Week Calendar

Add a splash of color to your summer reading adventure and join us as we explore the vibrant world of Choctaw beadwork. In this program, you will learn about the significance of beading in Choctaw culture.

Join us every week for Tots Thursdays! Each week is filled with exciting activities designed to stimulate your child’s development while having a blast! Every month, we rotate through four themes:

Join us as we embark on a creative adventure where young artists will explore the magic of process printing using tin foil! Kids will experiment with colors, textures, and patterns to create unique, one-of-a-kind prints.

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Join us as we embark on a creative adventure where young artists will explore the magic of process printing using tin foil! Kids will experiment with colors, textures, and patterns to create unique, one-of-a-kind prints.

Join us for a fun and relaxing guided painting experience! Our skilled instructor will walk you through creating your own masterpiece step by step, even if you've never picked up a paintbrush before.

Bad at art? Who cares? Come flex your creativity and make terrible art on purpose! Destroy your canvas, make the world's ugliest collage, or just splatter paint. Nobody's the boss of you! It's supposed to be awful!   

Add some color to your summer with Perler bead fun! Kids can create vibrant, unique designs that celebrate the Color Our World theme while exploring their creativity.

Add a splash of color to your summer reading adventure and join us as we explore the vibrant world of Choctaw beadwork. In this program, you will learn about the significance of beading in Choctaw culture.

Join us for a fun and relaxing guided painting experience! Our skilled instructor will walk you through creating your own masterpiece step by step, even if you've never picked up a paintbrush before.

Come together and create! During Summer Reading, we will have special crafts on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of each month from 2-3pm. 

Craft available while supplies last. 

What's better than a pet that you have to feed, water & take out in the middle of the night? One you don't have to feed, water & take out in the middle of the night! How do you do that? By having a pet rock!

Illuminate those textbooks! As summer winds down, and you start thinking about back-to-school, what better way to get ready to hit the books again than to craft a cool locker accessory?

Join us on the fourth Saturday of each month to complete a LEGO challenge. All LEGO's will be provided.

Join us for a MESSY fun time. Lots of hands on activities involving stations with paint, slime, and more. 

Bring a spare set of clothes and a towel. because you (and your kids) will leave messy. 

Chill out with Southern Oaks!

Color our world by letting your creativity soar! Enjoy a captivating story and then get creative by designing and printing your own art prints. We will learn about the art of printmaking, talk about techniques, and then create our own!

Are you an adult who enjoys coloring? Have a nice social visit with other adults and bring your coloring supplies! We will also have some coloring sheets and art supplies available. 

Kids will learn how to turn ordinary socks into colorful puppets! Using felt, buttons, yarn, and other craft supplies, they will design unique characters and bring them to life. You can bring your own clean sock if it has a pattern you love.

Participants will learn how to create a soft sculpture out of wool with needle felting. Follow along with Darci Lenker from Oklahoma Contemporary for step-by-step instructions or make your own creation!

Love to travel, explore, and feed your wanderlust here at the library! Join us in our summer travel series: Part 4: Under the Sea

Bring your own project and materials and knit, crochet, or sew your way through the afternoon with members of the community who share your enthusiasm for crafts. All types of fiber arts welcome!

We have yarn and needles, and we're ready to knit! Join us to learn the basics or work on an ongoing project.  All skill levels welcome.

Participants will learn how to create a soft sculpture out of wool with needle felting. Follow along with Darci Lenker from Oklahoma Contemporary for step-by-step instructions or make your own creation!

Come and show off your artist side with some neon painting, have some fun, and enjoy some music while we paint!

Participants will learn how to mend holes in clothing using stitches meant to be seen. Bring one woven (non-stretchy) item with you to mend, like a pair of jeans with a hole. 

Express your style with bleach painting on t-shirts! Perfect for teens who love to stand out! Bring a cotton t-shirt in any color but white and use our supplies to create your own one-of-a-kind wearable art!

Join OKC Museum of Art as they lead participants in an art project related to the museum's collection. 

This is a two part program! Week 2: Paint

Use acrylic paint to give your finished 3D figurine specific and vibrant details.

Join us as we paint a delightful citrus painting and sample some local sodas. Adults only!