Make and Take Activities

Miscellaneous

Abraham Lincoln Hat Book
American Buffalo Stick Puppet
Barred Tiger Salamander puzzle
Barred Tiger Salamander model
Bead Art: A Symbol of Native American Heritage
Cattle Headband
Changing Cottonwoods
Class Quilt
Clothespin Airplane
Cottonwood Leaf Tipi
Create Sunflower Poetry
Design Your Own Brand!
Fan of the Capitol
Fuzzy Honeybee
Honeybee - made with pom poms
Log Cabin model
Make a Covered Wagon
Make a Kansas flag
Martin and Osa Johnson Flipbook
Music Makers: All that Jazz
My Kansas ABCs book
My Kansas Symbols Book with directions
Ornate Box Turtle hat
Ornate Box Turtle races
Ornate Box Turtle shells to wear
Papel Picado - traditional Mexican decoration
Paper Drinking Cup and Public Health
Parfleche - American Indian storage container
Sizing American Indian Housing Styles
Spelling Bee
Sunbonnet - paper sunbonnet
Sunflower Garden - handprint art
Tumbling Prairie Dogs
Western Meadowlark Model
Wind Turbine Model
Wizard of Oz stick puppets

Foodways of Kansas

Beaded Corn - colorful ear of corn
Food in Kansas - cookbook for young Kansans
Hardtack - Food of soldiers and officers, illustrated recipe
Make an American Indian Pumpkin Mat, video and directions
Make Your Own Butter
Try a Taste of the Santa Fe Trail
Wheat Kernel Booklet

Games to make and play

Barnstorming in Kansas - marble game
Cup and Ball Toy
Kansas Bingo - 30 playing cards in one file, individual playing card files for a virtual game, directions and calling cards
Kansas Trivia: Jeopardy Style
Home on the Range: A Claim Game, directions and claim papers
Kansas symbols board game and directions and playing cards
Nine Men's Morris - Civil War board game
One Room School Games
Rollin' on the River - steamboat board game
Wheatland game - wheat from field to table

Folkarts

The following publications are part of Traditions, a series focusing on Kansas folk arts. Several of these include directions for making your own pieces.

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