As we continue to explore the 1950s, we start to look at the different art movements of the decade. Pop art caught our eye! We learned about the bright colors used in Pop Art and then put our twist on Pop Art. We made stencils of KC logos and symbols and made pop art with some KC pride. One of our ...residents, Jeanne, said her kids love our Kansas City Soccer team, Sporting KC, so she decided to use the Sporting KC stencil and make some soccer pop art!

Did you know in the 1950s, soap was mainly replaced with synthetic detergents? Due to a lack of resources during WWII, synthetic surfactants were developed. They were inexpensive and required few primary materials. These detergents were easy to manufacture and mass-produced. Most items we consider ..."soap" today are detergents. Armed with this knowledge from the 1950s, we tried our hand at making soap. We used lye, water, and oils. We then put in herbs from our greenhouse to help make the soaps smell nice. We used rosemary, lavender, and pineapple mint.

As we moved from exploring the 1940s into exploring the 1950s, we decided to make a 1950s recipe, Kentucky Butter Cake. Kentucky Butter Cake became a popular dessert to make at home in the 1950s. It became so popular Nell Lewis submitted the Kentucky Butter Cake to the Pillsbury Bake-Off Contest in... 1963. However, although many claimed it won, according to official records, it was not the winning cake. Yet, this did not stop many households from making this delicious dessert.