Nine year old Sage hosts a web series featuring Colonial Craft tutorials from the 1700’s. She walks you through step by step how to create various items from colonial days and gives both historic and modern options, in just five minutes!!
In addition to the colonial craft tutorial there is always a bite size history lesson and always a lot of humor and fun. Oh and a great homemade colonial dress and hat 😉
All supplies are listed on each page with links to purchase. (They are all reasonable and won’t break the bank. Most items you already have around your house)
For the items that are not around the house, we recommend Sage’s Colonial Craft Supply Shoppe.
All crafts are child friendly and even though some are noted to have a parent helper, it is always a good idea for adult supervision.
A Little About Sage
Sage is a member of the patriotic service organization, Children of the American Revolution. She enjoys learning about our nation’s history and bringing it to life.
She likes dong things like sending thank you notes to soldiers and going on historical field trips. And she loves crafts!
Sage is also an actress and has been on a couple different TV shows as a guest star. This series was her idea so I suppose that makes her a producer too. 🙂 (yeah, proud mom here)
If that weren’t enough, she is a Scottish Highland Dancer. You can learn more about her HERE. She’s a hoot and even has business cards. Her title? ‘Creative Kid’.
Accurate.
Sage’s Big Idea
The Los Angeles teachers went on strike and we aren’t the kind of family to just sit around like it was an extra vacation. Sage came downstairs the first morning of the strike and announced she wanted to make a bunch of Colonial Craft tutorials and video tape them so other kids could do them too.
We had the time so before we knew it we had a list of subjects, wrote the scripts and well, here we are! On another historical family adventure! This one in crafting and film making!
(oh you KNOW there is coffee… it’s us. Also, every good film set has an endless supply of coffee) …and twizzlers…
If you are following This Family Blog, you know what we are all about. We love history, genealogy, patriotic everything, adventure, and family.
If I had do put a secondary list together of what we are all about I’d include things like crafting, magic, and storytelling. This family is full of story tellers, from as far back as I can trace in our ancestry right up to us.
Sage is a proud member of Children of the American Revolution and she loves learning that part of American history. Whenever we have an opportunity to combine two or more of those, well, that’s memory making at its finest!!
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THE COLONIAL CRAFT TUTORIALS
Each craft has a video tutorial and written step by step instructions. Most supplies can be found at home. If not, we have links set up on each page as well as on the bottom of this page. A portion of any proceeds made through this shoppe will be donated to Children of the American Revolution.
Quill Pen
This is also a great activity for Harry Potter Fans!!!! Sage gives two ways to make pens. The authentic old fashioned way and a modern ball point pen made to look like the old pens.
Ink for a Quill pen
Sage walks you through two types of ink for your new quill pens!
Sachets
Otherwise known as Sweet Bags in Colonial Times. These are excellent for gifts and for sock drawers!
Butter
So simple you can do it while watching a movie. Seriously.
Corn Husk Dolls
A favorite from Native America, the colonial kiddos learned real quick how much fun these are to make and play with!
Dipped Candles
Necessary for every day life in Colonial America, it usually fell to the kiddos to do this chore. Good thing it’s fun!
Potpourri
Pretty AND functional! No one likes stink. No one.
Maple Cream Candy
A sweet treat for spring! This colonial craft tutorial as sweet as can be! The all natural sweet made from the maple tree!
Pomander Balls
Perfect for November and December…or whenever you want the house to smell like Christmas… 😉
Invisible Ink
Who doesn’t want to be a spy?!?! From the British Empire or your siblings…technique is the same (insert epic spy music here)
Whirligig
The colonial version of the ‘fidget spinner’ This DIY game is mesmerizing and will provide hours of mind numbing entertainment.
Colonial Clothing
Sage interviews Mary who makes colonial clothing for a living today. They walk through each garment and the why’s behind them.
The Art and Craft of Blacksmithing in Colonial America
This is a demonstration, not a DIY. Kids can do their own version with air dry play dough. Details in the post.
Colonial Craft Store
Making it even easier to ‘MAKE’ history!
Visit SAGE’S COLONIAL SUPPLY SHOPPE to get everything you need for these crafts. A portion of any proceeds we receive through purchases through this link will be donated to Children of the American Revolution.
