Remember the days when kids used to play outside and make games from things they found?
Here’s a chance for the whole family to rediscover the joys of a simpler time at the Caboolture Historical Village Heritage Day this month.
While Heritage Day has something for everyone as rich cultural traditions of the past are celebrated, there will be a particular focus on interactive games for children to experience at this year’s event. Before kids were glued to their screens, chalk, tin cans and bits of string afforded hours of fun.
Saskia Huismans, Events Manager at Caboolture Historical Village, said that before computers and electronics entertainment, kids relied on whatever a child’s imagination could dream up with whatever was available to them in their environment.
“While more affluent families could afford handmade toys, most children used household items to amuse themselves,” Saskia said. “Peg dolls, soap box racers and knuckles are a great example of this ingenuity of the young mind.
“The humble empty tin can sparked the imagination in many ways from crude stilts (with a bit of rope attached), long-distance communication (with a good length of string) and the challenge of knocking stacks of them down at an increasing distance.
“Today, we still enjoy some of the traditional games like knuckles, croquet and quoits and look forward to seeing kids and adults alike indulging in the joy of hopping down a hopscotch path!”
Rediscover Traditional Games and Cultural Delights
Come and immerse yourself in the daily life of your forebears with demonstrations of traditional skills such as quilting, wool spinning, blacksmithing, lace making, felting and more.
Those interested in things with engines will discover the beauty of machinery from a bygone era and marvel at vintage cars and motorcycles. There will even be a penny-farthing demonstration.
Enjoy live entertainment from Celtic and classic Australian ballads, Scottish traditional bagpipes, 18th-century country dancing, and bush poetry readings. Browse the market stalls and displays, including clock and watchmakers, the Steampunk community, a guitar-maker, arts and crafts, military displays and vintage wares.
Many volunteers and guest exhibitors will be in traditional dress, adding to the atmosphere.
Keep up to date on the Caboolture Historical Village Facebook page.
Heritage Day
- Sunday, 4 August, 9am-3pm
- Caboolture Historical Village
- 280 Beerburrum Road, Caboolture
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Photos supplied by Caboolture Historical Village
