Summer Camp is coming soon!

June 11, 2013
WHATCHA GOT COOKING DAYCAMP
9 a.m.-noon
Participants for this camp will learn a bit about 19th century food preparation and prepare a meal of their own with fellow campers! $15 admission includes materials, snack, and recipes to take home. Reservations required one week prior. Camp is for children going into 4th-8th grade.  Download registration form.

WAGONS WEST
June 12 or 21, 2013 (pick one only)   
9 a.m.-noon
Wagons West is a program of hands-on activities recreating elements of a typical school-age child's day. The children wash clothes using a washboard and lye soap, card wool, grind corn by hand and weave on a child's scale loom. $15 admission includes materials and a snack. Reservations required one week prior. Program is for children going into 1st--6th grade. Download registration form.


June 13, 2013
TOOLIN’ AROUND DAYCAMP
9 a.m.-noon
Join our skilled woodworker as he introduces basic 19th century woodworking techniques and helps campers complete a project of their own! $15 admission includes materials and a snack. Reservations required one week prior. Camp is for children going into 4th-8th grade. Download registration form.

Still time to sign up for Summer Camps!

Our camps are filling fast...so don't delay!

June 8, 20, or 27, 2012 (pick one only)

WAGONS WEST

9 a.m.-noon

Be a 19th century Texan for a day! Wagons West is a program of hands-on activities recreating elements of a typical school-age child's day. The children wash clothes using a washboard and lye soap, card wool, grind corn by hand and weave on a child's scale loom. $15 admission includes materials and a snack. Reservations required one week prior. Program is for children going into 1st--6th grade. Registration form available here.

June 21, 2012

TOOLIN’ AROUND DAYCAMP

9 a.m.-noon

If you’re wondering what tools helped build the frontier, then this camp is for you! Join our skilled woodworker as he introduces basic 19th century woodworking techniques and helps campers complete a project of their own! $15 admission includes materials and a snack. Reservations required by June 14. Camp is for children going into 4th-8th grade. Registration form available here.

Summer Fun at the Village!

Check out these fun summer camp opportunities...pre-registration is required, so don't delay!

June 14, 2012
WHATCHA GOT COOKING DAYCAMP
9 a.m.-noon
Participants for this camp will learn a bit about 19th century food preparation and prepare a meal of their own with fellow campers! $15 admission includes materials, snack, and recipes to take home. Reservations required by June 7. Camp is for children going into 4th-8th grade. Registration form available here.

June 8, 20, or 27, 2012 (pick one only)

WAGONS WEST

9 a.m.-noon

Be a 19th century Texan for a day! Wagons West is a program of hands-on activities recreating elements of a typical school-age child's day. The children wash clothes using a washboard and lye soap, card wool, grind corn by hand and weave on a child's scale loom. $15 admission includes materials and a snack. Reservations required one week prior. Program is for children going into 1st--6th grade. Registration form available here.

June 21, 2012

TOOLIN’ AROUND DAYCAMP

9 a.m.-noon

If you’re wondering what tools helped build the frontier, then this camp is for you! Join our skilled woodworker as he introduces basic 19th century woodworking techniques and helps campers complete a project of their own! $15 admission includes materials and a snack. Reservations required by June 14. Camp is for children going into 4th-8th grade. Registration form available here.

Cooking Camp on Community Cable

Interested in seeing footage from our recent cooking camp? Fort Worth's Community Cable Channel 31 will be featuring a dedicated show! Show times can be found here... (expand date selection and search for "cooking.")

Woodworkers working wood...

Great photos from yesterday's Woodworking summer camp! Enjoy...

Cooking Camp 2010!

Last week we enjoyed the company of seven lovely young ladies as we hosted our annual "Whatcha Got Cooking?" summer camp? In three hours time, these ladies prepared a full meal of roast chicken with herbs, pinto beans, fried potatoes, cornbread, and apple crisp from scratch over a fire pit. They, of course, had a "little" help from our head fire pit chef Fred and historical interpreters Linda and Marcela.

Enjoy these photos!

Summer camp information--sign up today!

Hello esteemed Village People!

As the days turn warmer, we turn our thoughts to the coming months and what exciting adventures lie ahead. And we can't help but think that our June day camps are right around the corner!

All camps are back by popular demand! For our 4th-8th graders, we will again offer our cooking and woodworking single-day camps. Both provide great hands-on opportunities to hone specific "pioneer" skills. For our wee pioneers (K-6th grade) we will feature our Wagons West: Hands-on history programs. Not as intensive as cooking/woodworking, Wagons West still gives our participants a "taste" of pioneer life.

