Junior Fair at Orillia Fall Fair

Celebrate Youth Talent and Creativity

The Junior Fair at the Orillia Fall Fair is all about celebrating the imagination, skills, and hard work of young people in our community! With opportunities for every age group—from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 12—the Junior Fair is a highlight for families and a wonderful way for kids and teens to showcase their talents in crafts, baking, gardening, photography, and more.

Junior Fair Awards

  • $20 cash award for Most Points in Crafts & Baking (combined) for each age group: JK & SK, Grades 1 & 2, Grades 3 & 4, Grades 5 & 6, Grades 7 & 8
  • $20 cash award for Most Points in Vegetables
  • $20 cash award for Most Points in Flowers
  • Keith E. Wood Memorial Award: $20 cash for Most Points in Grades 9–12

Thank You to Our Sponsors

  • Ruth Fountain
  • Bee City Severn
  • Jennifer Cooling Music Studio
  • The Hewitt Family
  • Pretty in Pink Photography
  • Hampshire Ardtrea Women's Institute

Junior Fair Classes & Prizes

Class 1: Junior Crafts

Prizes: 1st – $5.00 | 2nd – $4.00 | 3rd – $3.00 | All other entries $1.00
 

 Junior and Senior Kindergarten as of September current year

  1. Crayon drawing of a pumpkin. Maximum 8.5”x11”
  2. Treasures from a walk – a display of 6 items attached on white paper plate, not to exceed 10”
  3. Trace your hand, decorate and mount. Maximum 8.5”x11”
  4. Your favourite stuffed animal dressed for the fair.
  5. A colourful maple leaf mounted on paper. Maximum size 8 ½”x11”

 

Grade 1 & 2 as of September current year

  1. Hand puppet made from a paper bag.
  2. Leaf rubbing with coloured pencil. Maximum 8.5”x11”
  3. Make a picture using potato printing. Maximum 8.5”x11”
  4. Print your name and decorate on a sign for your bedroom door. Maximum 8.5”x11”
  5. Using playdough, plasticine, or clay create a pumpkin. Display on a paper plate max 10”.

 

Grade 3 & 4 as of September current year

  1. A handmade Halloween pumpkin decoration.
  2. A handmade sock puppet.
  3. Decorate a clay pot, pot must be empty (no larger than 4” in diameter).
  4. Hand-draw your first initial and decorate it on white paper. Maximum 8.5”x11”
  5. Recycle an empty water bottle and make a birdfeeder (must be ready to hang).

 

Grade 5 & 6 as of September current year

  1. A pencil drawing of a pumpkin. Colour with coloured pencils. Maximum 8.5”x11”
  2. Using a mason jar create a snowglobe (must be sealed).
  3. A popsicle stick creation (no larger than 10” in any direction). Display on a tray.
  4. A pencil sketch, any subject. Maximum 8.5”x11”.
  5. A decorated pair of gardening gloves.

 

Grade 7 & 8 as of September current year

  1. An Inukshuk, mounted on a sturdy base, must be securely constructed and no more than 10” tall.
  2. A charcoal drawing of a pumpkin. Maximum 8.5”x11”.
  3. A homemade Christmas tree ornament that can be hung.
  4. Create a Welcome sign.
  5. Create a split picture by cutting any picture in half and recreate the missing half.

 

Grade 9-12 as of September current year

  1. Any crocheted article.
  2. An item of needlework.
  3. Colour a page from an “Adult Colouring Book”.
  4. An original work of art containing a pumpkin, any media, ready to be hung, not to exceed 30” in any direction. Artwork must be framed.
  5. A quilted project.

 

SPECIALS – “Pumpkin Theme” – Open to all Junior Exhibitors –

Any size decorated pumpkin using paint, feathers, sparkles etc.

PRIZES:  1st – $5.00   2nd – $4.00   3rd – $3.00

 

SPECIALS – “Musical Theme” – Open to all Junior Exhibitors –

Sponsored by Jennifer Cooling Entertainment

Musical accessory made of recycled material (ie music bag or guitar strap).

PRIZES:  1st $10.00   2nd $6.00   3rd $4.00

Musical decorated cookie – 1 – maximum 4”.

PRIZES:  1st $5.00   2nd $3.00   3rd $2.00

Musical collage.

PRIZES:  1st $5.00   2nd $3.00   3rd $2.00

Class 2: Junior Baking

Prizes: 1st – $5.00 | 2nd – $4.00 | 3rd – $3.00 | All other entries $1.00

 Note: Place baking on disposable plates and cover with plastic wrap or put in resealable bag.

**Specials not included in points calculation

Junior and Senior Kindergarten as of September current year

  1. Your favourite sandwich prepared by yourself, not to exceed 6”.
  2. A decorated cupcake to celebrate a birthday.
  3. Make a pumpkin from Rice Krispie mixture and decorate, not to exceed 6”.

Grade 1 & 2 as of September current year

  1. Your favourite sandwich, named, not to exceed 6”.
  2. A candy shish kabob.
  3. Best decorated pumpkin-shaped pancake (judged on decoration only).

Grade 3 & 4 as of September current year

  1. Four pieces of chocolate fudge.
  2. Four pumpkin muffins.
  3. Your favourite healthy sandwich or wrap, not to exceed 6”.

