Visit the Homestead for hands-on activities, demonstrations, make and take projects by community groups emphasizing our western, agriculture heritage. Milk June the “Cow”, meet alpacas, take a “Settler Selfie” at the Conestoga wagon, decorate a cookie, and sew a quilt block for a veteran. Touch animal skins, make rope, and peddle a toddler vehicle. Admire prize winning flowers and vegetables grown by Colorado residents and have your gardening questions answered by the experts.
Activities Include:
- Youth Scavenger Hunt
- Smoky Hill Quilters
- Speed Piecing Techniques for Quilters
- History and Wildlife of the Wild West
- Denver Botanic Gardens at the Plains Conservation Center
- Milk June the Cow
- Settler Selfies with the Conestoga Wagon
- Pioneer Laundry
- Toddler Vehicles
- Meet and Take Selfies with Alpacas
- Basket Making
- Dye Natural Fibers Activity
- Weaving and Spinning demonstrations
- Colorado Beef Council
- Bee Crafts
- Backyard Bass Fishing
- Guess the Antique
- Pioneer Crafts
- South Metro Fire Department
- Arapahoe County Sustainability
- Arapahoe County Animal Control
- Antique Corn Grinding
- Fit as a Feline
- Arapahoe County Centennial Farms display
- Barr Lake and Milton Reservoir Watershed Association and SPLASH
- Rope a Steer
- Pack Your Trunks for a Pioneer Journey
- Dinosaur Ridge
- Highline Canal Conservancy
- ECCV Water & Sanitation District
- I-70 Corridor Chamber of Commerce
- Make and Take Contests and more!
- Contests: Longest Potato Peel, Pie Eating, Fastest Fingers in the West, Cookie Decorating
A detailed downloadable schedule will be available in July!