- Archaeology:
Participate in an archaeology dig using authentic materials and methods.
- Arrow Making:
Create handmade arrows for primitive archery.
- Basketry: Make a basket by weaving natural materials together.
- Blacksmithing: Form metal using a forge and anvil.
- Block-Printing: Make block prints using historic printing methods.
- Bow Making: Manufacture a longbow out of wood.
- The Colonial Economy: Simulate an economy by trading and bartering to win candy.
- Journal Making: Handmake a journal using historic book-binding techniques.
- Possibles Bag: Make a possibles bag with an animal-face cover.
- Quill & Ink: Copy the Rules of Civility using a feather quill and inkwell.
- Scrimshaw: Engrave a design on animal horn.
- Trading Post: Purchase colonial replicas, toys, furs, and gifts.
- Wallet Making: Make a colonial wallet out of leather.
- Weaving: Make a piece of fabric on a loom.
Early Americans manufactured raw materials and goods for consumption. Learn about the emerging industries of the colonial period.
Writing with quill & ink.
Colonial currency.
