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CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES TO EXPLORE CHERRY HILL FROM HOME

BOOK                                                                                                                                                                        Read the book "Come to Cherry Hill" by Martha Custis Walden about the lives of Johnny Mills and Betty Styles when they lived at Cherry Hill as children. Learn about the chores to do and activities to enjoy at Cherry Hill at that time. To read "Come to Cherry Hill," click on the pink cover page to the right.    


COLORING  PAGES                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Add color to the Cherry Hill Farmhouse or the Woman Reading a Letter by printing and coloring these coloring pages with crayons, markers or paints. To print a coloring page, click on one of the pages below.



VIDEOS

Simple Machine Barn Tour Video

Watch the Simple Machine Barn Tour video to learn about the construction of the Barn and the uses for the period tools, machines and farm implements in the Barn's collection. Enjoy a demonstration of corn shelling and grinding using period machines, a popular Barn activity.


Parlor Game Series Videos

 Watch the Parlor Game Series videos to learn to play games with family and friends that were very popular in the 1800's to play . Enjoy games such as Rigamarole,  Flour Merchant, Kim's Game, How Why When Where and The Minister's Cat.   


Victorian Craft Series Videos 

Watch the Victorian Craft Series videos to learn how to make crafts that people enjoyed making in the Victorian era. Enjoy crafts such as Polish Paper Cutting and Quilling while learning to create Marbled Paper, Silhouettes, and a toy known as a Thaumatrope or Wonder Turner.

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