Getting Ready for Winter

Without the luxuries of a furance, running water, or a local Walmart, learn how hard-working Mennonite pioneers got ready for the long winter months.

Available: November – April

Grades: K-8

Time: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Cost: $9/student, 72 students maximum

Potential Experiences:

• Be thrifty and use leftover scraps of fabric to create your own braided rug coaster.
• Learn the art of qualiting and make a class paper quilt.
• Try your hand at some schnetje (biscuit) making.
• Roll your own candles with beeswax sheets.
• Go tobogganing in our historic Village.

All stations are volunteer-run. Please note that no station is guaranteed until confirmed by MHV staff before your tour date.

Tour Add-on’s:

• Sleigh Rides ($2/student, $75 minimum)
• Souvenir Bags ($2/student)
• Skates ($2/student)
• Snowshoes ($2/student)
• Kicksleds ($20/5 kicksleds for afternoon)