Grade 5 & 6 as of September current year

  1. Four muffins incorporating pumpkins in recipe.
  2. One large cookie decorated in a fall theme, not to exceed 12”.
  3. Four cupcakes decorated in a theme.

Grade 7 & 8 as of September current year

  1. Four sugar cookies.
  2. One jar of homemade freezer jam (named).
  3. Four pumpkin squares

Grade 9 to 12 as of September current year

  1. One jar of cooked strawberry jam.
  2. Four brownies, not iced.
  3. One pumpkin loaf.

OAAS Special: Chocolate Chip Cookie Competition

  • Open to all youth up to age 15 as of Dec 31, 2025
  • Six plain chocolate chip cookies (2”-2.5” each, no nuts, displayed on sturdy plate)
  • District and Provincial competitions available for winners!
  • Prizes: 1st $5 | 2nd $4 | 3rd $3 | All other entries $1

Class 3: Junior Vegetables

Prizes: 1st – $5.00 | 2nd – $4.00 | 3rd – $3.00 | All other entries $1.00
Vegetables must be grown by the exhibitor.
 

Rules:

  • Vegetables must be grown by exhibitor.
  • Entries will be judged using the Ontario Judging and Exhibiting Standards for Horticulture.

 

Note:

Please consider donating your fresh produce exhibits to the Salvation Army Food Bank. It can be placed in boxes provided upon removal of exhibits. Thank you.

 

SECTIONS:

  1. 2 pie pumpkins
  2. 1 field pumpkin
  3. Heaviest pumpkin (you must move)
  4. 2 butternut squash
  5. 2 acorn squash
  6. Best hubbard squash
  7. 2 AOV squash
  8. 2 zucchini (green)
  9. 2 zucchini (yellow)
  10. 6 white potatos (list variety)
  11. 6 AOV potatoes (list variety)
  12. Heaviest potato
  13. 5 dutch onions – trim tops
  14. 5 spanish onions – trim tops
  15. 5 beets – trim tops

Junior Special: Gordon Hewitt Memorial Award

  • Display of market garden vegetables (at least 6 species, max 9 sq ft, tomato allowed as fruit/vegetable)
  • Prizes: 1st $22 | 2nd $17 | 3rd $11

Class 4: Junior Flowers

Prizes: 1st – $5.00 | 2nd – $4.00 | 3rd – $3.00 | All other entries $1.00
 

Tips: Attach tags around vases with elastics. Put in suitable vase or container for height & weight of flower. Add water & rocks for weight if top heavy.

 **Specials not included in points calculation

Sections:

  1. A bouquet of flowers, weeds, sticks etc.
  2. A bouquet of cattails in a can. Total height not to exceed 30”
  3. Flower Pie – flowers floating in a 9” pie plate in water.
  4. One rose, single bloom.
  5. Three stems of any perennial, named.
  6. One non-flowering houseplant.
  7. Make a fresh flower birthday centerpiece.
  8. Shamrock plant any colour.
  9. One African Violet, single one crown.
  10. One potted herb collection (min 3).
  11. Bouquet of Sedums.
  12. Largest succulent.
  13. Smallest sunflower head.
  14. Most unique succulent.
  15. Three geranium stems.
  16. One flowering plant excluding geranium.
  17. Arrangement of three different succulents.
  18. A collection of different hosta leaves.

Specials

  • Fairy Garden (Ruth Fountain): Fairy garden in a container (max 10”x12”). Prizes: 1st $10 | 2nd $5 | 3rd $3
  • Pollinator Arrangement (Bee City Severn): Pollinator arrangement. Prize: 1st $10

Class 5: Junior Photography

Prizes:

1st – $5.00 | 2nd – $4.00 | 3rd – $3.00 | All other entries $1.00

Rules:

  • Photos must be taken by exhibitor
  • 4”x6” photo mounted on black bristol board with a 1” border
  • Place entry tag on bottom right-hand corner
  • Open to all junior exhibitors JK – grade 12

Sections:

  1. Biggest Catch
  2. Art in the sand
  3. Nature by the shore
  4. Summer fun
  5. Winter fun
  6. My pet
  7. Sea or pond life
  8. An old barn or house
  9. Three photos featuring a sequence or progression
  10. A photo from the 2023 or 2024 fair
  11. A photo of your favourite holiday destination
  12. A photo of a pumpkin patch

Class 6: Penmanship

Prizes:
1st – $5.00 | 2nd – $4.00 | 3rd – $3.00 | All other entries $1.00
Submit a poem of your choice
 

Rules:

To be printed or written on 8 ½” x 11” (22x28cm) lined paper

*GRADE MUST BE CLEARLY MARKED ON ENTRY TAG*

Sections:

  1. Junior and Senior Kindergarten (printed on paper)
  2. Grades 1 and 2 (printed)
  3. Grades 3 and 4 (printed or cursive)
  4. Grades 5 and 6 (printed or cursive)
  5. Grades 7 and 8 (printed or cursive)

Plan Your Visit

Make the most of your day at the Orillia Fall Fair! Alongside the Junior Fair, explore a full lineup of events, including pumpkin chunking, livestock competitions, farm Olympics, midway rides, and more. Don’t forget to visit the food vendors and exhibits for a true taste of fall in Orillia.
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