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Little House on The Prairie Unit Study and Fun Punched Tin Lantern

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You’ll love this Little House on the Prairie Unit Study and fun punched tin lantern. Also, grab more ideas on my best homeschool unit studies page.

If you are anything like me, you grew up watching or reading about Laura Ingalls and her family’s adventures traveling westward from their first home in the little house in the big woods of Wisconsin. 

I spent many hours imagining I was Laura with my trusty guard dog Jack, running along the banks of Plum creek, going into town, and feuding with Nellie Olsen.

Little House on The Prairie Unit Study and Fun Punched Tin Lantern

If you too are eager to begin a Little House on the Prairie Unit Study with your kids, I have tons of great ideas to get you started.

Whether you settle in the prairie for a week or submerge yourself in all things Ingalls for a month or more you will find plenty here to keep you busy.

5 Little House on the Prairie Facts You May Not Have Known

  1. Laura Ingalls Wilder’s first book wasn’t published until 1932, 65 years after she was born.
  2. Laura was only 4’ 11” tall when she was fully grown, not particularly short for women of that time period, but it explains why Pa called her his” little half pint of cider half drunk up”.
  3. Laura’s first attempt at book writing about her life experiences was called Pioneer Girl, and it was initially rejected by publishers. Her daughter Rose suggested her mother rewrite it for the children. Clearly, it worked.
  4. Her longtime Missouri home, Rocky Ridge Farm, was turned into a museum.
  5. Laura’s father Charles was part of the Delano family. You might recognize the name – Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Laura was the fifth cousin once removed to FDR and a third cousin once removed to Ulysses S. Grant.

Pioneer Crafts and Activities

Then, add these books for beautiful literature.

Little House on the Prairie Unit Study Resources

Add some of these fun resources to ignite a love for learning about the Little House on the Prairie.

Also, it’s fun learning about Laura’s life through the pages of her books, but here are some facts too.

About Laura Ingalls Wilder

Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder (February 7, 1867 – February 10, 1957) was an American writer, mostly known for the Little House on the Prairie series of children’s books, published between 1932 and 1943, which were based on her childhood in a settler and pioneer family.

Moreover, she was born in Pepin, Wisconsin in the “little house in the big woods” in 1867.

She lived through huge changes in America. Her family moved several times traveling by covered wagon.

Little House on The Prairie Unit Study and Fun Punched Tin Lantern

Little House books

The eight original Little House books are:

  1. Little House in the Big Woods (1932)
  2. Farmer Boy (1933) – about Almanzo Wilder growing up in New York
  3. Little House on the Prairie (1935)
  4. On the Banks of Plum Creek (1937)
  5. By the Shores of Silver Lake (1939)
  6. The Long Winter (1940)
  7. Little Town on the Prairie (1941)
  8. These Happy Golden Years (1943)

Moreover, there are many topics and words for your child to learn about pioneer life in America.

I’ve listed some below.

Vocabulary Words

Although it’s important to understand the words used, I wanted my kids to love learning about the expansion in American history; And to see history unfold through the eyes of a child.

However, I’ve listed some below to add another language arts element.

  • wandered
  • massacre
  • scorched
  • huddled
  • brindle
  • papoose
  • trotted
  • beholden
  • staggering
  • rummaged
  • yonder
  • molasses

Next, look at these hands on fun ideas.

15 Little House on the Prairie Unit Study Hands-on Ideas

Play the Oregon Trail Online Game to give your child an idea of the route and the hardships those moving westward faced.

Make a Fun No Sew Pioneer Rag Doll just like little girls like Laura played with during those times.

It makes a lovely handicraft activity as well as a sweet keepsake of your study.

Create Fun Pioneer Peg Dolls to represent each of the characters in the book.

Try your hand at Pioneer Living and Cloth Dyeing using the same things that the pioneers would have to color fabric.

Make Maple Snow Candy and enjoy a taste of those days.

In addition, history overlaps quite a bit and though the original is tied to Daniel Boone you can recreate this Edible Log Cabin as an art project and a yummy snack.

Learn how to make soap.

Create a Native American cradleboard or papoose.

And make buttermilk biscuits.

If you really want to get a taste of pioneer history, Make Butter and Hardtack to sample.

Do a Hands-on Fun Shrunken Head Apple Craft.

