HOWARD — A day of fun-filled activities and games for children ages 6 to 12 will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 5, at Curtin Village Historical Site, 251 Curtin Village Road, Howard. Entry to the site is free.
A variety of games will be available, and attendees can make hanky dolls, homemade toys and tin picture frames. The Bellefonte Historical Railroad Society will provide train rides.
Children will be able to dress up to have their photos taken at the Colonial Theatre. Storytelling will be presented in the restored log cabin at the Worker’s Village.
Visitors also can take a guided tour of the 1830 Roland Curtin Mansion and the waterwheel powered Eagle Ironworks furnace, which displays the carriage owned by Pennsylvania’s Civil War-era governor, Andrew Curtin, and antique farm machinery. Tours are $5 for ages 13 and older, $2 for ages 6 to 12 and free for ages 5 and younger.
Tokens for free ice cream will be given to children 12 and younger. Visitors can buy lunch at the newly renovated Carriage House Kitchen and eat in the covered picnic pavilion.
For more information, visit www.curtinvillage.com.
