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Sunnyside Intermediate School fifth-grade students stand behind tables showcasing their crafts Thursday during the annual trade fair at the school.
Parents, friends, teachers and shoppers flood the Sunnyside Intermediate School gymnasium Thursday night for the Fifth Grade Trade Fair.
Maisie Ford, left, and Izzy Hagen look on as a neighbor crafter shows her creations Thursday night at the Fifth Grade Trade Fair at Sunnyside Intermediate School.
Parents walk by tables where students are selling their homemade crafts at the Sunnyside Intermediate School Fifth-Grade Trade Fair.
Matthew Huse, left, Colter Solomon, Rainee Komrosky and Emily Leeds staff their tables as shopper stopps by to buy crafts and chat Thursday at the Sunnyside Intermediate School Fifth-Grade Trade Fair.
Emily Leeds tells Frank Leeds Thursday at Sunnyside Intermediate School's Fifth-Grade Trade Fair about the items available at her table.
Parents, friends, teachers and shoppers flooded the Sunnyside Intermediate School gymnasium Thursday night to buy crafts from the students who glued, stapled, colored or dipped their homemade inventions and put them on the market.
The annual Fifth Grade Trade Fair allows students a chance to combine their creativity and their entrepreneurial drive just in time for the holiday shopping season.
Students, with the help of parents, family members and teachers created items like Christmas ornaments, necklaces or various wooden projects to sell at the annual trade show, Sunnyside Principal Carmen Lunak said.
"They're creating items from what they have and making magic," Lunak said.
Maisie Ford and Izzy Hagen, both 10, were selling three different ornaments. Maisie was selling pinecone reindeer ornaments for $2 apiece, and Izzy was selling snowman and Christmas tree ornaments made of popsicle sticks.
"The snowmen are selling," Maisie said.
"The funnest part of the fair," Izzy said, was seeing what fellow students were building.
Steven and Danae Strike were perusing Maisie and Izzy's table of ornaments. Their daughter, Lexus, was selling her own ornaments, made of water bottles, on the other side of the gym, the couple said.
It was great to see the kids recycling things they scrounged up from around the house, getting creative with them and learning a thing or two about money management at the same time, Danae Strike said.
"It's fun and exciting, very family-oriented event," she added.
Among the shoppers was Havre School District Superintendent Andy Carlson.
"We usually do a lot of Christmas shopping here," Carlson said. "The kids have a lot of fun doing this."
As time was nearing 7 p.m., people began to file out.
Lunak, who was chatting with parents and fellow teachers, said she was happy with the night's turnout. Years ago, before the recent expansion of the school including constructing the gymnasium, the fair used to happen in the school halls, she said.
It was nice to fit everyone in the gymnasium, she said.
"Look at this," Lunak said, extending an arm toward the crowd. "You got lots of conversation, lots of happy people."
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