Here's more information on all three programs, plus downloadable registration forms. Classes fill fast, so don't delay!

Registration Form--Cooking and/or Woodworking

Registration Form WW

Woodn't you know it...

If you are faithful Blog Cabin Village readers, you might remember that we had some marvelous Iron Chef Pioneers out here a couple of weeks ago. They fought through rain, power outages, and other crazy circumstances to prepare a magnificent meal.

This week's campers had a challenge of their own: build a tool box using 19th century tools. And do it in 100-degree heat.

Again our campers rose to the challenge. And again the end product was OUTSTANDING. But don't take OUR word for it...take a look for yourself!

Iron Chef Pioneers...

Today we had the most amazing chefs as our guests here at the Village. No...Grady Spears and Tim Love didn't drop by. Bobby Flay and Michael Symon didn't make it either.

Instead we had five fabulous fourth grade girls and two super sixth grade boys! Today was our "Whatcha Got Cookin'?" daycamp...and our intrepid Iron Chef pioneers made an entire meal from scratch using a fire pit and a box wood stove. And they did it in under three hours!

The menu: roast chicken, fried potatoes, corn bread, pinto beans, and apple pie

The process: The chefs chopped vegetables, gathered herbs, stirred pots, stuffed chickens, and rolled out pie dough.

The supreme Iron Chef pioneer challenges: storms (which required covering the fire pit with a canopy so the bird could continue roasting, rain, a power outage (no light in the cabin), no modern cooking appliances, and extreme hunger.

These chefs were gamers, however. They didn't let a little thunder steal THEIR thunder. They even shared stories...including one so scary that the screams made the staff in the main cabin come running down to make sure we were alright! :)

A wonderful time was had by all...and this meal will not soon be forgotten.

Special thanks go out to our "Village People," who helped the camp run seamlessly despite seemingly insurmountable obstacles. VERY special thanks to Village interpreter Fred Gersch for designing and teaching the camp.

Enjoy the photos and the guidebook in this blog entry! Reminder: you can click on any of the photos in the slideshow to make them larger or to control the speed.



Cooking Guidebook

Publish at Scribd or explore others: How-to-Guides & Manu dutch oven firepit

Summer Daycamp information...

Our Summer Daycamp information is now online!!! Come check out the new camps we have to offer this year...

The log days of summer...

Already trying to figure out what to do with the wee ones this summer? How about one of our summer camps?





Here's more info:

June 12, 2008
GONE TO TEXAS SUMMER DAYCAMP
9:00 a.m.—12:00 p.m.
Pack the wagon and head to 1800s Texas! Learn how cabins were built, explore the herb garden, grind corn, and make your own “homey” crafts. $15 admission includes craft materials and a snack. Reservations required by June 6. Please call 817-392-6769 or e-mail educator@logcabinvillage.org for a registration form. Camp is for 2nd-6th grade.

June 13 OR 27, 2008 (pick one)
WAGONS WEST
9:00 a.m.—12:00 p.m.
Be a 19th century Texan for a day! Wagons West is a program of hands-on activities recreating elements of a typical school-age child's day. The children wash clothes using a washboard and lye soap, card wool, grind corn by hand and weave on a child's scale loom. This popular group program is open for individuals on these two days only! $15 admission includes craft materials and a snack. Reservations required by June 6 and 20. Please call 817-392-6769 or e-mail educator@logcabinvillage.org for a registration form. Program is for 2nd-6th grade. *note: this program duplicates some elements of the daycamps, so you may not wish to sign your child up for this in addition to the camps.

June 19, 2008
TEXAS IS HOME SUMMER DAYCAMP
9:00 a.m.—12:00 p.m.
Learn about everyday life and chores in 19th century Texas. Wash clothes, spin and weave wool, go to school, and more. Make your own glycerin herb soap and 1800s toy to take home! $15 admission includes craft materials and a snack. Reservations required by June 13. Please call 817-392-6769 or e-mail educator@logcabinvillage.org for a registration form. Camp is for 2nd-6th grade.

June 26, 2008
WE’RE ALL TEXANS SUMMER DAYCAMP
9:00 a.m.—12:00 p.m.
Discover the multi and cross-cultural aspects of Texas through exploration into the importance of corn, clay, and the role of trade. Make your own corn husk doll and clay creation, and trade with the Villagers to get materials for a bead bracelet. $15 admission includes craft materials and a snack. Reservations required by June 20. Please call 817-392-6769 or e-mail educator@logcabinvillage.org for a registration form. Camp is for 2nd-6th grade.