Little House on the Prairie Play date

I had a "Little House on the Prairie" day with Caroline and her 2 cousins, Sarah and Alyssa. They are all at an age where they are really interested in pioneer days. (It was my absolute favorite unit in elementary school.)  It was so much fun! 

The girls all wore the prairie bonnets I had made them this spring.  We did a lot of things pioneer girls would have done to prepare for lunch (with a modern twist for convenience sake!)    We made our own butter from cream (with the help of a cuisinart. My butter churn is out of service.)

We made our own bread (from a Krusteaz mix).

Here are the girls stirring the bread ingredients and kneading the dough.

 The girls went strawberry "picking". (Of course, we had to improvise since we don't have any strawberry bushes in our backyard!)

 We did some quilt work while we waited for the bread to bake (with paper. No sharp needles to worry about here.)

 Then we sat down to a pioneer lunch of lemonade, fresh-baked bread, fresh butter, strawberries, and bacon on tin plates.

 The girls then watched an episode of Little House on the Prairie in their "covered wagon".

What a FUN day!