle, thread, buttons, and fabric to practice on.

Teens ages 10-18 will explore a new city, country, or continent in this new series of take home kits. Fill up your passport and discover all the world has to offer. Each kit will contain a craft, information, and media on a surprise location.

For any teen that loves books, or any teen that maybe needs a little help loving books, our Teen Book Bags are for you! Simply register and answer a few questions about yourself, and we'll select a book for you!

Start preparing your family for emergencies with the Red Cross Emergency Preparedness Take Home Kit.
Each take-home kit contains a few items to get your family's emergency preparedness kit started.

Be a backyard bug explorer! With this take-home kit you will make your own bug jar! Enjoy observing bugs you collect and learn more by checking out some books to help identify your bugs and learn how they help us every day.

Create your own constellation string art! This kit will require the use of a hammer, which is not provided.

Paint the night sky on a vinyl record. A vinyl record and paint pens will be included in this kit.

Pick up a Grow-a-Library Seed Kit while supplies last!

Pick up a Grow-a-Library Seed Kit while supplies last!

Pick up a Grow-a-Library Seed Kit while supplies last!

Pick up a Grow-a-Library Seed Kit while supplies last!

Pick up a Grow-a-Library Seed Kit while supplies last!

Pick up a Grow-a-Library Seed Kit while supplies last!

Pick up a Grow-a-Library Seed Kit while supplies last!

Pick up a Grow-a-Library Seed Kit while supplies last!

Pick up a Grow-a-Library Seed Kit while supplies last!

Pick up a Grow-a-Library Seed Kit while supplies last!

Pick up a Grow-a-Library Seed Kit while supplies last!

Pick up a Grow-a-Library Seed Kit while supplies last!

Pick up a Grow-a-Library Seed Kit while supplies last!

Pick up a Grow-a-Library Seed Kit while supplies last!

Celebrate Earth Day by making a seed paper card!

No virtual component. Two kits per household please.

Trap outer space in a bottle! Create your own nebula using paint and cotton balls.

Request a kit at the circulation desk, when you call in your curbside pickup, or in the notes section of the app. ​​

Create your own Origami Yoda finger puppet so that the Force is always with you. Kits are available on a first come, first served basis while supplies last.

Looking for fun and engaging ways to play with your little one at home? Our skilled Children’s Librarians have developed a special take home kit just for you!

Looking for fun and engaging ways to play with your little one at home? Our skilled Children’s Librarians have developed a special take home kit just for you!

Looking for fun and engaging ways to play with your little one at home? Our skilled Children’s Librarians have developed a special take home kit just for you!

Looking for fun and engaging ways to play with your little one at home? Our skilled Children’s Librarians have developed a special take home kit just for you!

Candles can provide that added stress relief so many of us are in need of these days. Make your own, all-natural candle and forget about your worries.

Have you ever wanted to be a superhero?

Are you searching for employment? Did you know there are many valuable resources provided by the Metropolitan Library System to assist in your job search? Yes! We want to help get you organized with a Job Search Starter Kit!

Here at the Downtown Library, we’re always looking for fun ways to connect readers with our collection of books.

Create your own Geek Con Comic Book at the Downtown Library. No registration required but supplies are limited. Stop by today!

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.

May Day is held on May 1st each year. May Day is also known as Lei Day, in Hawaii. It is a celebration of the aloha spirit and the giving of the flower lei. Celebrate this Hawaiian culture with this kit and make a Lei Flower Necklace.