Grab these fun 10 Westward Expansion History Fun Coloring Pages

Enjoy a picnic outdoors with a lunch pail- wrap sandwiches and other items in waxed or brown paper, tie it up with a string, and carry it out in a tin bucket. Spread out a colorful piece of fabric or a quilt to enjoy your supper.

Learn the information on the Free Westward Ho History Cards

Do your lessons on small personal blackboards just like the girls did at home or in their little one-room schoolhouse.

Look at pictures of a pioneer house then and compare them to how we live today.

Little House on The Prairie Unit Study and Fun Punched Tin Lantern

In addition, look at some more unit studies and topics which go along with this theme.

More American History Unit Studies

Next, these unit study ideas either happened at the same time Laura lived or before her birth so your child understands this period in American history.

Too, not only does Laura describe terrifying events about wolves, but there would have been plenty of wildlife to learn about.

More Best Homeschool Unit Studies

Wildlife on the Prairie

Look at this list of wildlife to learn about.

Moreover, look at my Lewis and Clark Unit Study which has more information about the flora and fauna along the route.

Little House on The Prairie Unit Study and Fun Punched Tin Lantern

Finally, look at this next hands-on idea to add your fun Little House on the Prairie Unit Study.

How to Make a Punched Tin Lantern

Supplies needed:

  • A clean empty vegetable can
  • Hammer
  • Nails of a few different sizes
  • Small hand towel
  • Dry erase marker
  • Wire
  • Needle nose pliers
  • Battery-operated candle or small glass votive
Little House on The Prairie Unit Study and Fun Punched Tin Lantern

Directions:

First, check to be sure that there are no sharp spots on the lantern where the top was removed.

Trim them off by going over the edges with a can opener again or with a metal file.

Also, if there is any remaining adhesive, you can remove it by running a hot blow dryer over the spot and pulling it off while it is still warm.

Fill the tin can with water and freeze until completely solid.

Draw out your design on one side with a fine-tipped marker like a sharpie.

Little House on The Prairie Unit Study and Fun Punched Tin Lantern

Carefully tape a nail through the lines of your design with the hammer and continue all over the design placing holes around ¼” or less apart.

You can also use a Phillips head screwdriver or an awl if you have one for something with a handle.

Little House on The Prairie Unit Study and Fun Punched Tin Lantern

Flip and repeat your designs on the other sides the same way wherever you would like it.

Punch a hole through on either side near the top for the handle.

Little House on The Prairie Unit Study and Fun Punched Tin Lantern

Take a strand of jewelry wire and double it for added thickness.

Run it through one hole and twist the ends around the wire with needle nose pliers tucking in the sharp ends.

Next, run the wire as high as you would like the handle to be upwards and then down to the other side. Push it through and twist the wires again to close.

Little House on The Prairie Unit Study and Fun Punched Tin Lantern

Allow the ice to melt but you can speed this process up by running hot water in and over the lantern or placing it outside in the sun.

Dry the lantern and add a candle to the inside. What do you think, ready to start your own unit study?

Little House on The Prairie Unit Study and Fun Punched Tin Lantern

Daniel Boone Facts For Kids About Colonial Life and Fun Kids’ Games (DIY Button Whirligig)

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I’m sharing Daniel Boone facts for kids about colonial life as he grew up. And grab my unit study on my page Daniel Boone – North American Explorer.

Daniel Boone was born on November 2, 1794.

Although resources vary on how long the colonial period lasted, Daniel Boone was born during it and was raised during the period of the American Revolution.

However, life was very hard for colonial children.

While their parents came seeking religious freedom, more space, or a chance for prosperity, colonists did not know how to survive the harsh winters of the wilderness.

Many fell sick or died. Daniel Boone was a child of the early colonial days and proved his strength, endurance, and ingenuity as he forged a path westward.

Daniel Boone Facts For Kids About Colonial Life and Fun Kids' Games (DIY Button Whirligig)

In colonial times, children never saw the four walls of a schoolhouse.

Like today’s homeschooled children, they were taught the basics by their parents and then whatever they needed to know as an apprentice to a trade.

If you were a girl you were taught to manage a house and get married young, maybe even by 16.

Boys would learn their fathers trade or would leave home to learn a trade as an apprentice by 14 years old.

Children During Colonial Times

They had to share in their families hard chores like chopping wood, preserving food, caring for animals, scrubbing laundry, carrying water, tending to the fire, gardening, churning butter, and etc.

