Enjoy the Ride at the Fair

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