Homemade gifts used to be commonplace. We are bringing the tradition back. Join a park interpreter in the visitor center Lakeview Room to create a handmade gift. Pre-registration is required by…

Transform your outdoor cooking experience with a Dutch oven! Join park interpreters for this one-day Dutch Oven Workshop at Cossatot River State Park. You’ll leave with skills on how to season and…

This course covers the basics of safe harnessing and driving horse teams. If you like hands-on learning opportunities and want to experience the fun of wagon and carriage transportation, this class is…

This workshop is designed to introduce participants to the world of Dutch ovens. Participants will prepare various 19th century sweets and treats and learn how to use and care for Dutch ovens.…

Experience a primitive camp, as well as some of the survival skills used by Arkansas pioneers. Watch a variety of demonstrations including muzzleloading rifles, tomahawk throwing and more!…

Lives were forever changed here on December 7, 1862. Join us for a 1-mile walk along the ridgeline where the heaviest fighting occurred during the Civil War Battle of Prairie Grove. Meet at the Borden…

The families who settled here long before the Civil War share many of the same values and traditions we hold today. Explore the similarities and differences between our ways of life on this guided…

Lives were forever changed here on December 7, 1862. Join us for a 1-mile walk along the ridgeline where the heaviest fighting occurred during the Civil War Battle of Prairie Grove. Meet at the Borden…

Start or add to your knowledge of surviving in the great outdoors. This weekend will be filled with survival skills workshops and bush craft such as map and compass, fire starting, shelter building,…

Get away from the fuss and flurry of the modern city and come to where holidays are about people and craftsmanship is done by hand. Shop the Ozark Folk Center State Park Craft Village during the Ozark…

Exhausted the recipes of leftover Thanksgiving turkey? Join us at Cane Creek State Park for pizza and popcorn at Pavilion 2! Experience the rich flavor and hearty texture that only cast-iron cooking…

Join us to celebrate the beginning of the Christmas season on top of beautiful Petit Jean Mountain. There will be live holiday music, crafts available for the whole family to make in…

DeGray Lake Resort State Park invites you to celebrate the holiday season in the comfort of the park's beautiful lodge. Come in from the cold to make a nature-themed craft or tree ornament while…

Come get into the holiday spirit with the staff at the Mammoth Spring State Park. Meet at the state park office at 5 p.m. where you'll be greeted by a park interpreter. There will be a guided hike…

Join us at Historic Washington State Park’s Candle Shop and be part of a hands-on experience making candles and learning the history of candle making. Not only will you make your own creations, but…

Join a park interpreter at the amphitheater for a class in campfire cooking basics. We will use multiple mechanisms to cook outdoors – including cast iron over a campfire, Dutch ovens, and foil…

Join us for the annual Eagles Et Cetera Festival, the longest-running eagle awareness event in Arkansas, which has taken place for over four decades. Celebrate the remarkable conservation story of our…

Trade the school books for hands-on-history at Davidsonville Historic State Park as we celebrate 200 years since the construction of the oldest courthouse in Arkansas. Teachers, bring your class and…