County fair crafts

This project is inspired by the beautiful historic carousel that sits majestically in the northeast corner of San Diego’s Balboa Park. Whether you’re planning a whimsical birthday party, celebrating National Carousel Day (July) or just looking for a fun art project for the afternoon, family and friends will love making their own colorful creation.

Have your kids make this fun cotton candy craft using puffy paint! All you need is food coloring, shaving cream, and glue to make this summer art project.

Paper plate cow project Materials: Paper plate, sponge, black paint, black marker, pink paper, googley-eyes, black sticky tape/black paper, glue, scissors

PATRIOTIC CLOTHESPIN WREATH -- received a red ribbon at our county fair...and a 1st place at the Nebraska State Fair!

My Fairy Garden entry at the 2918 San Diego County Fair. I won 1st!

You don't have to wait for the carnival to come to town—the fun is all inside this art box! Kids will get creative with cotton candy, carnival rides, and more. The box includes several kid-favorite art supplies like glitter glue, pipe cleaners, and confet

Cheryl and our neighbour Sean were bothering me to do some art and craft. Inspired by the recent trip to Genting Highlands, Sean suggested doing a Ferris wheel with a paper plate. With some improvisation, this was the end result... We used coloured paper for the spokes of the wheel and individual carriages. The kids drew the people in each carriage and I helped them staple each carriage to the plate. I poked a straw through the centre of the plate so that the plate actually spins like a real…

Use wooden craft sticks, glitter, colored rice, paper hole punch scraps and whatever else you have laying around to create cute caramel apples! :) :) :)

Toddler crafts--cotton candy Shaving cream, glue, food coloring, and glitter. Great idea for county fair preschool theme.

The State Fair in Minnesota is a big deal. So, to celebrate the end of the summer, we took a trip to the fair at storytime! Books We Read : Night at the Fair by Donald Crews I Know a Wee Piggy by Kimberly Norman A Fabulous Fair Alphabet by Debra Frasier (Minnesota's own!) Roller Coaster by Kevin O'Malley (sadly now out of print ...) The thing to do at the State Fair (other than go on the rides, see the animals and play games) is eat. And everything you can get to eat comes on a stick. So I…

My daughter's 4H project she got 1st place and is going to the state fair!