Supply List for Chapter 9: Hogmanay

Art: Cloth Rag Dolls

Cook: Scottish Macaroons

Inspired Book List:

Hogmany: Fun in Scotland by Julie T. Barringer (It is very hard to find books about this holiday)

Making Rag Dolls by Juanita Clarke (Tutorial Book)

My Rag Doll by Corinne Crasbercu

Raggedy Ann and the Tagalong Present by Disney

Making Soft Dolls: Simple Waldorf Designs to Sew and Love by Steffi Stern

Art Supplies:

your choice of fabric, thread, needle, fabric scissors

Kitchen Supplies:

mashed potato, icing sugar, melted chocolate, vegetable oil

desiccated coconut, peppermint extract (optional)

Pair with our New Year's in Scotland Adventure, as well as our other New Year's Lessons found in our Winter & Snow Learning Pack, as well as January's Friendship & Art Learning Pack.

Educational Videos for Chapter 9:

Art Project this week is to make a rag doll. Here are some of my favourite rag doll tutorials to inspire you with this optional art project.

Inspiration for making your Rag Doll:

How to Make a Waldorf Doll | from New Life on a Homestead

Enjoy this tutorial with free pattern in their YT description, PART 1 | from Learn Create Sew

Part 2:

Find a FREE PATTERN for a Rag Doll HERE.

Learn how to make a simple cloth doll, using scraps and easy to sew techniques (I LOVE this!)

How to make Hair and a Simple Skirt for a Rag Doll

Cook: Scottish Macaroons

This recipe and the recipe from chapter 8 can be seen made during this time of year in Scotland. Enjoy watching this video to learn the steps to make it, using our similar recipe included in this unit study.

How to make them into BARS:

How to make them into SQUARES:

EXTRA RECIPES:

Find below some video links about the recipes and dishes mentioned in this chapter, that the Cook and family were preparing for their Scottish Hogmanay Celebrations.

Sheep Head Soup, cooked outdoors:

Pigeon Pie, the Victorian Way, perhaps was very similar to how they would make it in Scotland.

Rabbit Pudding, they mention that Rabbit was served, and this recipe would be something they would make.

They talk about Bread being served with the homemade butter, but only in this last chapter. Every other chapter they talk about Oat cakes, or Barley cakes. Learn about bread making in England and the Americas in the 1700s in the very good video from Town Sends, below, and making butter here, as well as in our Adventures in Ireland Unit Series.

Congratulations!

You have completed the Little House in the Highlands Art & Baking Novel Study Guide!

I hope you have had a fun time learning more about the history and culture of Scotland, during the 1700’s, and more about Martha and her family and what it was like to live there. Please tag us on Instagram so I can follow along in your homeschool masterpieces, and adventures.

If you have not paired this study up with our Adventures in Scotland, now is the perfect time to try it out. Enjoy learning more about Scotland with 3 weeks of reading, painting and cooking lessons for kids 3 to 13+!