Fair Time!

Posted by Cindy on July 9, 2007

Did you know your children can make some serious money at the fair?  This was our first year for entering any projects, so Mahayla only entered her basket and lamp.  But she won 1st place in her class for each project and earned $8.00.  She also won reserve grand champion for her lamp!  Think about how much she could’ve won had she entered art projects, knitting, crochet, baking, canning, flowers, vegetables….!!  At $4.00 for 1st, $3.00 for 2nd and $2.00 for 3rd place, a kid could earn quite a lot.  Next year, we’ll plan better!

We always have fun at the fair.  It’s getting more and more expensive to go ($8.00 a person), so we try to pick the night when the most fun activities are going on.  This year we enjoyed a horse show, cattle show, alligator show, goat show, talent contest, petting zoo and, ofcourse, the rides.  I even won a drawing for three jars of jam from a local farm!