Winter Break: Keeping Warm – Cloth & Clothing

Before factories and fast fashion, clothing was handmade, mended, and reused. Join us for activities focused on the labor, materials, and skills required to clothe a household in the colonial era.

Try your hand at weaving, creating small yarn coasters using simple cardboard looms—an accessible introduction to a skill that was once essential to everyday life. Participants can also make colonial paper dolls, choosing warm layers and accessories appropriate for winter weather in the 18th century. We will even have real examples of fabrics used and worn by people centuries ago!