This Valentine’s Day, let the sparks fly with our themed blacksmithing workshop - built for two! In this class, we will cover some of the basics of forging steel and move on to making hearts that you can share with your special valentine.

Explore the Victorian kitchen, while instilling a love of cooking in your kids!  Learn how to read a recipe, measure and mix ingredients, and roll out dough the old-fashioned away! Wash and dry dishes and bring in wood for the wood box. This basic woodstove cooking class is designed to get kids and adults busy in the kitchen with kid-friendly recipes and hands-on tasks.

Do you have a wood burning stove at home that you’d like to cook on, but have no prior knowledge of how to do it?  Participants will learn the design of the woodstove and how to properly use it, all while making a sweet treat!

Can you imagine a better combo than coffee and doughnuts?

Learn how to roast your own coffee and fry your own doughnuts the 19th century way! Using historical techniques and ingredients, guests will get to make and eat their own brunch-time treats.

Discover this treat of Czech heritage! Students of the class learn to make the kolache dough and filling to create the perfect sweet treat.

The class is designed to give someone with little or no metal working skills as a hands-on, fun “be a blacksmith for a day” experience. Explore the basics of forge work in a blacksmith shop while making a decorative “S” hook to hang in your home

Guests will make pretzels and bake them. While the pretzels are baking, the mustards can be made.

The silk ribbon embroidery workshop will introduce you to several stitches popular in the 1800's and used in traditional embroidery.

The class is designed to give someone with little or no metal working skills as a hands-on, fun “be a blacksmith for a day” experience. Explore the basics of forge work in a blacksmith shop while making a decorative “S” hook to hang in your home

This class will allow a parent/grandparent to work with a child as they learn historic blacksmithing techniques in a historic setting.

Participants will learn the history, techniques and cultural significance of rosemaling – a Norwegian decorative folk painting known for its scrollwork and floral designs – while completing their own project. The course includes professional instruction, hands-on practice and all necessary supplies.

Discover this treat of Czech heritage! Students of the class learn to make the kolache dough and filling to create the perfect sweet treat.

Join us in the forge to learn how fire, metal and a hammer come together to create a decorative piece! Our experienced female blacksmith will teach you a few tricks of the trade in this special WOMEN ONLY edition of our popular introductory blacksmith class. Topics covered will include forge safety, tools, and fire building, and you will have an opportunity to work on a first project. No experience necessary!

Students will have the opportunity to make one of the following outdoor projects to enjoy: lantern/plant hooks, or fire pit poker. Small class size guarantees lots of one-on-one instruction and lots of time at the forge!

This class will invite teens to learn historic blacksmithing techniques in a historic setting. Everyone will get to make several small, hands-on projects, such as small dinner triangles and hooks.

Discover this treat of Czech heritage! Students of the class learn to make the kolache dough and filling to create the perfect sweet treat.

Explore forge work in a blacksmith shop while making a items for use outdoors such as a camp tripod, lantern hooks, and more.

Discover this treat of Czech heritage! Students of the class learn to make the kolache dough and filling to create the perfect sweet treat.

This class will allow a parent/grandparent to work with a child as they learn historic blacksmithing techniques in a historic setting.

Take the next step in your blacksmithing training and build on the skills learned in our beginner class. Participants will make a project to take home. Small class size guarantees lots of one-on-one instruction and lots of time at the forge!

Students will have the opportunity to make at least 2 candy canes in the blacksmith shop

You’ll have the opportunity to print your creation onto a beautiful greeting card using the elegant press in the Historic Village’s Printing Office, and take home a set of six printed notecards with envelopes. 

A cupcake was once a simple cake mixed with a cup of butter, a cup of sugar, and a cup of flour, and eggs. This popular simple sweet treat always tastes better baked in the woodstove and served with from-scratch hot chocolate. Help us mix up a pot of hot chocolate to drink and a batch of cupcakes to enjoy in the cozy holiday kitchen.