• Lego Oil Derrick Challenge

    Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources 4087 Smackover Hwy, Smackover, AR, United States

    Can you make an oil derrick using Legos? How high can you build it? Show off your Lego design skills and see who can build the tallest oil derrick.

  • Toys and Games from the 1920s

    Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources 4087 Smackover Hwy, Smackover, AR, United States

    Join us as we play with toys and games that children would have enjoyed during the oil boom. Board games will abound. Card games and dominoes will be fun for the family.

  • Let’s Go Fly a Kite!

    Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources 4087 Smackover Hwy, Smackover, AR, United States

    Ready for some hands-on fun? Join us as we create and decorate our own paper kites and then go fly them outside!

  • Jitterbots

    Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources 4087 Smackover Hwy, Smackover, AR, United States

    Join us as we make and decorate Jitterbots using small motors with batteries. What will your Jitterbot look like? What will it do?

  • Lego Oil Derrick Challenge

    Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources 4087 Smackover Hwy, Smackover, AR, United States

    Can you make an oil derrick using Legos? How high can you build it? Show off your Lego design skills and see who can build the tallest oil derrick.

  • Bubbles Come from Petrochemicals?

    Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources 4087 Smackover Hwy, Smackover, AR, United States

    Do bubbles come from petrochemicals?  Join a park interpreter as we discover the answer to that and also make our own bubble wands (which might involve petrochemicals also).  And of course if we have bubbles and bubble wands, we may have to blow some bubbles!

  • Jitterbots @ Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources

    Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources 4087 Smackover Hwy, Smackover, AR, United States

    Join us as we make and decorate Jitterbots using small motors with batteries. What will your Jitterbot look like? What will it do?

  • Let’s Go Fly a Kite! @ the Arkansas Museum of Natural History

    Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources 4087 Smackover Hwy, Smackover, AR, United States

    Join us for some summertime fun, 1920s style as we make our own paper sled kites and then go test them out. Bring your creativity and be ready to decorate your kite to make it uniquely yours.

  • Windsocks @ Arkansas Museum Natural History

    Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources 4087 Smackover Hwy, Smackover, AR, United States

    Join us as we make and decorate windsocks using recycled materials.

  • Summer Gardens @ Arkansas Museum of Natural History

    Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources 4087 Smackover Hwy, Smackover, AR, United States

    During the oil boom era, people relied much more on gardens to supply food for their families.  Join an interpreter to find out more about plants were commonly raised in Arkansas gardens.