Kids in Parks Program – Gingerbread Cabin Construction

Join us at the Education Center at Homestead National Historical Park on Saturday, December 14, at 10 a.m. for a ranger-led activity as we learn where homesteaders lived on the plains and construct our own homestead gingerbread cabins. And of course, the event is FREE!

A homesteader’s house was the key to survival on the plains, and the materials used to build a home varied with the location of the homestead. Some houses were simple dugouts, holes in the side of a hill. Others were fortunate enough to have wood for cabins, while the majority built houses of sod from the prairie. Participants will be able to build and decorate gingerbread cabins from materials provided by the park.