--- James Schulte <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> The house I volunteer at has a children's day once a year. At this event we
> do many colonial games, activities which would be appropriate for this time
> period. Were looking to expand what we do, so Im wonder what all y'all do in
> regards to children's activities, especially those associated with early
> America...thanks Jim

I just did a Hands on History day back in June and got some great suggestions
from this group. A search of the archives should find them. Off the top of my
head, ideas included:

- Knitting, quilting, embroidery or other needlework (crochet didn't start
being used until the Civil War era though the technique had been around before
then)
- Laundry
- Herbs - growing, drying, herbal medicine
- Colonial medicine (we had a Colonial doc come to our event)
- Quill pen writing
- Cooking
- Grinding corn/making flour
- Making butter (baby food jars, a piece of ice and some heavy cream)
- Spinning and weaving
- Games like marbles, quoits, or horseshoes
- "Grandma's trunk" - dress-up clothing
- Shadow portraits (more Victorian)
- Making calling cards (again more Victorian)
- Soap making
- Horse care (Our site is at a barn so we had someone and their horse do a
grooming and horse shoeing demo)
- Bread making
- Knot-tying
- Period school lessons with hornbooks and McGuffy readers
- period carpentry
- rope making
- natural dyes
- musket/black powder demo
- leather/canvas sewing

I'm sure there are many others as well.

Deb

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