Past Family Fun

Family Games night featuring National Parks Bingo & Trivia! Plus ghosts at the Homestead (in the graveyard!) to end the night!!

St. Nicholas returned for a third visit to the Homestead. Ho ho ho! Click "read more" for photos by George Foster.

Our fourth annual Fall Harvest Festival was a smashing success. Nearly 600 people enjoyed hay rides, a petting zoo, face painting, apple bobbing, crafts, games and music by On the Trail. We were lucky to have a beautiful day for fall fun!

Photos by Katharine Calderwood.

St. Nicholas visited the Homestead for the second time. Children enjoyed a visit with Santa and lots of fun stations with games & crafts (and candy!)

Darien's Bicentennial Celebration included a reenactment of the 1781 Tory raid of the Mather Homestead and a skirmish between Patriots and Loyalists, plus a cannon demonstration!

Good old fashioned games and competition in honor of Stephen Mather's birthday (July 4, 1867). And cake!

The Mather Homestead Easter egg roll included, of course, egg rolling, plus other outdoor games, Easter treats and live music. Did you know that the Easter egg roll has been a White House tradition since 1878? The roll is symbolic of rolling away the rock from Jesus Christ's tomb before his resurrection.

Outdoor fun during covid.

Covid didn't keep St. Nicholas from visiting the Homestead! Children enjoyed a socially distanced visit with Santa and received a stocking filled with old fashioned games.

Third annual Fall Harvest Festival!

Our second Harvest Festival was bigger and better!

Our first Harvest Festival included pony rides, crafts, a hunt for the Mather silver, tours of the home and more.