Beading with Carol Charging-Thunder
Beading with Carol Charging-Thunder
Create a Buffalo Bone bead necklace to take home at this free program led by Lakota bead artist Carol Charging-Thunder.
Carol has been beading for over 50 years. Her work has been exhibited at the Tweed Museum of Art in Duluth and was featured in an art exhibit developed by All My Relations Arts.
Free program. All materials provided. No registration required. Drop in any time during the 3-hour event.
While you're there, ask about Pond House tours.
Log Cabin Building at the Pond House
Log Cabin Building at the Pond House
Bring the whole family to build a kid-sized log cabin during this free event!
You’ll assemble pre-cut timbers to create a 4’ high pioneer home. Younger builders can design a mini cabin with Lincoln Logs.
Learn from historic building expert Miles Jewell about the ingenious joinery used to lock log corners together.
Free program for all ages. No registration required. Drop in any time during the three-hour event. All materials provided.
While you're there, ask about Pond House tours
Discovering Dandelions at The Pond House
Discovering Dandelions at The Pond House
You may hate them or love them, but dandelions are here to stay!
Learn how they came to Minnesota and the many ways pioneers used them. A naturalist will explain their place in the ecosystem and surprising facts about these ubiquitous flowers.
Sip dandelion tea, snack on dandelion jelly with crackers, and try your hand at dandelion threading art to take home.
Free program. No registration required. Drop in any time during the 3-hour event.
While you're there, ask about Pond House tours.
Paddlewheeler Pleasures & Perils at The Pond House
Paddlewheeler Pleasures & Perils at The Pond House
Assemble, decorate, and race your own wooden toy boat at this free program at the historic Pond House!
Challenge a family member or friend to a variety of steamboat crew chores and hear Miles Jewell tell exciting stories about the ships that plied our watery highways.
All aboard!
Free program. No registration required. Drop in any time during the 3-hour event.
While you're there, ask about Pond House tours.
Seen and Not Heard! at the Pond House
Seen and Not Heard! at the Pond House
Make your own Church Baby Doll using fancy, colorful handkerchiefs.
Keeping children quiet during long pioneer church services was a challenge. The solution? Church Babies!
These simple dolls helped relieve Sunday morning boredom for kids, which was much appreciated by their parents.
Free program for all ages. No registration required. Drop in any time during the 3-hour event. All materials provided
While you're there, ask about Pond House tours.