PrairieLand
Activities for families and kids on the prairie.
Hands-on Projects to Make & Create
Ceramics
with Keith
Thompson
Ceramic
projects
and
demonstration
2 Hands Urban Farm & Garden Program
Start your own organic vegetable garden in a biodegradable “Earth Pot”
PrairieLand
Potting
Shed
Sprouting: grow a garden salad in 3-5 days!
Guerilla Gardening
Make
your
own
birdseed
filled
confetti
eggs: Feed
the
birds
while
ambushing
your
loved
ones
. Wildflower
seed
bombs
(water
balloons)
Young
Artists,
Inc. with Michelle Long
Crafts projects from recyclables. Recycled/found art sculpture projects.
Log Cabin Village
Pioneer children’s toys. Make your own paper flowers! Authentic period costumes, demonstrations. Prairie life, Dutch oven cooking, & homesteading skills
Log Cabin Village is a 19th century living history museum here in Fort Worth devoted to the preservation of Texas heritage. The Village educates the public through the collection, preservation and interpretation of artifacts, representative structures, and other items of social and cultural significance to Texas’ pioneer era (1840-1890).
http://www.logcabinvillage.org
Roving Costumed Performers & Puppeteers
Mr.
Mark: Puppet
Show
“Do
What
You
Can
With
What
You
Got”
:
Puppets
made
with
recycled
materials
Butterfly
Connection
Roving performers
&
stilt
walkers
Hip
Pocket
Theatre
Commedia dell’Arte on the Prairie! Roving costumed puppeteers with giant puppets
Alice Barrientez, FWISD
American Indian Education Liaison Program. Information (in traditional tribal regalia)
Play Games, Sing & Dance, Stretch & Relax
Mary Farmer
Maypole
dance
: Celebrate
Springtime
on
the
Prairie!
Miss
Jenni
Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House on the Prairie. Children’s prairie folk songs & toys with period, costumed performers on guitar, fiddle & dulcimer.
http://www.missjenni.com
Center
for
the Healing
Arts
Find
out
which
prairie
plants
are
making
you
itch using Acupressure
&
Bio‐energetic
testing
City of Fort Worth Neighborhood Education
Tree sapling giveaway & other goodies, recycling game & demonstration
Silvercreek
Materials
Mulch
Mountain
Prairie Land
Playground
”Kid‐Central” Park
Playground
Boy
Scout
Troop
#12
Plains Indian TiPi; Test your skills on the rope bridge; Park your bike in the bike corral
Marshall Grain
Kick back & relax in the shade on the many straw bales throughout PrairieLand.
Take one home for your garden for $6.00!
Look, Listen, Learn (& Taste, Too!)
Metro
Beekeepers
Beekeeping
demonstrations
Marvin Glasgow Horseshoe Bend Knappers
Arrowhead making, flint knapping, jewelry & lore
Cathy Cash
Prairie folk art basket weaving
Bluestem
Nursery
Native
American
Grasses
throughout
Prairieland
PrairieLand
Snack
Bar
Popcorn, organic fruit & juices & water
(Suggested donation 2 for $1)
Tibetan Prayer Flags (Prairie Land entrance and throughout) When hanging Prayer Flags, we create the intention of more kindness for ourselves and for all beings. As they wave in the wind, Prayer Flags lift up and carry our wishes for compassion, peace & healing throughout the world. Namaste.
Thank You!
To all the volunteers
Sprouts
Bluestem
Nursery
Bamboo
Builder’s
Supply
Marshall Grain
Information:
Jan Upchurch
