Pumpkin Painting, Hay Rides, Games Galore at Craftsman Farms Family Day

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Nine-year old Mikayla O'Leary painting a pumpkin

PARSIPPANY — Craftsman Farms’ 9th Annual Fall Family Day  is the museum’s biggest family program of the year.

This traditional fall festival was held on Saturday, September 19. The weather was beautiful as the families arrived for a day of old-fashioned fun for the young and young-at-heart! Hayrides•, Pumpkin Painting,• Games & Races,• Handcraft Demonstrations like Woodworking, Embroidery, Pottery,• Scavenger Hunts• and Craft Activities.

Craftsman Farms, the former home of noted designer Gustav Stickley, is owned by the Township of Parsippany-Troy Hills and is operated as The Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms by The Craftsman Farms Foundation, Inc. The Foundation is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization incorporated in the State of New Jersey. Restoration of the National Historic Landmark, Craftsman Farms, is made possible, in part, by a Save America’s Treasures Grant administered by the National Parks Service, Department of the Interior, and by support from Morris County Preservation Trust, The New Jersey Historic Trust, and individual members. The Craftsman Farms Foundation received an operating grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission. The Craftsman Farms Foundation gratefully acknowledges a grant from the New Jersey Cultural Trust. Educational programs are funded, in part, by grants from the Arts & Crafts Research Fund.

Craftsman Farms is located at 2352 Route 10 West.