Get Hands-on at Home

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Since we’re all spending a lot of time indoors right now, it’s a great opportunity to get crafty! To give you a little inspiration, we’re sharing some family-friendly Black Creek Pioneer Village favourites, based on heritage trades and crafts.

container herb garden

Plant a Container Herb Garden

jar of rhubarb jam with hand-written label

Make Your Own Rhubarb Jam

crafter experiments with homemade camera obscura

Make Your Own Camera Obscura

crafter spins homemade thaumatrope causing images on opposite sides of cardboard to appear to merge

Make Your Own Optical Toy

Victorian cup cake ready to serve

BAKE A VICTORIAN ‘CUP’ CAKE

knitted heart

Toilet Paper Roll Corking

eggs sit next to jars filled with cold water

Egg Testing

bread with homemade butter

Make Your Own Butter

crafter marks page with woven bookmark

Make a Woven Bookmark

potato stamp

Make an Easter Egg Potato Stamp