Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Common Ground Fair

This fair was spectacular!  It was a very large but simple fair - no fancy signs, no big rides, no overflowing garbage cans... instead you found the nicest chicken coupes EVER, recycling stations, organic ______, spontaneous parades and a wonderful childrens' area wear you could paint, make beads, paper mache a tree, jump off of bales of hay, create your own vegetable costumes, dance party, make your own bread and the list goes on.  Besides jumping off hay stacks and getting REALLY dirty from painting and swimming in paper mache goop, the highlight was the hour spent sliding down a grass hill on scrap cardboard!  Seriously, the kids had a BLAST and I would have gone back all three days if we were going to be in town. SO MUCH FUN!

Kids made their own bread after grinding wheat into flour.

Horse drawn ride gave the kids a peek at the entire animal area.

Play time with Pop Pop

The kids stood a long line several times to jump into a big pile of hay.

 Painting Wall - We gave up on staying clean at this point! :)
 
Paper Mache

 The Hill
 
 

1 comment:

Susan said...

No way...you all had just too much fun. Love all the activities big time. Good ol' cardboard for fun, brings back memories! Thanbks for sharing all the smiles and fun.
Love and hugs, YVBA