Visit DollDiaries.com for more fun doll play activities! © DollDiaries.com - personal or educational use only. Day 40 Make a Colonial Hornbook A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Shortly before the Revolutionary War, nine-year-old Felicity, who lives in Wil- liamsburg, is torn between supporting the tariff-induced tea boycott and saving her friendship with Elizabeth, a young loyal- ist from England. In Colonial days the first book children had was called a Hornbook. It was ba- sically a piece of paper attached to a wood, ivory or other hard board and covered with a thin piece of horn (which acted as a clear covering). We are making a hornbook for Felicity today. Print and cut out her lesson. It consists of her letters, numbers and a synopsis of her story. In Colonial days education was very much tied to relig- ion so Felicity’s hornbook would have had Bible verses or the Lord’s Prayer on it too. Once her lesson is cut out, get a piece of fun foam or cardboard and cut a rectangular shape just a little larger all the way around to your lesson page. You can make the handle whatever shape you want. Glue the lesson on the board. Now you can get creative. You can cover the lesson with plastic from a plastic sheet protector and trim the edges with gold ribbon (I cut gold strips from a gift bag) or even strips of aluminum foil. I used black marker to make it look like there were small nails to hold the metal strips in place. If you have small scrapbook- ing brads, you could use those, too. Colonial students carried their horn- books EVERYWHERE so you can add a piece of string or ribbon through the handle so Felicity can wear it around her neck, around her wrist or hook it onto her dress. I can’t wait to see your finished product!
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Visit DollDiaries.com for more fun doll play activities! © DollDiaries.com - personal or educational use only.
Day 40 Make a Colonial Hornbook
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S
T U V W X Y Z
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Shortly before the Revolutionary War, nine-year-old Felicity, who lives in Wil-liamsburg, is torn between supporting the tariff-induced tea boycott and saving her friendship with Elizabeth, a young loyal-ist from England.
In Colonial days the first book children
had was called a Hornbook. It was ba-
sically a piece of paper attached to a
wood, ivory or other hard board and
covered with a thin piece of horn
(which acted as a clear covering).
We are making a hornbook for Felicity
today. Print and cut out her lesson. It
consists of her letters, numbers and a
synopsis of her story. In Colonial days
education was very much tied to relig-
ion so Felicity’s hornbook would have
had Bible verses or the Lord’s Prayer on
it too.
Once her lesson is cut out, get a piece
of fun foam or cardboard and cut a
rectangular shape just a little larger all
the way around to your lesson page.
You can make the handle whatever
shape you want.
Glue the lesson on the board. Now you
can get creative. You can cover the
lesson with plastic from a plastic sheet
protector and trim the edges with gold
ribbon (I cut gold strips from a gift bag)
or even strips of aluminum foil. I used
black marker to make it look like there
were small nails to hold the metal strips
in place. If you have small scrapbook-
ing brads, you could use those, too.
Colonial students carried their horn-
books EVERYWHERE so you can add a
piece of string or ribbon through the
handle so Felicity can wear it around
her neck, around her wrist or hook it
onto her dress.
I can’t wait to see
your finished product!
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