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Our Hollywood Life
Josh and I both work in Hollywood. (Insert glamorous camera clicks and visions of red carpets here) We produce and work on everything from photoshoots to films, short films, and so much more. We’re immersed in storytelling so it wasn’t really a big surprise when Sage (who has s few acting credits under her belt herself) up and announced she wanted to do a video series on something she loves.
I am 1000% sure that as an adult she will end up doing something amazing at Mt. Vernon or Colonial Williamsburg.
That is if she doesn’t find a fine Scottish bagpiping husband and run away to dance in Scotland and look for unicorns. (It could happen-have you met her? I mean, she did make friends with the Mountain Witch who taught her how to make historic and magical teas-true story)
My friend made her a colonial girl outfit for Halloween and she’s always looking for an excuse to wear it. She loves it! (I feel like this whole video idea might be just that-an excuse for her to wear it again but who am I to judge. I love dress up too!)
Colonial Craft Play List
Just want the videos? Click on the Youtube Colonial Craft Play List.
Such a fun and unique idea! My daughter would love to make butter. 🙂
It’s a lot of fun. takes a while but is fun
Love that you are supporting Sage’s dreams and that she appears to be quite the go-getter! The colonial period is also one of my favorite in history.
Great job Sage you do an amazing job, I always love to see all of the creativity here! Thank you for sharing ?
This is so great! Thanks for sharing.
Sage is amazing! What a future that young lady has ahead of her. I’m envious of your connection to Hollywood! I love films and attending a red carpet event is on my bucket list. Oh, and tell Sage I have Scottish ancestry. I’m flying to Scotland in July to attend a clan gathering.
Awesome! Do you subscribe to our newsletter? We do one article a month on discovering our Scottish ancestry. If you are in LA, hit me up… maybe I can help check off one or two of those things on your bucket list 😉
What a neat project!
Sage is so stinking cute. I love that you let her do her own thing. I think colonial crafts are cool. It’s amazing how most of them have become lost arts.
What a creative, self-motivated kid! She has a bright future!
This is so cool and so creative.
Thank you! We are having fun!
Great project ideas (and a wonderful job by Sage)! I love that she is so involved in learning/teaching our history.
Thank you! It’s been a hoot!
Great job Sage for your creativity! Love this idea. Keep up the good work!
Thank you! I am glad you are enjoying it!
These are really cool. The ideas are outside of the box. Love them!
Glad you are enjoying!
I really adore the way Sage is. And it amazes me that she loves historic things and inspires others to come back to our roots. Thank you for raising her this way! Great job parenting.
Thank you Anna! She’s a really interesting kid and we can’t wait to see the young woman she becomes. 🙂
She probably would love working at Colonial Williamsburg. I’ve loved my trips there. The crafts look like a lot of fun. My daughter would like to try these!
OH she TOTALY would! If they would hire her now, we’d likely be there LOL
This is really cool, and Sage is amazing! I miss doing things like this when I was homeschooling!
It’s super fun right?
So fun and very creative! Something I never thought to do, but now has me super intrigued!
That’s the idea! Glad you are intrigued!
So creative! Thanks for this!
Glad you enjoyed!
Great post and website!
Thank you so much
I love how you are into genealogy and history with your kids! I think it is so important and under utilized!
I agree 100% I feel like these kiddos these days need a good foundation and we’ve forgotten so much… and our nation isn’t even that old
You are such a creative family. I am impressed with your industrial outlook to do something so meaningful in your down time.
Thank you. That is a real compliment and I appreciate it.
How neat! I don’t think I ever got to experience learning how to craft or build like they did in the 1700s. I would love to try this with my daughter.
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What a fun idea! I love learning how things were made in the past!
I wish I did more interactive things concerning History as a kid. Maybe I would have remembered more. ?
It’s never to late to learn…. especially in history. 🙂
These are great ideas to teach to my son, crafts I think he would enjoy!
awesome!!! I hope you guys do them!
Nice crafting series.
Thank you!!!
I love that you’re putting together this series together, and Sage is interested in helping other kids make cool historic crafts! Wonderful family project!
Thank you!!!! Sage is a cool kid that way. 🙂
This brought me back to when my daughter was about six and spend the time at a summer camp in Portsmouth NH put on by Strawberry Bank. She came home with the most interesting projects from the 1700s. Thanks for sharing this and bringing me down memory lane 🙂
OH how wonderful! I”m glad to know all is not lost and there are are still places doing this 🙂 Feels like precious few.