Kids
Love Nutcrackers!
The best place for your children to learn about them!
Kids Love Nutcrackers and Nutcracker Lady loves
kids.... so put the two together and you have this fascinating
website. It is designed for young ones to learn about nutcrackers.. how they
are made, where they are made, and just what materials are used. All
children recognize the wooden toy soldier nutcrackers displayed at Christmas
time, but this is only one segment in the history of nutcrackers!
All children love nutcrackers, and they are fascinated with the many
characters they find in the Nutcracker Museum. The preschoolers will find
low cases, just their size, filled with Disney characters and the animals
they love. The kindergarten students will find story book characters such as
Red Riding Hood and the whole cast of Wizard of Oz.
Grade School
students will find our Folklore heroes, the presidents with Washington and
Lincoln, and nutcrackers representing various countries of the world. Older
students will be fascinated with the many historical figures and the
inventors such as Henry Ford, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Edison. Boys and
their dads investigate the complicated mechanical creations and girls will
be seen admiring the costumes of Snow White, Cinderella and Queen Guinevere.
All kids are fascinated with the 55 foot wall display of nutcrackers
that represent the monthly holidays and Leavenworth festivals and
activities. Nutcrackers can even be found that portray the Reindeer Farm and
the annual production of Sound of Music.
Yes, there is lots to see in
the museum for kids of all ages, but best of all, is the opportunity to go
on one of the Nutcracker Hunts created by the Nutcracker Lady. Even kids as
young as three years can join in the excitement of a hunt!!!
ARLENE WAGNER, known as “The Nutcracker Lady” co-founded the museum with her husband George, and has designed the displays for the 9,000+ nutcrackers shown in the museum. Her books give testimony that she is known world-wide as an authority on the history of the nutcracker.
MICHELLE, with many years background in store management, is now in training to be the future “Nutcracker Lady”. She is already adept at Power Point presentations and is awaiting school and club invitations.
There is something for everyone in the family!
We encourage educators in all grades to consider projects involving learning about nutcrackers. There is a lot of history behind these whimsical characters and how they helped shape our food industry around the nut.
With more and more home schoolers these days, they are all looking for fun and interesting projects for learning to give students hands-on learning of history and how these nutcrackers still have their place in today's food
It almost always starts with a nutcracker, given as a gift to a little boy or girl at Christmas time. From there they will see another one they like, or they start getting one every year for Christmas. We love to encourage "Little Collectors".
We'll keep you up-to-date with the latest happenings your children
will absolutely love.
