June 10: Children’s Day
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Fun & Games at the Farm!
Children’s Day is a blast! Join us for childish play from yesteryear and learn about the important roles that children played on the farm. The whole day is packed with fun!
DATE: Saturday, June 10, 2023
TIME: 10:00 to 4:00
Featured musicians: String Equinox
Games, Crafts, Activities, and Snacks!
- Try your hand at old fashioned games like horseshoes, the skillet toss, hoops of grace, bean bags, hoop rolling, and more.
- Take a tractor ride to explore our 60 plus acres and meet our cows, goats, sheep, and pigs as they graze in the field.
- Make s’mores over an open fire. Make your own ice cream!
- There will be a pie eating contest (just for kids!), paper doll making, sack races, and a three-legged race!
- Try washing clothes using a scrub board just as colonial children would do.
- Meet this year’s guest artist Phyllis for fun face painting!
- Visit the Children’s Garden & plant seeds for your own “take home” garden!
- Participate in the Big Barn Scavenger Hunt in our 104-foot-long barn. Prizes will be awarded!
- Grandma Pat will be in the parlor reading The Ox Cart Man by New Hampshire author, Donald Hall.
- Join Jan for singalongs at 11am and 1pm.
- Visit our Blacksmith and watch as he fires up the bellows.
- Stop by our Country Store to purchase a souvenir of your day at the farm.
- Purchase a lunch from Richie’s Hot Dog Truck, or enjoy a picnic overlooking the Old Stage Road.
Admission
MEMBERS & Blue Star Families: FREE
Adult: $12
Senior (65+): $8
Juvenile (4-17): $6
Children under 4: FREE
Family Pass (2 adults + kids or grandkids): $30
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