Type: Interesting Neighborhoods and Shopping
Activity duration: 1 day
Topics of interest: The World of Art and Picture Perfect Moments
Prices: Free
Hours of operation: Open daily
Website: www.chaddsford.com/
More Details:
Junior Guides will have an opportunity to experience different colonial crafts. Recent programs have included:
- Textile Crafts (cross-stitching, knitting, sewing a sampler, and making a quilt)
- Washing & dyeing wool
- Whittling
- Basket making
- Soap making
- Traditional lime mortar wall building
- Colonial quill writing
- 18th century games
- Historical topics (18th century livestock, life in a Revolutionary War Camp,
Wash Day, and the study of historical pottery)
The program begins with sewing sessions in April and continues throughout the summer. Each yearly session culminates in a demonstration of what the Junior Guides have learned during Chadds Ford Days and other local events in the fall.