Week Calendar

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.

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!

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!

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.

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

A fictionalized story and kit about a young musician's journey to the Greenwood district in Tulsa, Oklahoma in February 1920, and his desire to relocate there.

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.

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

It’s a sunny day, let’s go out and catch some rays! Create a personalized suncatcher. The kit will include supplies needed to make two suncatchers. Registration required; one kit per registrant.

Come pick up a Surprise Take and Make Kit! NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED. First come, first served and once they're gone, they're gone.

Pick up your Adult Take and Make Kit packed with information about May celebrations.

In celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, this kit will teach about the history of fortune cookies and include supplies to personalize delicate paper fortune cookies for your loved ones.

If you've ever wanted to try origami here's your chance.  Through Japanese paper folding,  you can create beautiful pieces of art.  In this program kit you will have the instructions and supplies to make different origami boxes of v

May is Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Come by the library to pick up a game kit! Game boards and pieces for traditional games from various Asian cultures will help you celebrate and learn as a family!

Commemorate Tulsa's Greenwood District with this pop-up Diorama featuring historic photos, information, and your imagination!

Are you seeing a lot of winged friends floating through the air these days? Wouldn't you love and up-close view? Come pick up a simple kit to make your very own butterfly feeder and see how many you can attract!

Reduce, reuse, recycle! Come pick up your kit and create something beautiful out of "trash." Flowers and soil included... Let your inner gardener bloom! Kits are first come, first served.

Teens ages 10-18 can pick up this week's engineering kit! Learn the history behind aircrafts and build your own paper airplane! All supplies are included. Kits are first come, first serve. Feel free to call ahead for availability.

The world is in bloom! Come pick up this weeks take home kit and create some colorful blooms of your own. First come, first served. This activity is appropriate for preschool aged children and their parents.

April showers bring May Flowers! Grow your own flower from a seed, create a seed bomb, and if all else fails, enjoy origami flowers!

Stop by the library to pick up your kit, and make a groovy lava lamp, using everyday ingredients.

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

This program is designed for children ages 6-12. Summer reading is around the corner! Create your own reading log and set some goals of how much you want to read this summer! While supplies last via curbside service.

Did you know that the largest piece of fossilized dinosaur poop ever found was 17 inches long?

Build a balloon car with this take home kit! Includes most materials needed to build a car that can race around with the power of air. You can also modify the car to see how you can make it go faster or further. Registration is required.

Bottle the sky and the sea! This kit comes with two glass mini-bottles, 3 inches long, that you decorate space and beach-themed.

Take-home-kit to Commemorate "Black Wallstreet" - Tulsa’s Historic Greenwood District!

We've been stockpiling unclaimed Take and Make Kits for teens and adults and now we want to give them good homes! Sign up to receive a SURPRISE Take & Make Kit -- which will be given at random for your enjoyment.

Create a Marvelous paper bead bracelet using superhero paper.

Get ready to take aim and get messy with this Take Home Kit! Participants will use a water soaker and watered-down washable paint to create unique images with this fun filled, outdoor process art activity.

There are four basic variations of the Japanese stab bind: Kikko Toji (Tortoise Shell Binding), Asa-No-Ha Toji (Hemp Leaf Binding), Koki Toji (Noble Binding) and Yotsume Toji (Four Eye Binding).

Unleash your detective skills with this science based process art activity. Participants will use watercolor paints and white crayon to create their own invisible image!

With cheap and upcycled craft materials, easy to follow instructions, and further suggested resources, this kit will provide everything you need to get started in the world of DIY tabletop terrain.

Summer Reading: It’s not just for kids anymore! Adults can also read their way to a fun and fabulous prize this summer. Our Summer Reading Journal is the perfect way for adults and teens to keep track of their summer reading progress.

Feeling stressed about finances?

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.

Paint with "diamonds" and create visually dazzling artwork with your very own take home kit. It's painting with a twist that provides hours of creativity and enjoyment so register today!

Teens will perform a series of experiments related to engineering, testing the strengths of various building materials and shapes and building bridges and towers.