Our school's holiday fair was this past weekend, and it was so enjoyable. This year I was The Pocket Lady, and I had such a wonderful time with it. It was a very special treat for me to watch the young ones' eyes light up when I opened my cape. For one ticket, the child got to choose a silk pocket from which to pull a gift. Little things like worry dolls, polished stones, sea shells, woven bracelets and such. It's really amazing to watch the children play with these tiny treasures, and to see what they imagine them to be in their play.
The Enchantment Shop, which is what the parents of my daughter's class worked on, was filled with beautiful handmade gifts for the children to pick out. The children, a few at a time, walked into a softly lit, magical room, without their parents to influence their choices, and picked out 3 handmade items. Everything from magic wands, to beads and bracelets, knights and queens to walnut babies, and prickly hedgehogs to cashmere bunnies, to name but a few. Such a lovely experience.
The kindergarten teachers performed a puppet show of "Journey Cake, Ho", which was fantastic. One of the kindergartens hosted a Fish Pond, where the children could pull up their prizes with a fishing hook (plastic covered, of course.) And we had the Crystal Cave where the children could go in, again by themselves, a few at a time, and pick out a crystal. Jump rope making, and candle dipping were a few other fun things to do at the fair.
When we got home, my children immediately pulled all of their treasures out and started to create their own show. Even the cotton balls, that cocooned tiny star fish, became rocks or mountains. Quite a day!
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