BOONE — The Boone Winter Farmers Market collaborated with the Children’s Playhouse to add family fun to the market for Kids Fest.
On Saturday, March 11, the Children’s Playhouse set up a stand at the Farmers Market to entice families to visit the market together. The market featured a children’s corner every week, which was typically on theme with the season or the event. The Children’s Playhouse took that to the next level with an interactive farm set that allowed children to have sensory stimulating play that reflected the values of the market. Other activities included a scavenger hunt, cooking demonstration and a craft station.
“We are excited to host kids Fest and partner with the Children’s Playhouse. We really like the work that they’re doing, and I feel like it’s a great way to just encourage more families to come out to the market and hopefully make it part of their weekly routine. This week is spring break for App State, so we have lost a lot of our population. We thought it would be a fun way just to encourage the locals to come out with younger kids and to play at the market,” Rachel Kinard, Farmers Market manager said.
In addition to Kids Fest, the market launched their initiative to get more people active in going to all of the local Farmers Markets, which is the Farmers Market Passport. There is a bingo-like grid on the inside of a pamphlet that community members can get stamped at different farmer’s markets in and out of the area. The goal is to get five stamps from markets. After all five stamps, you are able to turn in the pamphlet for a market themed tote bag.
“North Carolina legislature declared 2023 The Year of the Trail, so we thought it would be a fun project to encourage more people to come out to the farmers markets in the region. It’s pretty easy. If you live in Boone, you can easily hit the winter market, the Watauga County Farmers Market and the King Street Market. So, then you really only need to hit two more. You could go to the Ashe County market or the Hickory market or take a day trip to Mountain City even,” Kinard said.
The Passport is available at the market at the information booth. For more information on the Children’s Playhouse, visit goplayhouse.org.
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