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  • Dutch heritage

    Skates, Dutch hats, and wooden shoes

    October 27, 2019September 4, 2021

    Many Americans think that winters in the Netherlands are very cold, and therefore the Dutch do a lot of skating. Maybe famous 17th century paintings like the one above, created during a little “Ice Age”

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    How to Make Wooden Shoes out of Paper

    November 4, 2018May 8, 2020

    What you need yellow poster board from your local craft store (for size of an 8 year old at least 24″x 13″ or 65x35cm) scotch tape stapler two pieces of thin elastic How to make

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    How to Make a Dutch Hat out of Paper

    November 4, 2018October 21, 2020

     In 2001, when I had to dress up my eight-year-old daughter Sara in Dutch costume for a third grade event, I found instructions for a Dutch hat on an origami listserv. The lady who

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    How to Make a Dutch Costume out of Paper

    November 4, 2018September 24, 2024

      This is my daughter Sara at a 3rd grade class presentation about holidays around the world. The children were asked to tell something about the country their ancestors came from, and to include something

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    How to Make a Dutch Boy’s Cap out of Paper

    November 4, 2018January 8, 2019

    What you need two sheets black A4 or letter sized poster board (8 1/2 x 11 inch). scotch (= non-shiny) tape The patterns Print out the patterns and check if they measure as indicated. If

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