Black Creek Village: Workshops & Apprenticeships

Workshops & Apprenticeships

At Black Creek Pioneer Village, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Family Workshops

Family Christmas Baking Workshop: Bring the kids and bake up a storm on the wood-burning stove. Follow Christmas recipes loved by the pioneers, and take home some tasty treats.

Family Wreath Workshop: Enjoy a festive afternoon at Black Creek Pioneer Village creating a wreath to deck the halls or adorn your front door.

Family Baking Workshop: Spend family Day weekend baking with the kids in a historic kitchen!

Old-fashioned Candy Making Workshop: Get sticky! Work together to create old-fashioned candy from scratch.

Chocoholics – Cooking with Chocolate: Join the Village in its kitchen to create old-fashioned chocolate treats.

Workshop at the Black Creek Village. Photo by Elena

Adult Workshops

Christmas Baking: Get a head start on your Christmas baking at a historic holiday baking workshop.

A Kissing Ball: Join the Head Gardener to create a stunning holiday decoration. Make your own Kissing Ball from cedar, pine, ribbons, and bows!

Heritage Cheese & Butter Making: Learn to churn butter and press cheese the old-fashioned way.

Brewing Workshop: Craft beer the way they did in the 1800s. Take home a growler of the beer you brewed!

Adult Apprenticeships

Brewing with the Brewmaster

Spend the day in costume with the Brewmaster. Learn how to brew as they did in the 1860s. Take home a 2L growler of beer.

Apprentice in the Village: Spend the day in costume with the Tinsmith, Printer, Blacksmith, Spinner, or Quilter. Learn the methods used by 19th century craftspeople and all about the tools of the trade. Take home your finished product.

(Pre-registration for all workshops and apprenticeships is required).

History of the Fenian invasion of Canada with numerous illustrations by Doscne Canust, B.F.H.D. William Brown and Co. Lithographers, publishers, &C., James Street, Hamilton, Canada West.