History Comes Alive
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Step Back in Time
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Forgotten Skills
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Learn by Doing
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Discover the Past
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History Comes Alive ✳︎ Step Back in Time ✳︎ Forgotten Skills ✳︎ Learn by Doing ✳︎ Discover the Past ✳︎
What could an ancient Egyptian mummy possibly have in common with a jar of food sitting in your pantry? More than you might think!
In this Farm School kit, we’re traveling back to ancient Egypt to investigate the science behind mummification. Kids will start an experiment and watch what happens over several days. We’ll discover what causes things to decay, why removing moisture can slow that process and how ancient Egyptians used those same ideas thousands of years ago.
Then we’ll bring that science back to the farm! Kids will discover why people have always needed ways to make things last and explore how drying, salting, fermenting, canning and cold storage help us preserve the harvest today.
For our main project, kids will create their own Egyptian-inspired burial mask using papier-mâché, then learn about the meaning and purpose behind the incredible masks found in ancient Egyptian tombs.
It’s Ancient Egypt, art, history, biology and preservation science all rolled into one very October-y Farm School kit!
Recommended for ages 7–14. Younger children can participate with adult help.
Your kit includes supplies for the experiment, a mask form and papier-mâché supplies for your Egyptian burial mask, hands-on activities and printed learning materials. Note if you choose the shipping option you will have to provide you own apple.
Travel back more than 150 years and imagine what life might have been like for a child traveling west on the Oregon Trail. Kids will follow the journey west while learning about pioneer childhood, the jobs children were expected to help with, and the simple toys they made from materials they had available.
Along the way, your child will create their own no-sew pioneer rag doll using fabric, wool, yarn, and lavender. They’ll also make a button whirligig, explore wool and lavender, follow an interactive Oregon Trail map, and discover important stops from Independence, Missouri, all the way to Oregon City.
Each kit includes:
Everything needed to make one no-sew pioneer rag doll
Wool stuffing and dried lavender
Button whirligig supplies
Illustrated doll-making instructions
Interactive Oregon Trail map and QR activities
Pioneer chores and childhood activities
Wool and lavender learning
History, fun facts, and hands-on activities throughout
This isn’t just a doll craft. It’s a hands-on trip down the Oregon Trail designed to get kids making, playing, exploring, and learning along the way.