I’m sharing photos of more Polk County Fair impressiveness. I am truly blown away by much of the work I saw two weeks ago. All of these works were completed by kids in grades 4 – 12. You might see multicolored (4th grade participation) and blue, red, and white ribbons along with small ribbons of…
Welcome to the Frugal Tuesday Tip! Happy Tuesday! Your Frugal Tuesday Tip hostesses: Kimberly at Frugal Playground Sara at Learning the Frugal Life Julia S. at Confessions of a Frugal Mind and me, juliecache! Be sure to look at my Examiner page — I was very impressed with the frugal finding at my county fair. Many counties have already…
The County Fair is an event that is open to the public to submit their projects (gardening, foods, crafts, photos, etc.). Anyone can show their work in Open Class Exhibits. FFA and 4-H kids can also show their work in classes just for them. My child is in 4-H, which is for kids in grades 5…
The Polk County Fair is held at the State Fairgrounds in the 4-H Building, Sheep Barn, and Jacobsen Center. It’s almost all air conditioned, a little un-Fair-like, but with food and fabric, I think it’s wise. Walking around today (it’s free!) with my youngest, we learned that the Sheep Barn is historically significant. This was…
We’re off to the county fair today. My youngest is in 4-H this year. She’s the first of our family to be in a 4-H club. We tried to get into a Clover Kids club when my oldest was in fourth grade, but we didn’t find a club we clicked with. I think 4-H (so…