It was a very hard life, but children still played games.

They had their own simple toys and pastimes.

And they played with dolls, simple carved figures, went fishing, played games with one another, took care of their pets, and did riddles and tongue twisters.

Instead of turning to their local Target or Walmart, natural objects were turned into playthings.

A dried apple might become a doll’s head, seashells made lovely little dishes, the pits from fruits could be used as counters in games, and flowers were braided together for a crown.

Nothing ran on batteries, just imagination.

Daniel Boone Facts For Kids About Colonial Life and Fun Kids' Games (DIY Button Whirligig)

More Colonial Life Activities

Also, if you want to add more Daniel Boone resources to your study, look at these books.

Daniel Boone Books

10 Resources for A Daniel Boone Unit Study

Whether you want to add a hands-on unit study or are looking for a few resources, you'll love one of these.

Moreover, look at some of the games colonial children played.

5 Colonial Games to Try With Your Kids

1. Marbles

In colonial times, marbles were made from smooth stones or were rolled from natural clay.

There was a cluster of marbles at the center of the circle and children would take turns shooting larger marbles at the center out of the ring.

If they were playing for keepsies then they got to keep any marbles they knocked out and if playing for funsies everyone kept their own marbles and just played for the fun of it.

2. Blindman’s Bluff

This is a version of tag.

The person who is “it” is blindfolded and tries to reach out and find the other players. If they can touch someone, that person is then “it”.

3. Hoop Rolling

In this game children would take a large hoop and a stick and keep the hoop rolling as long as they could by pushing it along with the stick.

They might also toss the hoop back and forth to each other using their stick to catch and toss it.

4. Cat’s Cradle

A long piece of string with the ends tied together would be twisted into a certain formation with your hands

The second player would then take it by twisting it into a different formation.

And it would go back and forth into more and more complex patterns until a mistake was made or it could not be turned into anything further.

5. Button Whirligig/BuzzSaw

I am showing you how to make one below but for now here are the basic instructions.

A button, or some other item for weight was placed on a string and held between the hands.

Then you wind it up, much like you would a towel for popping and pull your hands away from each other and it would spin.

Sometimes it would making a whirl or buzzing noise depending on the item

More Daniel Boone Facts for Kids Activities

Daniel Boone Facts For Kids About Colonial Life and Fun Kids' Games (DIY Button Whirligig)

Finally, look at how to make a button whirligig.

How to Make A Button Whirligig

You will need:

  • String or twine
  • Large button

Directions:

First, cut a string about 36” long.

Thread the string through your button.

If it has 4 holes you will want to thread it diagonally through two holes, If only two holes then just go through one.

Daniel Boone Facts For Kids About Colonial Life and Fun Kids' Games (DIY Button Whirligig)

Tie a knot in the loose ends and slide the button to the center opposite the knot.

Daniel Boone Facts For Kids About Colonial Life and Fun Kids' Games (DIY Button Whirligig)

Tie knots in either end and create a loop like this to hold onto.

Daniel Boone Facts For Kids About Colonial Life and Fun Kids' Games (DIY Button Whirligig)

Hold each end and wind it by rotating both ends to wrap it up, much like you would wind up a towel to pop it.

Pull the ends apart and watch it spin, if you get it going fast enough your whirligig may make a low buzzing sound ( hence the name buzz saw).

10 Facts about Daniel Boone and Fun Hands-on Apothecary Salve

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Today, I have fun 10 facts about Daniel Boone and 10 popular jobs of the colonial times when Daniel Boone made his contributions. And grab my unit study on my page Daniel Boone – North American Explorer.

This hands-on activity is learning how to create a useful medicinal item from a plant source just like an apothecary in colonial times.

10 Facts about Daniel Boone and Fun Hands-on Apothecary Salve

Many people today, even modern science, still use plants and plant based products to treat illnesses inside and outside of the body.

At home essential oils are a favorite of many for treating simple things topically.

We are going to utilize the essential oil made from the lavender plant to create a salve that can safely be used for many ailments.

For example, ailments include:

  • rashes
  • bug bites
  • burns
  • sunburn
  • acne
  • psoriasis
  • scrapes
  • eczema
  • stings
  • scars
  • diaper rash, and
  • dry itchy skin.

