Enjoy the Ride at the Fair
Contributed by Julie Cascio, UAF Cooperative Extension Service
The Hoskins Building is full of demonstrations at this year’s Alaska State Fair. Between noon and 4 pm, are four presentations each day from tasting yummy treats to learning crafts and quilting techniques. Enjoy the Ride at the Fair!
August 16 - Learning to make Peanut Butter Balls, technique of making Fried Won Tons, making a Beaded Bracelet and to Repurpose Recycled Clothes
August 17 – Paint a Lady Bug Rock, Painting on Glass, One Hour Dinner Rolls, Chocolate Nut Custers.
August 18 – Let’s Make Bubble Gum, Easy Sticky Buns, Scrumptious Shrooms, Making Soda Pop
August 19, Hand Quilting Demos and Quilts of Valor Presentation
August 22 – Make Playdough, make a Frig Magnet, Paper Beads Make & Take, Cooking with Beautiful Beans
Augst 23 – Book Mark Make & Take, Cake Pops, Cookie Decorating for Kids 7 pm Vagabond Blues Just for Kids Cookie Contest
August 24 – Paint a Lady Bug Rock, Yummy Appetizers, Sprouted Whole Grain Bread, School Breakfast Ideas 5 pm Home Depot Crafts for Kids
August 25 – Paper Beads Make & Take, Rice Pudding, Oreo Truffles, Make Soda Pop 7 pm Mat Su FCE/CES Nutty Pie Contest
August 26 – Barn Quilt Block, English Paper Piercing, Ice-Dyeing Fabrics, Quilts of Valor
August 29 – Tic Tack Toe Game Bag, Repurpose Recycled Clothing, Felting Wool, Beading with Merle
August 30 – Making Sauerkraut, Chocolate Cake Surprise, How to Press Plants and Pin Bugs, Chocolate Cabbage Leaf Bowls
August 31 – Sew a Potholder, Paint on a Glass Goblet, Beeswax Wraps, Bee Keeping in Alaska 7 pm Everetts Mat-Su Resort Appetizer Contest
September 1 – Cheesecake Balls, Rhubarb - More Than Pie, wild Harvest, Quilts of Valor
September 2 – Fried Rice, Moose Munch Candy, Cookie Decorating