We kept our trees, leaves and corn stalk from our fall forest fantasy as well as the play fruits and vegetables (although I only left in the fall harvested vegetables and fruits)
Anly a few small additions were needed for this setting. We borrowed the TeePee from a friend, otherwise we would used one of our smaller tents or perhaps even made one from sheets and chairs.
The hats were the final touch. All the hats were made with craft foam, which is much more durable that paper. For the girls Pilgrims hats I took one regular size (9x11) piece of white craft foam. I folded up the edge of one of the longer sides about 1 inch and stapled the ands so it wouldn't unroll. On the other long side, about 3 inches in I cut about 2 inches straight up and then cut it again the same way coming from the other side. I then brought the back ends in together and stapled them so that the hat took shape. (I sure wish I had better directions or pictures for doing this. Take a look at the hats in the pictures and hopefully you'll figure out what I mean)
The boys pilgrim hats were a lot easier. I cut a band of craft foam to go around their heads. The I cut the shape of the hat out of black craft foam and stapled it to the band. I added the band around the hat and buckle with more foam
The Native head dresses were also done by cutting bands to go around the children's heads and adding on feathers made of craft foam.
The hats are a great craft for the children to do, though the younger ones may need help.
