Spring Break Class: Felted Placemats!
This Class has been cancelled- we hope to offer it again in a few months. Thank you for your understanding.
Living History Days Festival in Oakland, OR
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,...
Frontier Heritage Fair Booth 2020
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...
Pioneer Scribe – Early Settlers Letter Writing for Girl Scouts
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!
Girls Scouts Only: Pioneer Girls Early Settlers May 2020
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.
Homestead Arts: Soap Making Class
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...
Happy Haunts Vintage Halloween Party
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!
Winter Crafts: Candle Making and Mini Wreaths
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...
Open House at our New Location!
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...