Your child will enjoy creating their very own “medicine” like the apothecary of long ago.

With this craft you could also easily dive into a study on flowers and plants and their medicinal uses.

10 Facts About Daniel Boone

  1. He was born October 22, 1734 in Pennsylvania when it was still a colony.
  2. Daniel grew up in a Quaker home in Pennsylvania.
  3. He was best known as an American explorer and frontiersman, but he was also a surveyor, land spectator, and a militia officer.
  4. Daniel Boone was a Shawnee chief’s adopted son after he and his party were captured.
  5. He did NOT in fact wear a coonskin cap even though he is often portrayed in illustrations wearing on but preferred a classic flat, broad-brimmed hat.
  6. While Boones grammar and spelling were poor, he could sign his name unlike other frontiersmen who just marked it with an X.
  7. Boone married Rebecca Bryan on August 14, 1756. They had ten children together- six sons and four daughters.
  8. Boone was described as being about 5 foot 8 or 9 inches tall. He had blonde hair and blue eyes.
  9. The Shawnee, during his capture, named him Sheltowee (Big Turtle).
  10. He died September 26, 1820, in Missouri of natural causes.

Next, many professions of the colonial times were learned by being passed down from parent to child or through apprenticeships rather than at schools.

10 Facts about Daniel Boone and Fun Hands-on Apothecary Salve

Colonists would often trade goods and services as payment as they began to specialize in specific areas.

Moreover, here are 10 trades of the colonial times that you can dive deeper into.

Colonial Period Jobs

  1. Apothecary- An apothecary was basically the equivalent of today’s pharmacist.  They created medicines from plants, minerals, and herbs from the area and then sold them. They would often prescribe medicines and sometimes even perform minor surgeries. Much like today’s pharmacies they would also offer other items like tobacco, spices, candles, etc.
  2. Blacksmith- The Blacksmith held a very important position in the community. They used a forge to create as well as fix  iron items like:  horseshoes, tools, nails, ax heads, hinges and kitchen utensils to name a few.
  3. Chandler (Candlemaker)- Earliest settlers made their own candles but eventually there were candlemakers who had shops where candles were usually made and sold using tallow by dipping the wick repeatedly until the desired thickness was reached. Bayberry and myrtle could also be used for wax in addition to tallow.
  4. Cobbler (Shoemaker)- This trade was another very important one as people spent a lot of time walking, cobblers made and repaired shoes for the colonists. Some specialized in making men’s boots, or maybe just women’s or children’s shoes.
  5. Cooper-The cooper was in charge of making watertight containers such as vats, tubs, troughs, barrels and buckets. These containers might store everything from wine, flour, and gunpowder as well as tobacco.

5 More Colonial Jobs

  1. Wheelwright- This profession was responsible for making and repairing wheels used on carriages and wagons. They needed to have the skills to make and fix wheels that were strong enough to be used on rough, new colonial roads.
  2. Gunsmith- This job took care of repairing and making firearms for the community, for the most part they worked on repairing existing guns from England. They needed to be skilled in working with metal as well as wood.
  3. Milliner – One of the few businesses that could be owned and operated by women at the time this was where you went to get items for sewing such as needle, thread, or cloth or purchase already made clothing items like bonnets, aprons, and cloaks.
  4. Printer- A colonial printer was responsible for printing many items, including things like newspapers, legal documents, books, proclamations, and pamphlets. Rather than just typing and printing with benefit of a spell check, setting up the type for each printing was done by hand and might take hours to do
  5. General Storekeeper- This profession was an important one as they carried many basic goods that people needed, everything from coffee to gunpowder and sugar to buttons. This was a hub for the community and often people would gather here to talk politics as well as trade goods.

Books About Daniel Boone

Also, look at some of these fun books.

10 Resources for A Daniel Boone Unit Study

Whether you want to add a hands-on unit study or are looking for a few resources, you'll love one of these.

More Daniel Boone North American Explorer Activities

10 Facts about Daniel Boone and Fun Hands-on Apothecary Salve

Finally, look at this fun hands-on lavender salve.

How to Make an All Purpose Lavender Salve

You will need:

How cute is this little mason jar I had on hand?

It made the perfect size container for our little “recipe” today.

10 Facts about Daniel Boone and Fun Hands-on Apothecary Salve

Directions:

Combine beeswax and coconut oil in a microwave safe container. I like to use a measuring cup with a spout because it is easy to pour into the container when ready.

