Historic Colonial Crafts

Colonial Crafts introduces young readers to the craftspeople who created useful works of art by hand. Children will find out how the artisans learned their trades through many years of apprenticeship, as their masters did before them, and gain an appreciation of the beautiful handmade objects that have lasted more than two hundred years. Visit the workshops of:
• the wheelwright
• the cooper
• the founder
• the shoemaker
• the milliner
• the gunsmith

Reading Level: Gr. 3
Interest Level: Gr. 3-6