Little House on *Our* Prairie

Fall is crazy for me – I’m generally busy with photo shoots, birthday celebrations, work, homeschooling, well visits, dental appointments, eye doctor appointments, etc.

I have a lot to catch up on -- and there is a promise of more blogposts soon, but I thought I’d take a moment to blog our Little House homeschool day birthday party.

My girls love Little House on the Prairie. They love to dress up. They love to visit re-enactment days and pioneer-themed establishments. They love to do school on slates and carry lunch in pails.

After a recent trip to Old World Wisconsin sealed the deal, we decided on a Little House themed day, and then we gathered our supplies and our crew:

Making sugar cookie dough.

First, my friend (I wish she had a website) make me these printed cookie toppers to put on our sugar cookies – and the girls got to work: baking, making icing, frosting and decorating. Thank you, Katie, for making me look like a baking professional!

Rolling these out was super easy!

My incredibly talented friend printed off these toppers for our cookies! Sooooooo adorable. She made me look like a professional!

Second, my girls really were the driving force behind the day here…. They did some Pinterest research and then we set to work. Planning a rustic-themed party for kids sounds easy ... but, in our modern-day world, it is harder than one might expect to be authentic. We did, however, pull together some fun activities and I think the girls had a wonderful time time playing with friends. 

We welcomed our guests with a make-your-own-doll craft -- a piece of cloth and yarn were the only things we needed.

The students took their pennies to Oleson's Mercantile to purchase slates and slate pencils.

Using their purchased slates, the schoolchildren did some copywork out of replica McGuffey's readers!

We are Little House Fans ~ we read a picture book in class.

  

The embroidery station -- everyone could use some needles and embroidery thread to work on embroidery hoops filled with taut linen.  

Of course, there was food! The girls wanted tin plates ... but we were able to find silver paper plates, red-and-white checked paper napkins AND red and white paper straws!

Little House cookies in a little personalized tin pail.

The washing station ~ wash tub, washboard and drying line!

And, some of the kiddos dressed up, which makes pictures just that much more fun.

Luckily there was a break in the drizzle and we could wash and hang the laundry.

I think it was a hit.

And just look at this!!!!! 

Our crew, minus the cute little one in the overalls ... not sure how we missed that one here!

Happy Little House moments ... memories to last forever.