For a glimpse of the many sights and sounds you’ll experience at Homestead Fair, watch this short 5-minute video:
Preparing our sheep for shearing
We have prepared the sheep for the sheep shearing demonstration during this weekend’s Fair!
Cutting Boards for the Fair!
The nice thing about hand work is that much of it can be accomplished at home. These young boys, all brothers, worked diligently at their home to finish beautiful, small cutting boards for sale during the Fair at the Woodworking booth.
Woven by Little Hands
Did you know that all baskets were woven by hand? There are no machines that can weave baskets, so every one made is handwoven. A group of small kids wanted to make a gift basket set for the Fair. They set to work about a month ago. First they soaked, wrapped and wove slats into …
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Hand-Crafted Pottery
Many eager little children have gathered outside and worked with clay to make little sugar spoons, butter dishes and more for the Fair. For some of the smallest, it was their first Fair project! We signed each little work of art and set them to dry for a couple weeks. After the pottery dried, we …
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Woodworking from the Smallest Hands
These young boys gathered with their dads, grandfathers and older brothers for some evening woodworking classes this summer in our large woodworking shop at the Homestead Craft Village. For many of these boys, these hand-carved, wooden spoons are their very first wood projects. Now these beautiful spoons are displayed for sale for this weekend’s Homestead …
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Sunset on the 32nd Annual Homestead Fair
With full and grateful hearts we want to thank each and every one of the 15,552 visitors who came out to spend these three wonderful days with us at Homestead Fair. Whether you came with with family, brought friends or came alone, we hope you had a wonderful time with us and left with a …
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Final Day of Fair
Today is the last day of our 2019 Fair! Your parking passes from Friday and Saturday are good through today as well! If today is your first day out, parking is only $5 at the gate. Please come on out and join us!
Copper Turning Demonstration
Come behind the Craft Pavilion to the demonstration area and watch Joe Quinones turn copper on a copper lathe! Check the schedule on the back of the Fair handout for other demonstrations by our various craftsmen.
Seminar Presentations
Seminars and Presentations run throughout the day, every day. These are easily overlooked yet are one of the most valuable, education and informative opportunities available at the Fair. Our craftsmen, teachers, experts and community members discuss a wide array of topics ranging from simple skills agriculture and sustainability to the interchange between society, religion, education …
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