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Four of these are real 2026 Markham Fair competition classes. One we made up. 🌸🚗 "Hot Rod" — an arrangement in a miniatu...
09/03/2026

Four of these are real 2026 Markham Fair competition classes. One we made up. 🌸

🚗 "Hot Rod" — an arrangement in a miniature toy car
☕ "Morning Break" — in an espresso cup, under 5½ inches
📞 "Celebrating 150 Years of the First Phone Call" — an arrangement using a phone
🎡 "Fair Food" — a fair-food-inspired arrangement
🧦 "Odd Sock" — an arrangement in a single unmatched sock

Take a guess in the comments 👇

Entries close September 17 at 8pm (link in bio)

Some Markham Fair categories aren't really about winning. 💙Scattered through the Needlecraft section of our Prize Book i...
09/02/2026

Some Markham Fair categories aren't really about winning. 💙

Scattered through the Needlecraft section of our Prize Book is a quiet run of classes where the entry never goes home with the exhibitor:

🧤 Mittens for the Mitten Tree: donated to charity
🧢 Chemo caps: cotton yarn only, no seams. Donated to Markham Stouffville Hospital
👶 Preemie hats: knit to fit a grapefruit. Also to the hospital
🛏️ A quilt, 26" x 34": donated to the hospital NICU
🥕 Crocheted vegetables: three different types, and the entry must arrive with a can of vegetables for the local food bank

That last one is our favourite. You can't even enter without bringing food for someone else.

These get judged and ribboned like every other class. Then they get given away.

Entries close September 17 at 8pm. More info at markhamfair.ca

Class 36: "Almost Done!" 🧶Somewhere in the Markham Fair Prize Book, between the gingerbread houses and the tree ornament...
09/01/2026

Class 36: "Almost Done!" 🧶

Somewhere in the Markham Fair Prize Book, between the gingerbread houses and the tree ornaments, there is a competition class for a project that is two-thirds finished.

Not finished. Two-thirds.

Every single person reading this has one. The quilt in the closet. The needlepoint you started in 2019. The sock with no partner. Markham Fair sees you, and Markham Fair says: enter it anyway.

Entries close September 17 at 8pm. Find your section at markhamfair.ca

Have you ever actually read the Markham Fair Prize Book? 📖It's 68 pages, and we receive thousands of entries each year. ...
08/30/2026

Have you ever actually read the Markham Fair Prize Book? 📖

It's 68 pages, and we receive thousands of entries each year. It has sections for antiques, art, crafts, culinary, flowers, needlecraft, seniors, photography, school children, crops, poultry, dairy, beef, sheep, goats, heavy horses, light horses and 4-H.

Most people never open it. Which means most people don't know that somewhere in there, Markham Fair runs a competition for:

🧶 A craft project that's only two-thirds finished
🐄 A calf in a costume
🎲 A crocheted dice bag for tabletop gaming
☕ A coffee cup sleeve that must not exceed a medium Tims size
🚗 A flower arrangement inside a toy car
⚱️ An antique hearse finial

All real. All in the 2026 book.

We're going to pull out some of our favourites. Some are funny. A couple are genuinely moving. All of them are things your neighbours can enter.

Pictured: some of our Homecraft committee, who read every page so you don't have to.

Entries close September 17 at 8pm — markhamfair.ca

First one drops tomorrow. 📖

It's C! 🌾Straw-yellow hair, every time. If you got it right, you know your Fair.He'll be wandering the grounds October 1...
08/30/2026

It's C! 🌾

Straw-yellow hair, every time. If you got it right, you know your Fair.

He'll be wandering the grounds October 1–4. Come say hello in person.

Three of these are impostors. 🌾One is the real Markham Fair scarecrow. Do you know your Fair well enough to spot him?Com...
08/29/2026

Three of these are impostors. 🌾

One is the real Markham Fair scarecrow. Do you know your Fair well enough to spot him?

Comment A, B, C or D 👇. No cheating by scrolling our page!

Answer tomorrow. See you October 1–4.

It's National Dog Day, and we happen to know some very good boys and girls. 🐾The The Official SuperDogs have been bringi...
08/26/2026

It's National Dog Day, and we happen to know some very good boys and girls. 🐾

The The Official SuperDogs have been bringing the noise to Markham Fair for years — frisbees, hurdles, and at least one Rottweiler who can balance on a basketball.

🐶 Show us your dog in the comments!

A note: our Fairgrounds are service-animal only, which keeps our livestock and your pup safe. But the SuperDogs will more than make up for it.

See you October 1–4!

Calling all artists! 🎨 Just look at some of the incredible talent on display at last year's Fair. From stunning still li...
08/24/2026

Calling all artists! 🎨 Just look at some of the incredible talent on display at last year's Fair. From stunning still lifes to breathtaking landscapes and portraits. Whether you paint, draw, or sketch, we want to see YOUR work on our walls this October!

Think you've got a ribbon-worthy piece? Check out our Prizebook through the link in our bio for all the categories and entry details. 🏆

See you October 1, 2, 3 & 4! 🎡

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