Volunteer for 250 minutes each month in your community.
Attend a Veteran’s Day Parade.
Make cards for the Veteran’s Home.
Visit local Fall Festivals and Arts & Crafts Shows.
Visit the First American Museum in OKC to learn about our Native Culture.
Read for 25 minutes each night.
Collect 250 cans of food for your local food bank.
Read and research about the five civilized tribes in Oklahoma.
Visit and view Bald Eagles nesting at our local state lakes.
Visit Oklahoma National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum.
Celebrate famous Oklahoman, Will Rogers’ Birthday at an event in Claremore on November 3rd.
Visit eastern OK to view the beautiful scenery.
Visit the Cherokee Strip Regional Center in Enid.
Cheer on the OU/OSU or State College Football Teams.
Visit a Pumpkin Patch.
Celebrate Oklahoma’s Birthday on November 16. We were the 46th state to join the United States.
Eat an Indian Taco.
Make a pie with Oklahoma ingredients.
Watch the Macy Days Parade on Thanksgiving Day! Make your own miniature balloon!
Visit a military monument or memorial in our state.
Make a thankful list.
Journal about your family’s Thanksgiving traditions.
Learn about all of the Indian tribes that have been a part of Oklahoma.
Read about Sequoyah, Jim Thorpe and Maria Tallchief and how they contributed to Oklahoma.
Volunteer at a local food bank.
December
Make Christmas cards for friends and family.
Sign up for Angel Tree at a local church or school.
Make Oklahoma/America themed ornaments for the tree.
Make gingerbread cookies! (Abe Lincoln’s favorite)
Read and research about Pearl Harbor.
Go ice skating.
Visit local tree lightings and lighted Christmas parades.
Board a train at Oklahoma Railway Museum for the Polar Express.
Watch “A Territorial Christmas” at the historic Pollard Theater in Guthrie. (Guthrie was our 1st Capital.)
Visit the Polar Express Pajama Party in Muskogee.
Visit the Honey Festival in Minco.
Watch The Nutcracker Ballet at the OKC or Tulsa Ballet.
Ring the bell for the Salvation Army.
Participate in a Wreaths Across America event to lay wreaths at veteran graves.
Visit the Round Barn in Arcadia on December 14.
Look for our state flower, Mistletoe.
Visit a live nativity scene.
Shop local!
Visit local art galleries.
Journal traditions that your family does for Christmas.
Drink hot chocolate and watch a Christmas movie with your family.
Bake cookies.
Send a care package to an active-duty military member.
Sing Christmas carols with your family.
Read 25 minutes each day.
January
Put together a patriotic puzzle with an American landmark.
Make a snowman.
Read a book about Martin Luther King, Jr.
Write dreams you have for America just like MLK.
Read 25 minutes each day.
Host a SuperBowl Party to celebrate America’s favorite sport.
Make candles like the pioneers.
Celebrate Black History Month.
Visit the Greenwood Cultural Center in Tulsa.
Write a poem about Oklahoma’s winters.
Watch the movie “National Treasure”.
Create an art project inspired by Oklahoma/American landscapes.
Go bowling.
Learn to play the banjo or harmonica.
Take a virtual tour of a National Museum.
Make bread with your family from OK Wheat flour.
Watch a documentary about America’s history.
Make as many words as you can out of the letters OKLAHOMA.
Explain what the state motto means “Labor Conquers All Things”.
Trace your family’s heritage.
Research the name of your county and/or names of other 77 counties. How did they get their names?
Learn about Clara Luper, Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher and Ralph Ellison and how they made a difference in Oklahoma.
Read biographies about influential Americans.
Volunteer at a homeless shelter.
Watch a Thunder Basketball game!
February
Make Valentines for a local hospital or nursing home.
Read a book about Abraham Lincoln.
Visit the State Capitol to watch how our OK Government works.
Read a book about George Washington.
Make Shrewsbury Cakes. (Martha Washington’s recipe)
Read the children’s book “P is for President”.
Write what you would do if you were President.
Do a directed drawing of George Washington (Art Hub for Kids)
Do a directed drawing of Abraham Lincoln (Art Hub for Kids)
Identify State Government Leaders and write them a letter.
Make Abraham Lincoln's log cabin out of popsicle sticks.
Celebrate President’s Day wearing red, white and blue!
Make a poster of your favorite president.
Put all the President's names in alphabetical order.
Make a timeline of President Lincoln's life.
Read about George Washington and the American Revolution.
Be a mathematician like George Washington, solve some math problems.
Create the Washington Monument with household items.
Start a collection of American stamps or coins.
Look at our US coins and bills and give a report on what makes each different.
Read for 25 minutes each day.
Draw a sketch of the White House.
Research what pets they kept at the White House over the years.
Make a trip to Washington DC.
Visit the Tulsa Zoo to look at the penguins.
March
Visit State Lakes to see a bald eagle sighting.
Visit Scissortail Park in OKC.
Visit the Gathering Place in Tulsa.
Read about the Chisolm Trail.
Write a story about being a cowboy on a cattle drive.
Visit the Oklahoman Aquarium in Jenks. OK.
Draw and color the state flag.
Visit our first state Capital, Guthrie, OK.
Make a list of famous people from OK.
Hike the Arbuckles.
Read about the Dust Bowl.
Take a field trip to the Braums Dairy in Tuttle, OK.
Go horseback riding like George Washington.
Visit a National Park.
Fly a kite in the Oklahoma Wind.
Plan a road trip in OK on Route 66.
Visit a local farmer.
Go to OYE and watch 4H and FFA students show their animals at the largest livestock show in the nation.
