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Claude Moore Colonial Farm
6310 Georgetown Pike •  McLean, VA 22101 •  703-442-7557
 

A visit to the Claude Moore Colonial Farm is a visit to another world ...the world of an 18th Century family living on a small,
low-income farm just prior to the Revolutionary War.

The year is 1771 ... won't you come and visit?


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"Colonial Day" Resources

The Claude Moore Colonial Farm is pleased to make these resources available to children, teachers and parents participating in Colonial Day, a part of the Virginia curriculum for fourth grade.

 

18th-Century Clothing

Shirt
Shift
Breeches
Apron
Kerchief

How to Fake a Colonial Costume for a Day (children and adults)

Projects Make a Corn Husk Doll
Make your own Marbles
Make a Treasure Bag
Make Butter and Cheese
Popular Games

Nine Men's Morris
Fox & Geese
Tip-Cat
Puss in the Corner
Blindman's Buff
Earth, Air, Fire, Water

Just For Fun

Songs & Rhymes
Can You Speak the King's English?

Receipts (Recipes) A Colonial Day Menu
Johnny Cakes
Slapjacks
Mush (Grits)
Pickled Cucumbers Pickled Onions

Kale & Onions
Boiled Potatoes

Fried Potatoes
Pea Soup


Apple Dumplings Apple Pie
Onion Pie
Egg Pie
Further Information Find out more about Religion in the 18th century

 

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