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June 2018
Join us Saturday, June 9th as we put in our new pioneer garden for the year! We use this garden all year long, for summer camps, homeschool classes and more. The property owners, Tom and Sue, are generous enough to share space in their fenced garden and provide the water, but we need to provide everything else- including people-power! This is a work party so it is FREE!!!! Sign up by emailing our Director at karen@singingcreekcenter.org. We provide some tools…
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See our main page about the festival here. Join us for the 4th Annual Pioneer Living History Festival at Singing Creek Educational Center, located at the Camas Country Bakery and Schoolhouse in Junction City. Go back in time and touch and explore crafts, music, historical exhibits, games, animals and more! For a small fee you can have a whole day of fun! Try the spinning wheel, make a bead, pet the horse, try the ring toss game and work the…
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July 9th – 13th, 2018 9am – 3pm Fun all day long at the farm with pioneer games, crafts, activities, songs and lots more! For boys and girls aged 6-10 years. Older kids can be camp helpers- only one allowed at each camp. See our page on this website for details: https://www.singingcreekcenter.org/summer-camps/
Find out more »Monday – Friday, July 23 – 27, 2018 9am – 3pm Fun all day long at the farm with pioneer games, crafts, activities, songs and lots more! For boys and girls aged 6-10 years. Older kids can be camp helpers- only one allowed at each camp. See our page on this website for details: https://www.singingcreekcenter.org/summer-camps/
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Lewis and Clark: Explorers! Monday – Friday, Aug 6 – 10, 2018 9am to 3pm Fun all day long on the farm for boys and girls aged 6-10 years. Older children can be camp helpers- only one per camp. This brand new camp will feature lots of outside time, learning about Lewis and Clark and the Corp of Discovery, creating crafts, exploring, learning about the native peoples of Oregon and more. We will have costumed interpreters come to camp and…
Find out more »Monday – Friday, Aug 20 – 24, 2018 9am – 3pm Fun all day long at the farm with pioneer games, crafts, activities, songs and lots more! For boys and girls aged 6-10 years. Older kids can be camp helpers- only one allowed at each camp. See our page on this website for details: https://www.singingcreekcenter.org/summer-camps
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October 2018
Go back in time and live like an Oregon settler in 1850 at our pioneer education center. The family farm includes a pond, chickens, garden, one-room schoolhouse, and a pioneer “homestead”. We can provide pioneer clothing like bonnets and aprons or you can wear your own. Complete with fun activities, authentic “chores” and crafts. This class will earn you the Playing the Past badge in a truly unique and hands-on way. Activities will include: Sew your own pioneer shoulder bag,…
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Join us on Friday November 9, 2018 and make your own simple basket to take home. Our guest instructor, Cheryl Chambers, has been teaching this class for years, mostly to senior citizens and local centers. We provide all the materials and instruction. Best for ages 10 and up. Cost is $10 per basket made (two people can work on one basket if you like.) The class is two hours so that you can finish a simple basket in that time.…
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Join us for a wonderful day of creating seasonal gifts! Make some candles and mini holiday wreaths to decorate a tree. For candles, we will fill molds and do some dipping into hot wax, just like the pioneers did– on the wood burning stove. (With adult close supervision.) Decorate your own mini wreath with pinecones, ribbons, dried natural items and a few glittery items. Supplies and instruction are included for your $10 fee per person. Bring your old broken candle pieces…
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