Ellwood House Museum hosts ‘Victorian Tea Party’

DeKALB – Youth programs return to the Ellwood House Museum this month with “Ellwood Explorers: Picnics in the Park.”

Bring a lawn chair or blanket, a picnic lunch, and some friends to enjoy a weekend morning at Ellwood Park. Each event will have a historical or site-based theme, with activities, crafts and games scattered around the museum grounds.

June’s program, a “Victorian Tea Party,” will be held from 10:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. Sunday, June 27. Test your knowledge of 19th-century etiquette, complete your tea party look with a festive hat or bow tie, and play authentic “parlor games” – a favorite pastime of Victorian partygoers.

Entirely outdoors, each Ellwood Explorers event is planned with social distancing in mind, and all activities can be completed solo or in small groups.

Crafts and activities are geared toward elementary-aged children, but all ages are welcome. Registration is required. For more information and to see the full Ellwood Explorers schedule, visit ellwoodhouse.org/youthprograms or call 815-756-4609.

Ellwood Explorers is supported by the Cy Miller Foundation. The Ellwood House Museum is located at 420 Linden Place in DeKalb.