PARD hosts ornament-making for the holiday season

For the fifth year, the Austin Parks and Recreation Department hosts its annual Gingerbread History Heroes Program, from Dec. 2 through Dec. 31. Get creative with free salt dough “gingerbread cookie” ornaments and decorating supplies at the following museums, cultural centers and historic sites across Austin:

• Brush Square Museums (O. Henry Museum and Susanna Dickinson Museum), 409 E 5th St.
• Asian American Resource Center, 8401 Cameron Road
• Elisabet Ney Museum, 304 E 44th St.
• French Legation State Historic Site, 802 San Marcos St.
• George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center, 1165 Angelina St.
• Old Bakery and Emporium, 1006 Congress Ave.
• Park Ranger Station at Zilker Caretaker’s Cottage, 2105 Andrew Zilker Road

“Austinites are invited to decorate an ornament as their favorite figure from Texas history such as Joan Means Khabele, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Selena, Matt Gaines, Elisabet Ney, Barbara Jordan, Doug Sahm, Gus Garcia, Walter Burton, Ann Richards, Lydia Mendoza and Sam Houston,” a statement from the city suggests.