Homeschool Craft and Bake Sale

My friend Kate and her daughter Lucy started this craft fair a few years ago. I think we've gone to every one.


About an hour before we had to go Owen decided he wanted to sell something. I told him we didn't have a lot of time and he cried. So he started drawing pictures and then cried because they weren't working out like he wanted them to. Then I suggested some other crafts and he cried over them too. Finally I suggested we sell the cookies that he had helped make the night before. Thankfully, that was acceptable. I wrote the price on a piece of paper and he copied them and helped to wrap and tie up each cookie.


When we got there he set up a blanket and basket. We had been there about 5 minute and he had sold one cookie and cried because he hadn't sold them all. It's a good thing he only had five cookies since he thinks it's a failure if you don't sell out your stock.


Bridget has always been more into performance art. I think last year she sold jokes? This time around she wore a black cape and sat on a rug selling palm readings and scary stories. I'm not sure what this face is. I think she's being serious. Or spooky.


Owen spent most of his money on buying another sword and then spent a lot of time running around fighting other kids. I tried to explain to him that if you don't want to get hit then maybe sword fighting isn't the hobby for you. Well, maybe he'll get it someday. But in the meantime, he mostly had fun.


And here he is fighting the (really cool and sweet) 16 year old who sold him the sword.