10 Facts about Daniel Boone and Fun Hands-on Apothecary Salve

Heat in 30 second increments until completely melted.

Add vitamin e and essential oil and stir well with a craft stick.

10 Facts about Daniel Boone and Fun Hands-on Apothecary Salve

Pour carefully into your container.

10 Facts about Daniel Boone and Fun Hands-on Apothecary Salve

Set it aside undisturbed. Allow it to set.

It should be a little thicker than store bought Neosporin once set.

10 Facts about Daniel Boone and Fun Hands-on Apothecary Salve

To use, simply scoop out a small amount and rub onto the affected area.

The heat from your body will help it melt into your skin. What do you think? Ready to give it a try?

10 Facts about Daniel Boone and Fun Hands-on Apothecary Salve

Free Titanic Lapbook and Fun Homeschool Unit Study Ideas

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Today I have a free Titanic lapbook. Be sure to grab my other page lapbook ideas and best homeschool unit studies.

It was the beginning of the twentieth century when the Titanic sank on April 14/15 of 1912.

Science was advancing in all areas of life.

Free Titanic Lapbook and Fun Homeschool Unit Study Ideas

And on October 1910, the New York Times published a review of the Olympic, Titanic’s sister ship.

It ended with the words “In short, so complete will be the system of safeguarding devices on board this latest of ocean giants that, when she is finally ready for service, it is claimed that she will be practically unsinkable and absolutely unburnable.”

Facts about the Titanic

Doing a Titanic lapbook and with these unit study ideas, your students can weigh the advances of science and still learn history.

For example, look at some of these facts.

  • Titanic was built in Belfast by the shipbuilding company Harland and Wolff.
  • The largest movable man-made object ever made (at that time).
  • Passenger capacity: 2,435
  • Total crew: 885
  • Length: 882.5 feet
  • Width: 93 feet
  • Height from bottom of ship (keel) to top of funnels: 175 feet
  • The Titanic set sail on its famous journey at 12:00 noon on April 10, 1912.
  • On Friday April 12 and Saturday April 13 in clear weather, the Titanic sailed.
  • On Sunday, April 14 at 11:40 pm, the Titanic struck an iceberg.
  • There were 2227 passengers on board the Titanic at the time that it sank.  
  • The Titanic was designed to stay afloat with four watertight compartments flooded.

Too, look at some of these tear jerker books.

Books about the Sinking of the Titanic

Be sure to look over these books.

Most of them we found tear jerkers.

10 Resources and Books to Learn About the Titanic

Add a few of these unit study resources to bring your unit study to life about the Titanic.

Also, look at these hands-on ideas.

Hands-on Ideas for Learning About the Titanic

Hands-on ideas makes history come to life.

You’ll love some of these ideas.

Free Titanic Lapbook and Fun Homeschool Unit Study Ideas

About the Free Titanic Lapbook

Like most all of my lapbooks and lapbook ideas, I create my lapbook with multiple ages of kids in mind.

Too, I prefer graphics which are not baby-ish but that will be accepted by a wide range of ages.

First, I turned the file folder landscape for this one. It just fit the length of how a ship would look.

So all the minibooks fit with a landscape view.

Free Titanic Lapbook and Fun Homeschool Unit Study Ideas

Next, here are the minibooks that come in the download and can help you plan your unit study.

  • A beautiful outside color cover. 2 parts. One for the top flap of the file folder and the other one for the bottom of the file folder.
  • Growler and Berger Bits minibook.
  • White Line Star About the Passengers Pocket
  • Then and Now minibook
  • Titanic Sinking Timeline
  • Floating Hotel and Titanic’s Voyage
  • About First, Second and Third Class
  • Impressive Stats minibook

How to Get the Free Lapbook

Finally, how to grab the free lapbook. It’s a subscriber freebie.

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6 Facts About When And Where Was Daniel Boone Born And Edible Log Cabin

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When and where was Daniel Boone born is an important part of American history. And you’ll love my unit study and other ideas on my page Daniel Boone – North American Explorer.

And when American explorers and pioneers first arrived to new land, one of the first things they had to do was build a house.

In areas where there were plenty of trees, they would build log cabins.

6 Facts About When And Where Was Daniel Boone Born And Edible Log Cabin

Long before contractors and blueprints people needed to build functional housing that would protect them from the elements, animals, and other dangers.

