Spring Break enjoyable at Ozark Folk Center State Park

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ark. — Make essentially the most of Spring Break, March 23-27, 2026, with a hands-on, memory-making go to to Ozark Folk Center State Park. Throughout the week, guests can attempt their hand at conventional Ozark crafts and expertise, dance a jig, play the dulcimer, weave a mug rug, make felted cleaning soap, or plant an heirloom seed with a narrative to take dwelling.

Guests can take pleasure in guided excursions of the Ozark Highlands Theater and the Craft Village or discover the Heritage Herb Garden because it comes alive with contemporary spring progress. Many Craft Village outlets might be open and making ready for the upcoming season, providing a behind-the-scenes have a look at the park’s residing traditions.

The Gift Shop might be open Thursday and Friday, March 26-27, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission to the park is free throughout this particular spring break week. A schedule of packages and instances is out there at OzarkFolkCenter.com underneath the Craft & Garden tab.  Copies can even be out there on the Ozark Folk Center’s Visitor Center throughout spring break.

New this 12 months is a really particular providing: the Parent (or Grandparent) and Child Knife Making Class, taught by grasp bladesmith Brad Spurlock. In this one-day, hands-on workshop, an grownup and baby work collectively to assemble a purposeful knife from pre-forged, safety-prepared supplies. Participants will be taught protected, easy strategies for knife care, sharpening, and long-term upkeep. Each grownup/baby pair will go away with a novel, usable knife they created collectively.

The price for the knife-making class is $220 per grownup/baby pair. Classes are restricted to 2 pairs per day, with one class provided every day of Spring Break week (5 whole classes). Advance registration is required. To register, go to Tickets.OzarkFolkCenter.com or name the park at 870-269-3854 for extra info.

The Ozark Folk Center State Park is open seasonally annually from mid-April by way of mid-November and presents dwell music, herb and flower gardens, and family-friendly leisure within the Craft Village each Tuesday-Saturday from 10 a.m. to five p.m.  Village artisans make, display, and promote quite a lot of handcrafted items on the park’s 20 artisan outlets and gardens, like copper flame-painted decor, wire-wrapped silver jewellery, apothecary cleaning soap, candles, wooden carvings, stained glass, printing press stationery, handmade brooms, leather-based crafts, knives, and extra.

If you want a spot to remain, The Cabins at Dry Creek, positioned on-site, provide homespun decor, fashionable comforts, and an outside swimming pool on the cabins’ recreation workplace. Rooms are positioned simply down the hill from the Skillet Restaurant and Craft Village, and a shuttle service is supplied for cabin company who attend concert events on choose weekends.

Ozark Folk Center State Park

The Ozark Folk Center State Park, positioned in Mountain View, Arkansas, is open seasonally from mid-April to mid-November. The park’s mission is “to perpetuate, present and promote the Ozark way of life in an educational and enjoyable manner.” To be taught extra go to OzarkFolkCenter.com.

Arkansas State Parks

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Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism

The Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism protects and promotes our state’s pure, cultural and historic property, contributing to a thriving financial system and top quality of life. It is made up of three divisions: Arkansas State Parks, Arkansas Heritage and Arkansas Tourism.