Little House Party Activities

Another successful party for a special little 5 year old. She had never even seen the "Little House on the Prairie," but I sold her on the activities, so that sealed the deal. Awesome. I kept worrying that she would change her mind at the last minute, but she stuck with me and had a blast. Here are some of the details of our party, and the activities we did.

• Coloring - This is always a great starting activity, or something to pass a few minutes.  The girls colored this and this picture.
• Read a "My First Little House" book. 
• Washing Clothes - I cannot overstate how big a hit this was. We probably could have done this the whole time. I had a huge stack of old stained onesies that the girls dunked and hung on the line. They were a perfectly fun little size for them to hang.
• Write with a Feather - The pioneers may or may not have done this, but we enjoyed it all the same. You could also write with a chalk and chalkboard, that would be fun too, I imagine.
• Make necklaces with "Indian Beads" - 5 is a perfect age for Pony Beads and plastic thread. The girls really enjoyed this. I imagine you could turn any number of beads into "Indian" beads, based on age of the kids.
• Guess the # of Clothespins - Wow - 5 year olds are not great estimators. I missed the boat on that one, but the clothespins looked cool in the jar, and it didn't require much effort.
• Making Butter - As I mentioned, if I had fewer moms around this would have been a mistake. But since mommas helped with the shaking, it was pretty interesting.
• Shop at Oleson's Mercantile - I sewed them each a goody bag with their initial on it. I also sewed each a tiny bag, which contained 10 pennies. They got to shop - old fashioned candies (from Cracker Barrel), a little notebook, and corn husk dolls. I think that's it. My least favorite activity. They just all gathered around me while I passed out stuff. Maybe if I organized differently, it would have gone better. This girl seemed to have fun doing it at her party. But it was cute seeing the old timey candy sticks, taffy & mints. Pictured below is me, giving them all a giant lecture about how sugar used to be special.
• Sewing - Picture of their sewing hoop here, and then the overview of my "how to" here. Big hit, I think.

We piggypacked her party onto a lot of other historical discussions and crafts we did this summer, so you might notice our Pretzel Cabin and Covered Wagon in the background. The best "Little House on the Prairie" invitations came from here.

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