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American History Crafts for Kids

1700's

Colonial Life, Founding Fathers & Government, Revolutionary War

There is a long list of crafts ideas to illustrate life in the early American colonies! Next comes several good selections for the Founding Fathers & American government activities, and lastly, the Revolutionary War.

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AMERICA: 1700's

Colonial Life
Try your hand at making colonial candles or Pomander Balls or a Horn Book or a Quill Pen or a Rag Doll with the easy directions at this site. A separate site gives instructions for a Nettie Doll, which is a rag doll constructed in a similar fashion to a cornhusk doll.

Jacob's Ladder & Whirlygig toys are often sold in historical souvenir shops. Make yours with these instructions!

Try your skills at Marbles or the Game of Graces.

See Hands-On America Vol. 1: Art Activities About Vikings, Explorers, Woodland Indians and Colonial Life above.

Make a punched tin decoration to imitate the early American lanterns or candle sconces.

Make your own quill pen and practice writing with washable ink!

The Dutch used windmills in New Amsterdam (the future New York), and other colonies such as Williamsburg had them, too. Copy this pattern onto cardstock to make one yourself!

History Pockets, Colonial America, Grades 4-6 (History Pockets) by Marc Tyler Nobleman. Evan-Moor.
You will love these books (it's a series)! Lots of photocopiable, informative projects to make. Most of the finished products will fit in a notebook. Enhanced eBook edition also available.

Colonial America (Easy Make & Learn Projects): 18 Fun-to-Create Reproducible Models that Bring the Colonial Period to Life by Donald M. Silver and Patricia J. Wynne. Scholastic, 2002.
Our favorite projects were a 3-D Jamestown, and a Look-Inside Log Cabin. Everything can be made from paper (or cardstock).

Founding Fathers & Government
Conduct 4 different experiments similar to what the amazing scientist and inventor Ben Franklin did.

This simple craft illustrates the first President's Cabinet in a way that a child can understand and remember. FREE from A Book In Time!

Kids can make Abraham Lincoln or George Washington by cutting out shapes from construction paper or craft foam. The patterns are very inexpensive and are available for immediate download! The flag and the American eagle are also options!

Will the Real Paul Revere Please Stand Up? and 14 Other American History Plays. Scholastic.
15 Read-Aloud Plays based on the Classic TV show "To Tell the Truth." Includes Ben Franklin, George Washington Carver, and more.

Revolutionary War
This paper soldiers site includes ships and soldiers from both American and British regiments (Look under the 18th Century heading.)

Professor Noggin's American Revolution Card Game

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