So as you saw in my previous post, we made powdered wigs and tricorn hats today in honor of President's Day. The craft really isn't hard, but it was fun. You need about 1/2 a bag of regular cotton balls, a white painters cap, a little piece of ribbon and glue. (We used a hot glue gun because it holds the cotton balls better and dries quickly.) So you just take your painters cap and make rows of glue and let the kids put their cotton balls on it as close together as they can. Then you tie a ribbon in the middle of the brim and have the child wear it backwards. Voila! Powdered wig ala George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and all those Founding Fathers that we read about in our history books.
A fun piece of trivia is that James Madison was the last US President to don a powdered wig and knee britches in 18th Century fashion according to www.wikipedia.org.
You have the coolest parties! Looks like fun!
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ReplyDeleteWe "celebrated" President's Day with Super Mario Bros and Harry Potter. Such good homeschoolers.
What a wonderful way to celebrate our heritage and teach your boys!
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