Museum - Kids/Teachers/Mentors - History Museum Junior Days
Come be part of the adventure, visit the living exhibits and participate in the many hands-on demonstrations detailing the history of Colorado.
Golden - Adult/family - Cozy Campsites
Join Hutch in building a cozy home away from home while camping. This class will prepare you to stay warm and comfortable while sleeping outdoors or chatting around the campfire. Both historic and modern camp-building skills will be taught. While everyone else shivers, you’ll be sleeping your cares away in your perfectly designed campsite.
Golden - Kids - Backyard Botanist - Fall After School Club
Get your budding young botanist geared up for some plant fun while exploring the types of trees, plants, flowers, and leaves that nature produces while exploring the natural landscape of the Golden History Park.
Golden - Adult - Capote Coat Class
September 14, 2024:
Join expert Aaron “Hutch” Hutchings in making your very own capote coat (a long wrap-style wool coat) using a wool blanket. Attendees will need to bring their own wool blanket for a true finished product, but fleece will be provided to any attendees unable to bring a blanket. This class will take you step-by-step through each step of the coat. You will leave class with a coat and the skill to make more for the whole family.
Golden - Kids - Backyard Botanist - Fall After School Club
Get your budding young botanist geared up for some plant fun while exploring the types of trees, plants, flowers, and leaves that nature produces while exploring the natural landscape of the Golden History Park.
Golden - Kids - Backyard Botanist - Fall After School Club
Get your budding young botanist geared up for some plant fun while exploring the types of trees, plants, flowers, and leaves that nature produces while exploring the natural landscape of the Golden History Park.
Golden - Kids - Backyard Botanist - Fall After School Club
Get your budding young botanist geared up for some plant fun while exploring the types of trees, plants, flowers, and leaves that nature produces while exploring the natural landscape of the Golden History Park.
Golden - Kids - Backyard Botanist - Fall After School Club
Get your budding young botanist geared up for some plant fun while exploring the types of trees, plants, flowers, and leaves that nature produces while exploring the natural landscape of the Golden History Park.
Golden - Snowshoe Class - Adult
Join Hutch in making your very own snowshoes. This class will take you step-by-step in making your own set of snowshoes. You will leave class with both the finished product and skills to make more.
Golden - Kids - Backyard Botanist - Fall After School Club
Get your budding young botanist geared up for some plant fun while exploring the types of trees, plants, flowers, and leaves that nature produces while exploring the natural landscape of the Golden History Park.
Golden - Kids - Tracking basics and Monster Quest
Fall Break - To get ready for Halloween, adventurers will explore basic tracking, track identification, and casting tracks before embarking on their own monster quest. Will you adventurer be able to track down Frankenstein or Dracula? Sign up and see! No prior experience required, not scary. All materials provided.
December 2024 (date TBD): Winter Skills and Drills - adult
Join Hutch in learning drills that can help you prepare for cold weather and skills to make winter items. Hutch will take you step by step in making various tools to help you thrive in the winter, including “glasses” to block sun glare. Attendees will leave with some of the skills and items to survive the cold.
Golden - Adult/family - Practical Navigation for the Casual Hiker
Join expert Hutch as he teaches practical navigation skills, whether you are just taking a day hike or camping overnight. This class will teach you how to navigate on or off-trail the next time you take a hike. Learn about your compass, make sure your phone is useful for wayfinding, and navigate when all you have is a trail map. Don’t worry about packing a calculator – this class will teach the simple, but realistic navigational skills needed to find your way back to your car that you could have sworn was just around the next trail bend.
For more details and to sign up visit:
https://www.goldenhistory.org/event/practical-navigation-for-the-casual-hiker/?instance_id=790
Arvada - TBD - Animal observation, safety, tracking and more
TBD final approval forthcoming
Golden History Museum - Young Carvers Club
During this two-day skills-focused program over Jeffco’s Spring Break, participants will learn knife safety, best practices, and specific carving techniques. Then adventurers will move on to projects aimed at each student’s comfort and interest levels. Possible projects include cowboy spoons, tent stakes, mountain man faces, wizard wands, old-fashioned toys, survival tools, and more. No prior experience is required. All materials provided.
Majestic View Nature Center - Basket Making
Join Hutch as he demonstrates various weaving techniques and then guides your family through creating a basket with cattail leaves.
For more information and to sign up visit:
https://majesticviewnaturecenter.arvada.org/event/basket-weaving-with-hutch/