Come make your own unique placemat using felting techniques! It's easy, all it takes is soap and water and the colored wool rovings- a little agitation and presto! You have your very own felted creation. These fun placemats can be used around the house under a pretty vase, at the table, or anywhere you'd like […]
Come visit our new location in the historic Dr. Snapp house and learn about our programs and events. Fun kids activities and a tour await you! This is FREE and fun for all ages. Meet our Director, Karen and our teacher, Kevin and experience all the unique history of the house. It sits next to […]
Join us at the Bohemia Mining Days Festival in Cottage Grove, Oregon on July 19th and 20th for a fun time in the kids zone! We'll be open from 10am to 6pm both days, but the larger festival stays open till 10pm and includes Thursday night. It's held in Coiner Park in the middle of […]
Soap Making with Kevin PrierThe techniques have been refined, but the chemistry of making soap has been the same for thousands of years. Learn the basics of making bar soap from scratch. We will discuss the chemistry of saponification, properties of different base oils and sources, and fragrance oils and other additives while we make […]
Join us for a fun and kid-friendly vintage Halloween party at the Snapp House in Cottage Grove! Games, crafts, activities and spooky shadow puppet play. Also a yummy bake sale! This event is candy and plastic free. Crafts are old-fashioned and made with real materials. Space is limited to 20 kids and their parent(s).
Pre-registration only for this event. Fun activities include: Lavender Ghosts, Raffia witches brooms, Halloween bingo with pioneer toy prizes, Shadow Puppet play "The Little Hobgoblin", and meet some famous ghosts!
Girls only! This class is now FULL, see you next year! Make some holiday cheer with your own homemade crafts! You will create gifts the old-fashioned way, like dipping beeswax candles and pouring wax into little tins for candles. Also adorn mini grapevine wreaths with natural objects and ribbons to give as gifts or decorate […]
Join us Feb 15th and 16th at the Lane County Fairgrounds at the annual Frontier Heritage Fair! 9am to 5pm on Saturday 9am to 4pm on Sunday This indoor family-friendly event features booths, exhibits, crafts, artisans and live music! See the the frontier, wild west and Civil War era goods and demonstrations.We will be doing […]
Due to the Coronavirus we have to cancel this event. We hope to reschedule! Please check back.
For Girl Scouts: Learn about early letter writing in Oregon history, including getting your very own handwritten letter from a child on the Oregon Trail!
Due to the Coronavirus we have to cancel this event. We hope to reschedule! Please check back.
Go back in time and live like an Oregon settler in 1890 at the historic Dr. Snapp House. Built in 1886, this home is in a park next to the Coast Fork Willamette River.
CANCELLED due to coronavirus, look for us next year at this event. Join us at the Living History Days festival in Oakland, OR for two days of historic fun! We will have a booth making corn dollies and helping kids have authentic historic fun! A weekend of fun, history, and learning for children and parents […]