Little House Party

I hosted this event in honor of Laura Ingalls Wilder's 150th birthday in February 2017.

I read Going West or Dance at Grandpa's. Both these titles are from the My First Little House Books series. 

I shared information about 19th Century Candy, pioneer games from American West Heritage Center (Pioneer Life under Helpful Downloads), an article from Reminisce magazine (Feb/Mar 2017), Map from The World of Little House by Carolyn Strom Collins & Christina Wyss Eriksson (pp. 8-9), and chores in Laura's time (See “Housekeeping on the Prairie,” Chapter 5: On the Banks of Plum Creek, pp.55-58, The World of Little House by Collins & Eriksson)

I prepared packets with the following information: 

• Laura Ingalls Wilder in US Census Records
• Songs from the Little House books
• Books about Laura Ingalls Wilder
• Books for Fans of the Little House series
• About the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award
• Laura Ingalls Wilder Award Winners, 1954-Present

I play music that would have been around when Laura was a girl: 

• Pop! Goes the Weasel 
• Oh, Susanna 
• Old Dan Tucker 

We made two crafts: dancing button strings and nine patch quilt squares with srapbook paper.

I had an activity table set up for String Games with the following: 

• String (yarn) cut in 5-6 foot lengths
• Cat’s Cradle: A Book of String Figures by Anne Akers Johnson 
• Cat’s Cradle, Owl’s Eyes: A Book of String Games by Camilla Gryski 

We played the game Kitten in the Corner. 

We had gingersnaps, lemonade, Necco Wafers, and conversation hearts for refreshments.