Burlington County's Earth Fair – Environmentally-friendly festival.

Earth Fair gets bigger and better each year with outdoor environmental fun and entertainment for all ages, this years festival included live music, animals, canoeing, kayaking, crafts, great food, and much much more. 

For kids of all ages...

• "Trash" Sculpting & Paper Making
• Rock Climbing Wall & Moon Bounce
• Face Painting & Puppet Shows
• Clay Pots, Litter Bags, & Plant Seedlings
• Philadelphia Zoo on Wheels
• Adventure Aquarium Shark Chum

Performances...

• Billy B's Singing Tree Performance
• Earthcapades - Saving the Planet Waste Reduction Performance
• Ironwood Outdoor Center - Kayaking on Smithville Lake

All day long...

• Nature Walks - Hike the Smithville Park Trails
• Canoe the Rancocas
• Gaze at the stars inside Star Lab Planetarium and more!

Music...

• The Turtle Singer Live Music & Turtles
• Shot of Redemption - Vintage Live Music
• "Toons for Spoons"- Mark Rust - bring your own spoons and make toons

Lizards, Alpacas and Bugs...oh my!

Puppets, Magic & More...

• Magician Bill Kerwood magical interactive childrens comedy show

Brownstone Puppet Theater brought nature's creatures to life

• Storyteller Doreen Shepard helped Drea  find her own Imagination Tree
• Peppermint Playhouse Puppeteers: "Everyone's Got Environmental Talent" Show

My favorite was the Sustainable Living Tent with hybrid vehicles, green driveways and energy efficient solutions for homes. 

 At the Sustainable Living Tent

I  learned how to save money on my utility bills

• Light Bulbs
• Hybrid Vehicles
• Solar Panels
• Green Driveways

We went on a nature walk and explord birds, trees, and live plants.  We kayaked Smithville Lake, canoed the Rancocas Creek, climbed the rock wall, bounced on the inflatable, got our faces painted, saw puppet shows and listened to the storyteller. 

We got to participate in many types of activities, demonstrations, and workshops throughout the day and discoverd ways to protect and enjoy the environment. 

 What do you get when you combine an aluminum pie plate, an egg carton and some paper-towel rolls?

If you're 2-year old Drea, the answer was a robot.  ( I can't show you photos of her robot because she destroyed it before grandpop got back with our drinks, but she had fun!)  My grandaughter Drea let her imagination run wild yesterday along with other visitors were all could make sculptures out of items that might otherwise be headed for our landfill.

My grandaughter made several other presents for her Daddy for Father's Day, that miraculkously survived. 

 She made sand creations, and a photo frame, but her all time favorite was getting a bucket & shovel, filling it with compost & then getting a plant to give to her daddy.  She demanded and got two. She politely told the man giving them away that her Dadyy deserved two.  LOL

The fair also featured alternative-fuel cars, some of which were champions at last year's Tour de Sol, a "green" car race organized by the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association.

This year's fair was sponsored by the Burlington County Board of Freeholders, and held at Smithville Park yesterday which is within walking distance of my home.  (Yeah, we did not have to spend our gas money!! )  This fair gives families an opportunity to have an afternoon of fun while learning lessons about the environment.