Go fishing.
Go watch the State Basketball Championship Games at the Fairgrounds.
Read a book outside.
Watch Twister.
Research tornados.
Look for our state bird, Scissortail Flycatcher.
Go to Pops in Arcadia and get a “pop”.
April
Host an Easter Egg Roll, like they do at the White House for your family or friends.
Visit the OKC Bombing Memorial.
Run/Walk in the OKC Marathon.
Enjoy an Oklahoma sunset or sunrise!
Learn about the 1889 Land Run in OK.
Research transportation used in the Land Run.
Look for our state tree, Redbud.
Visit the Festival of Arts. Lots of OK artwork.
Go to a Thunder basketball game or cheer from home!
Pretend you were in the Land Run, write a story about your adventures.
Find out if you have any family in the Land Run.
Go to the Rattlesnake Derby in Mangum, OK.
Compare how life is today and how life was in 1889.
Visit Harn Homestead in OKC, OK.
Plant a garden.
Participate in an egg hunt in your community.
Dye Easter eggs.
Write a poem about Oklahoma.
Sing the state song “Oklahoma”.
Learn about the Civil War which started on April 12, 1861.
Make a plan for your family in bad weather.
Read about Oklahoma.
Go to the Myriad Gardens.
Look for the OK state reptile, Collared Lizard.
Visit the Tulsa Botanic Garden.
May
Make a list of ten things great about Oklahoma.
Play pioneer games (jacks, marbles, dominoes, jump rope).
Visit Tall Grass Prairie Preserve near Pawhuska.
Head to Pawhuska for lunch and shopping at Pioneer Woman Mercantile.
Make homemade butter in a jar.
Take the family to a drive-in theater for a movie.
Attend a local baseball game or go to a Comets game at the ballpark downtown.
Go watch OU or OSU Softball at the College World Series in OKC.
Go fishing.
Go to a school board meeting or city council meeting.
Go to your local library and check out books for the summer.
Track the weather.
Watch the news about local stories.
Go on a picnic.
Visit Alabaster Caverns State Park in Freedom, OK.
Visit a naturalization ceremony to welcome new citizens.
Take a canal cruise at Bricktown in OKC.
Go to Frontier City Amusement Park.
Attend local Memorial Service.
Place flags with local veterans organizations at veterans headstones.
Observe a moment of silence for fallen service members.
Wear red, white and blue on Memorial Day.
Host a family reunion on Memorial Day.
Make a flag cake.
Read 25 minutes each day.
June
Enjoy the start of summer with OK Braums Ice Cream.
Celebrate Flag Day by wearing red, white or blue.
Learn how to fold a flag.
Learn about the US Flag code.
Make a book with the words of the Pledge of Allegiance.
Go outdoors and try to locate the state rock, Barite rose rock.
Look for the state wildflower, “The Indian Blanket”.
Go swimming in one of our many man-made lakes in OK.
Visit a wheat farm during wheat harvest.
Camp outside with family.
Sing camp songs.
Attend a camp or local bible school.
Make a map of the USA. Label all 50 states.
Write a poem about our flag.
Learn the song, “Your a Grand Old Flag”.
Fly the American Flag properly outside your home.
Decorate your house with red, white and blue bunting.
Attend a flag retirement ceremony for old flags.
Visit a National Park.
Tour a Presidential Museum or Library.
Study the Constitution.
Make a patriotic music playlist.
Listen to Johnny Cash’s song “The Ragged Old Flag”.
Visit your local library.
Read for 25 minutes each day.
July
Make cupcakes for America's 250th Birthday!
Celebrate July 4th with family and friends.
Read the Declaration of Independence.
Go Fishing. Try to catch our state fish, the White Bass.
Make homemade ice cream. Sprinkle red, white and blue.
Attend a fireworks show.
Write a poem about America.
Learn the words to the “Star Spangled Banner”.
Make a list of who signed the Declaration of Independence.
Watch “Hamilton”, the musical.
Attend or participate in an Independence Day parade.
Host a BBQ with classic American foods.
Wear patriotic clothing.
Ring a bell 13 times, to represent the 13 colonies.
Make a list of the 13 original colonies.
Visit a Civil War battlefield.
Reenact a historical moment, like the Boston Tea Party.
Visit Washington, DC.
Go to the National Archives to see the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
Create a Freedom Jar. Have family members write what freedom means to them.
Take a family photo in front of a flag.
Create a scrapbook.
Send a care package to an active duty military member.
Catch fireflies.
Swim.
August
Visit the Watermelon Festival in Rush Springs.
Visit the OK History Center in OKC.
Go camping.
Shop local during tax free weekend for school supplies.
Go to a local snowcone stand.
Go white water rafting at Riverport OKC.
Swim.
Go to Okana Indoor Water Park in OKC.
Read a book about America.
Go to a farmers market.
Visit the Tulsa Air and Space Museum
Visit the Blue Whale in Catoosa.
Visit the Port of Catoosa to learn about transportation. It is one of the largest inland river ports in the nation. It ships manufactured and agricultural products from OK to other parts of the world.
Volunteer at a local food bank.
Donate clothes to a charity.
Make cookies for your new teacher.
Go to a local rodeo.
Learn about the Statue of Liberty.
Read for 25 minutes each day.
Visit the Stockyards in OKC and go eat at Cattleman's Steakhouse.
Get a slush or Dr. Pepper from Sonic!
Make a chart of the August temperatures. HOT!
Visit Medicine Park and go get a Fried Pie!
Make a scrapbook of all the activities you did to celebrate America’s Birthday!
