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Watching "Molly"
Troop 881 had a special "The American Homefront in the 1940's" Day. Here they are...
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Penny Candy store
The girls pretended they were soda jerks and made Coke floats to enjoy. Afterwards, they went to...
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On My Honor
Clothespins in a milk bottle game
Old fashioned games like Clothespins in a bottle showed the girls simple fun.
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Learning the moves
My mom came and taught the girls how to dance the Jitterbug. We had Big Band music blaring!
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Vintage finery
At Feather Your Nest, the girls tried on vintage hats and gloves.
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Pretty as a picture
Feather Your Nest
Took the girls on a field trip to one of my favorite antique malls. The owner was fantastic and...
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Hopscotch
Taught the girls the games of the 1940s too. Here many of them play Hopscotch for the very first time.
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Victory gardens
We learned about rationing and then planted Victory gardens. The girls chose to plant either tomatoes, beans, peas or carrots.
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Paperdolls
I brought in paperdolls that had the fashions of the 1940s. The girls loved this!
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1940s Posterboard on the Homefront
Posterboards I made to show the girls what life in the 1940s was like.
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1940s Music, dancing, fashions and rationing
