Saturday, April 27, 2013

Pioneer Days at Red Feather ~

 It was Pioneer Day at Jordyns school on Friday, so we put together these outfits...but what they needed were bonnets, so i found this link on youtube and made these bonnets for us.  Now with our outfits complete, we were ready to go!
  I was invited to help at the quilt station, but was also there to take photos for the yearbook, so i ran around the event getting pictures of all i could, while also helping at the quilt station :)
 Besides the quilt station, there was square dancing, story time, and a one room school house. 
 They also enjoyed flapjacks with butter they made themselves and they also learned how to use a telegraph. 

It was great fun being a pioneer for a day...but i dont think i could do the dress and bonnet on a permanent basis!  In fact, it was great to suit up into my soccer mom clothes to go to practice afterwords!  Happy Trails Everyone ~

4 comments:

Tammy said...

What a fun day and a great idea to engage the kids with the past. I love your outfits and you are so right - the hats were a must!! Hugs.

Chrisitine said...

Looks like it was a blast! So happy to see the kids connecting with the past. Hugs and love !

Anonymous said...

You both look adorable in your bonnets! Though they are like blinders.. I'm not sure how you can see where you are going! Lol

Lynda said...

Bonnets are quite fun to make. I made several when we did a performance of 'Our Country's Good' which was set in 1789 - although they weren't as voluminous as yours!