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Homemade Fun

A man and a woman in a dress are playing with wooden stilts. They are laughing. A boy is watching in the background. There is a wooden structure in the background that appears to be a barn.

Keith Altwasser Collection

Imagine not having a computer or video games or even a cell phone!  What would you do?  Since the mid 1990’s access to the internet has not only changed our culture, but it’s also changed the way we have fun.

Pioneers made time to have fun when they could.  The great outdoors was the best place to play and everyday objects were used to make homemade toys, such as these wooden stilts.  Can you image playing with these stilts today?