Getting Crafty for Christmas

BY GILLIAN WEINHOFER

KONK LIFE STUDENT WRITER

Sugarloaf School’s 30th annual craft fair took place on December 1. Catarina Dubyk-Cassidy, a freshman at Key West High School, explains how this annual event brings holiday joy to many people, “When I was at the craft fair, the things that were always in sight were art, happy people, and loads of creativity.”

The in addition to local craft vendors and food, the craft fair at Sugarloaf also featured a Scholastic book fair, which gives children and their parents an opportunity to go to the Media Center and look at all the books, journals, posters, and even games that they have to offer, items that would make great educational Christmas presents.

Not only is the craft fair a place to go where people can show off what they know how to do and what they like to do for a profit, there was also delicious food for sale. Every year, the organizers of the Sugarloaf craft fair improve it by adding new things or revising the old ones. For instance, this year they included Nathan’s Hot Dogs as a vendor for their visitors. Along with that, the PTO (Parent Teacher Organization) started pictures with Santa about two years ago, where visitors pay $6 to get pictures with Santa.

All the hard work of the Sugarloaf staff, PTO, and volunteers paid off, as this year’s craft fair had a considerable turnout of people. Dubyk-Cassidy describes this event as “fun, creative, and inspiring,” and adds that her rating of this event would be “ten or higher.” To most people, this event is a place for them to do holiday shopping and visit the school’s campus with a chance to see local artists in action. Furthermore, the 30th annual Sugarloaf craft fair “provided more than one could ask for” and set high hopes for this long-standing holiday tradition next year.

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Sugarloaf staff, PTO, and volunteers successfully put together the 30th annual craft fair.

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