Early American History Pack

Make history fun with these great crafts from the colonial           days of America.  

This craft pack is a fun way to use hands-on learning to experience Early American ways of life.

The pack also includes an "Educational Opportunities" Sheet with             facts and extra activity ideas to extend the learning experience.

The Early American History Pack includes the following crafts:

• Student Hornbook:      

         Write a lesson on a piece of paper, cover it with "horn" and attach it to the wooden  

         paddle. Hang it around your neck with a piece of lacing, and wear your lessons like a 

         colonial era student.

• Wooden Fort:               

          Make a model of a the wooden forts built by early settlers to protect their

          settlements from attack.

• Tricorn Hat:        

          Create a hat made popular during the Colonial and Revolutionary Eras.

• Tin Punch Lantern: 

          Use a pin to punch holes in a decorative pattern in the metal foil, then fold it

          into a lantern.

• Beeswax Candle and Candleholder: 

          Roll your own candle with wicking and a beeswax sheet. Decorate a wooden candle

          holder, then insert your candle and light it (with adult supervision).

• Woven Mat:       

          Weave a small mat using a loom and yarn, just like Early American women and girls did.

• Pineapple Ornament:        

          Decorate a styrofoam form with sequins and pipecleaners to create a model of the

          colonial symbol of hospitality.

• Quill & Scroll: 

          Create a real quill pen from a feather, then use it to write your own "proclamation" on a

          scroll that you make.

• Metal Tooled Liberty Bell:           

         Use the metal foil piece and mold to create a model of the Liberty Bell.

• Quilt Square:           

         Use colorful patterned squares and triangles to design your own quilt square.

*PROJECTS MAY VARY FROM PICTURE