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2010
  On Wednesday, December 15th the Local History Room "Celebrated the Holidays in Spain" when Barbara Sheridan, Master Chef showed us how to make hot cocoa and Three Kings Bread,which is traditionally enjoyed on Three Kings Day in Spain. Participants made their own shoe where they placed hay for the camels and were visited by one of the Kings who passed out gifts. One of the participants found a prize in their portion of the bread and was proclaimed Queen for a Day.
 On Tuesday, January 18th the Local History Department presented a workshop on how to paint a silk fan. Each participant worked on transferring their design to the silk fan using water resistant applicator and some black ink. After their transferred design had dried they filled in their pattern with a wide variety of color inks.
 The historical figure of John Adams, portrayed by George Baker, will present his views of the nation, history and family life in a humorous and inspiring speech. He will be dressed in the clothes he would have worn as the Second President of the United States 1797-1801.  Scherenschnitte art work often has symmetry within the design, and common forms include silhouettes, valentines, and love letters. The art tradition was founded in Switzerland and Germany in the 16th century, and was brought to Colonial America in the 18th century by immigrants who settled primarily in Pennsylvania. Join Janice Nesta for a lesson on how to create these beautiful art forms.
The first Russian nesting doll or matryoshka was born in 1890 in the workshop "Children's Education" situated in Abramtsevo estate new Moscow. Russian wooden dolls within smaller dolls were called matryoshka. Join us as we learn how to paint our very own set of Russian Nesting Dolls.
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2011
 The Local History Room sponsored a workshop on how to stencil a recipe box during the morning of Tuesday, January 4th. We had a great time creating a recipe box that would hold our most precious family traditions, the recipes that we love to make for our family.
 Sailor Valentines are a type of antique souvenir, or sentimental gift originally brought home from a sailor's voyage at sea for his loved one during the early 1800s.
History of mask-wearing during public festivals dates back to the 15th century in Venice. Carnival allowed citizens to step outside their everyday personas and take on a different identity. Join us when we learn how to create our very own Mardi Gras Mask using glittering paint, feathers and jewels.
 The art of making crepe paper flowers was a subsitute for real flowers back in the early 1900s. The women and older girls of a a family would busily start constructing crepe paper roses, irises, sweet peas and morning glories several months before Memorial Day or Decoration Day to decorate the family graves. Waxing them made them last even longer.
This summer we added a bit of color and whimsy to our yards when we painted a Victorian Birdhouse on Tuesday, August 16th. Victorian style features multiple stories, chimneys, shutters and fancy trim.
On Tuesday, August 9th the History Department gave a workshop on Quilling, first introduced in the 1200's but became popular in the 1700's in Colonial America. This craft is done by winding strips of paper on a small slotted tool to create coils of paper which are crimped to form petals, leaf shapes, etc. Here you see some of the participants showing off their finished paperweight.
 On Tuesday, October 18th we learned how to use Straw Marquetry techniques to create a lovely keepsake box.
On Tuesday, November 22nd we learned how to create a beaded barrette or necklous using a beading loom similiar to the one used by North American Indians.  Gourd decoration is an ancient tradition with the
North American Indians. On November 15th we
had a workshop on how to paint a gourd which
can be used for your Thanksgiving table
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