Last week, during school, S decided to make a quill and ink. He microwaved a few frozen raspberries for the ink and he took a feather from our nature table for his quill. It worked and I think he was quite happy with the result. It was pretty, pink ink.
Here is all that remains: a poor, tortured feather and raspberry bits at the bottom of the jar.
This is a quick and easy activity to do during the study of Colonial America.