2010 New Jersey State Fair® Creative Arts for Home and Hobby (formerly Home Economics)
Visit the Creative Arts for Home and Hobby Division Exhibits located in the Richards Building. Handmade quilts, gingerbread houses, and other handicrafts are on display. Come watch our food, beer, and wine contests along with how-to's in our demonstration kitchen. Also learn a new craft in our demonstration area.
Highlights Include:
- 14th Annual Home Beer and Wine Contest
Wine will be judged at Agriculture Pavilion: Saturday August 7 at 2:00pm
Beer sponsored by Krogh's Restaurant & Brew Pub and will be judged prior to the Fair.
Wine sponsored by AdvancedGroup.net
- 15th Annual Sussex County Chili Contest
Agriculture Pavilion: Sunday August 8 at 1:00PM
Sponsored by C & W Aero Services, Inc
and by Pierson Landscaping & Excavating
Entries offered for sale after judging!
- 12th Annual Grandma’s Favorite Cookie Contest
Richards Building: Monday August 9 at 1:00pm
Sponsored by Service Electric TV of NJ
- Professional Baker's Challenge
- The Richards Building Monday August 9 at 7PM
This new contest will challenge the local professional baker to submit thier items to be judged against other professionals!
- 14th Annual Gingerbread Building Contest
Richards Exhibition Building: Tuesday August 10 at 2:00pm
(Entries remain on exhibit until end of fair)
Sponsored by Service Electric TV of NJ
- “One and Only” Blueberry Contest
Richards Exhibition Building: Wednesday August 11 at 5:00pm
Entry samples distributed after judging!
- Ceative Arts for Home and Hobby Baked Goods Judging
Richards Exhibition Building: Thursday August 12 at 10:00am
Entries offered for sale after judging!
- Fleishmann’s Yeast "Bake for the Cure" Baking Contest
Richards Exhibition Building: Friday, August 13 at noon
Sponsored by Fleischmann’s Yeast
Entry samples distributed after judging!
- New Jersey's 5th Annual Best Cheesecake Contest
Richards Exhibition Building: Friday, August 13 at 5:00 pm
Entries offered for sale after judging!
- Handicrafts
Exhibited all week! 10:00 am to 10:00 pm.
- Canning Contest
Exhibited all week! 10:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Continuing in 2010
THEME: FARM ANIMALS
SPONSORED BY: C&W Aero Services, Inc.
Prizes
First Place: $25.00
Second Place: $15.00
Third Place: $10.00
The Home and Hobby Committee is happy to announce, with the success of our quilt block contest last year, we are starting another contest!!! We have four choices of fabrics this year! Check out our wonderful fabrics that have horses or cows or pigs or a combination of farm animals as your choice for quilt fabrics for next year’s block contest! Quilt Block Kits will be on sale at the Home and Hobby area in the Richards Building. Kit Price $5.00, which includes a fat quarter of fabric, quilt block rules and quilt block label.
This was a complete sell out in 2009, so don’t wait. A limited number of Quilt Block Kits will be available.
- 5th Annual Men's Weekend!
Activities for men and their partners! Last year we had :Wood Turning demonstrations, a Taxidermist ALL 10 days of the Fair, a Professional Fly Tier for ALL 10 days of the Fair, a luthier, (a builder of solid body guitars) and Model Trains are confirmed with many others in the works! Keep an eye on this space for 2010 attractions.
- Peters Valley Craft Center
- Two scholarships will be awarded in Creative Arts for Home and Hobby (formerly Home Ec) for an adult and a child, which will enable the recipients to attend a workshop of their choice.
- 2009 Scholarships
The schedules listed below is subject to change. Neither the NJ State Fair or the Sussex County Farm and Horse Show can be held responsible for schedule changes due to any cause. This scheduled will be updated on a best effort basis so check back again as fair week approaches.
