Revolutionary War Makerspace by Jamie Stevens https://padlet.com/jamillajs/17btw1zguu0z Projects for Revolutionary War time capsule to do in the the makerspace en-us 2017-10-16 10:31:26 UTC 2025-11-20 21:28:15 UTC hello@padlet.com Cook Like a Colonist jamillajs https://padlet.com/jamillajs/17btw1zguu0z/wish/197273336
Go back to a time before food processors with these authentic colonial recipes. Kids can help measure ingredients and even try creaming butter and sugar by hand. Ask them to imagine life without electricity. How would they like living in those times?

You can make several kinds of corn bread, fine confections and molasses cookies.


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