Tinder Box 

An Interactive Resource for Education and  Living History.

Auckland, New Zealand.

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Tinder Box presenter delivers interactive Pioneer activities in Victorian costume, visiting schools, Museums, Historical Houses and events. In addition to interactive educational activities, demonstrations of  traditional crafts such as drop spinning, besom broom and clay pipe making are available. Tinder box also offers reproduction clay pipes for sale in the online Clay Pipe store  Not all activities are suitable for educational visits, but all the activities are available for Museums and Historical Houses.

                                                           Interactive                                    Museum, Historic Houses,
Activity
                                             Educational Activities               Events.

 Toys.
 Pioneer/Victorian  Toy Activity        Interactive education activity         Indoor activity

Craft in support of toys
Students make  a toy                          Interactive education activity         Indoor activity.
Suppliments the Toy activity. 

"Food" for thought.
 
  
Original artifacts shown and             Interactive education activity           Indoor activity.   
discussed
           

Butter making.  
Butter making demonstrated             Interactive education activity            Available in cool weather.
 and discussed.

Pioneer Transport
The movement  of people                   
Interactive education activity           Indoor activity.          
 
and  goods from one place
 to another
.

Discovery Box                                         Teacher & Student research resource
Boxes of knowledge
waiting to be explored!

Drop Spinning
See drop spinning                                                                                      
Enhance your venue with a
 
demonstrated                                                                                               craft demonstration.

Shave horse work, besom broom making
Watch, discuss and learn                                                                            
Outdoor craft demonstration
about the process and                                                                                   of  a traditional  craft.
tradition of besom
broom
 making.



Clay pipe making.
Watch and discuss the                                                                   
            Outdoor craft demonstration
process and learn about                                                                               of  a traditional  craft.
 clay pipe making.  
visit the clay pipe store                                                                


Rag rug
See a rag rug being                                                                                    Indoor or outdoor
made and  discuss the                                                                               demonstration of traditional   
 history of the  rag rug                                                                                 craft skills.                   
 making tradition.
                                                                                                   

Pole lathe work.
See this traditional craft                                                                               
Outdoor craft demonstration
being  demonstrated.                                                                                    of a  traditional  craft.

Fire making with flint and striker
See the process. learn about                                                                      
Outside activity. 
 tinder and matches, and other
 fire making methods.


 Copyright RPL  13/1/2008

Contact Tinder Box
( Richard Lees)
Tel: (09) 412 8235
Mob: 021 117 2068


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