They had to do it without the aid of lumber mills. There was no cutting of smooth even boards and no place for nails.

Even once lumber mills, and railways were established to make getting goods easier as people pushed westward these things were impossible to come by.

American explorers like Daniel Boone built their sturdy homes by literally stacking tree trunks one on top of another and overlapping the logs at the corners.

First, before we learn more about the pioneer cabins, look at some of these facts about Daniel Boone’s early life.

6 When And Where Was Daniel Boone Born Facts

  1. Boone is most known for his connection to Kentucky. But did you know that he was born and grew up in eastern Pennsylvania?
  2. On November 2, 1734, frontiersman, Daniel Boone was born.
  3. As a boy, Boone did not attend much school.
  4. Boone was born in eastern Pennsylvania. He spent much of his childhood hunting and farming along with his father and brothers.
  5. He was the sixth of eleven children born to a Quaker family.
  6. His family farm has been preserved as the Daniel Boone Homestead.

The original log cabin that his father built is no longer standing. However, the cellar is a piece of the original homestead.

You can still visit the last standing Daniel Boone cabin built by him in 1795 in Carlisle Kentucky where he lived with his wife and 10 children until he moved westward to Missouri.

In addition, I’ve rounded up some fun books and resources when you’re studying about Daniel Boone.

10 Resources for A Daniel Boone Unit Study

Whether you want to add a hands-on unit study or are looking for a few resources, you'll love one of these.

Facts About Pennsylvania

  • In 1681 William Penn, and Englishman and a member of a Christian group called the Quakers, founded the British colony of Pennsylvania
  • The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia in 1776.
  • Philadelphia was once the capital city of the United States.
  • Besides Daniel Boone other famous Pennsylvanians include the patriot and inventor Benjamin Franklin, painter Mary Cassatt, author Louisa May Alcott, marine biologist, writer, and conservationist Rachel Carson, and inventor Robert Fulton.
  • Pennsylvania became the second state on December 12, 1787.

Also, you can add some facts about Pennsylvania.

Geography of Pennsylvania

If you're learning about Pennsylvania or the geography of the states, add these books to your study.

Then, here are more Daniel Boone North American Explorer ideas.

Daniel Boone North American Explorer Activities

6 Facts About When And Where Was Daniel Boone Born And Edible Log Cabin

Finally, make this edible log cabin.

How to Make an Edible Log Cabin

You can make your edible log cabin on a smaller scale with little pretzel sticks.

However, we found it harder to use them.

You will need:

  • Pretzel rods
  • Frosting
  • Graham crackers or peanut butter bars
  • Ziploc bag
6 Facts About When And Where Was Daniel Boone Born And Edible Log Cabin

Directions:

You can do your frosting one of two ways.

Either just spread it into place with a spatula or scoop it out of the container and place in a ziploc bag.

Snip off a small piece of the corner and use it like an icing bag and tip.

Add frosting to the bottom of two pretzel rods to help “glue” them into place on whatever plate you are using.

Place them parallel to each other just a little smaller than the length of a pretzel rod.

You can lay one on top to measure the distance.

6 Facts About When And Where Was Daniel Boone Born And Edible Log Cabin

You will want to break pretzels in half to use on one side to create a doorway. Then an even smaller piece on the other side.

Begin adding frosting to the top of each “log”.

Alternate both sides in one direction and then both sides in the opposite direction.

Add frosting as needed.

6 Facts About When And Where Was Daniel Boone Born And Edible Log Cabin

Use a knife to cut off a little indention on each end near the tip.

This is much like pioneers would have to create a notch in the logs for a more secure fit.

6 Facts About When And Where Was Daniel Boone Born And Edible Log Cabin

Continue layering the logs to build it up to desired height.

To create the roof with a little pitch, put two pretzel rods across the center.

Then stack two more on top with frosting.

6 Facts About When And Where Was Daniel Boone Born And Edible Log Cabin

Pull apart the layers of the peanut butter bars.

Or use graham crackers to “glue” the roof in place by putting frosting on the underside of each end.

Also, you can also use them to create a solid door.

Here is a close up of the final roof.

You can add additional decoration if you like with additional cookies or candy.

6 Facts About When And Where Was Daniel Boone Born And Edible Log Cabin