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Life in Colonial America. By Mrs. Read’s Second Grade Class. Games and toys of colonial times. Rachel Glock and Hamilton Ross. What were toys made of? . Cast iron and copper alloy. What toys were made ?. wagon wheel and cast iron toy pistols. What did they play with?.
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Life in Colonial America By Mrs. Read’s Second Grade Class
Games and toys of colonial times Rachel Glock and Hamilton Ross
What were toys made of? Cast iron and copper alloy
What toys were made ? wagon wheel and cast iron toy pistols
What did they play with? Doll houses, dolls, tops, hoops, marbles, jacks, toy animals, blocks
What are some games that they played? • Sac race • Steal the Bacon • Ring Toss • Three legged race • Basket bowling
Food and recipes By Leigh Shore
What did they cook? • Bread, Meat, Milk, Eggs, Corn, Fish, soups, Fruits, Berries
What kind of meat did they eat? • Bear, Turkey, Moose, Deer, Elk
How did boys help cook? • They got the wood.
What did they eat for dessert? • Maple syrup • Ice cream • Taffy
How did they make taffy? • They put butter on their hands, and put flavoring and then ate it.
COLONIAL Weapons
What weapons did they use? Muskets Rifles Bayonets Sabers Canons Bow and arrows
What was their weakest weapons? • A bow and arrow.
How did they make their weapons? • A smith carved, shaped and forged the parts of the weapon.
What wild game did they hunt the most? • Mostly deer.
What was the strongest weapon • A canon
Colonial Crafts By: Rena Hooker and Mary Katherine Clemens
What kind of crafts did they make? • They made barrels, tools, shoes, utensils, books, weaving, sewing, candles, soap, and quilting.
How did they make their crafts? • With wool, wood, and colors.
How did they make colors? • They used berries, flowers, wool, bark, and roots.
What did they write with? • They wrote with a goose or wild turkey feather. It was called a quill pen, and maple bark boiled in water made good ink.
Did they have paper and glue back then? • They had paper that they made but they had no glue.
Children’s Clothing By Katherine and Rhead
How did they wear their hair? • They wore wigs and big hairdos
What did they wear in the winter? They wore wool in the winter
Where did they buy their clothing? • They made their clothing
Why did they wear bonnets? • To keep the sun off delicate skin
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Children’s Clothing in Colonial Times By Aubrey and Carolyn
What clothes did they wear? They wore bonnets, dresses, petticoats, aprons, and muffs.
Why did they wear aprons? • Because they did not want to get their dresses dirty.
Why did they wear bonnets? • They had bugs in their hair and they did not want it to get in their food.
What did they wear in the winter? • They wore wool in the winter.
What did we learn about clothing on Colonial Day? I learned that they wore a lot of clothing. It was really hard to get all of the clothing on. The clothes itched, and we were hot!
Colonial tools By Andrew Spaugh and Coleman Johnson
