Exuberant Carnival

Our "Egg Toss" games stall

Big Bee's school organised their annual funfair on 28 October, as a celebration of their last day of school and the finale to the many months of hard work for the final exams. I was volunteering as a parent helper, manning a games stall called "Egg Toss". It was a simple game where the students had to throw brightly-coloured ping pong balls into empty egg crates. 

The empty egg crates where students had to throw their ping balls into. 

Very cheap set-up fees, and we charged $1 for a game of 5 tosses, complete with prizes that all the parents chipped in with funds to buy as a school. 

Our decorated "Egg Toss" games stall :) 

The students were thrilled with the different tiers of different prizes. As a parent manning the prize station for a while, it was very amusing to see how the kids were excitedly selecting and comparing their prizes! The game drew a lot of word-of-mouth, probably due to its relative easiness and great prizes - so we made a whopping $700 in one morning, all for the good of charity :) 

Some classes' parents were really impressive, decking their stalls in a fantastic theme. Check out this "Fairy Finger Food" stall selling food, with angels as their parent volunteers, complete with themed aprons and fairy wings for the students in the class! 

I lifted some pages from Big Bee's diary to provide her perspective on the funfair. It is fairly long, with 6.5 pages from her diary, as she told me she wanted to preserve every single detail of that day. Enjoy reading!

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Pages from Big Bee's Diary *unedited*

Yesterday, it was my school fun fair. It was the best day of school! Mummy went in with me to school because she was a parent volunteer. She was having a games stall at the concourse. Her games stall was called "Egg Toss". Mummy went to the concourse to find the other mummies who were also helping out at the games stall. 

I went back to class. Then, I went to my flag raising. After my flag raising, we went to start the fun fair! I went with my best friend, Rachael. We first went to Mummy's games stall. Rachael and me played Egg Toss. It was very fun. After that, we went to another game at the quandrangle. I had to throw a ball into a hole. I won a prize. Rachael played that game too. 

After that, me and Rachael took a walk in the canteen. We found a nice cupcake stall. We could decorate our own cupcakes. I had a vanilla cupcake while Rachael had a chocolate cupcake. I put some strawberry icing on my cupcake. I also decorated it with sprinkles and little, sweet stars. I put a pink butterfly on the nice cupcake. 

After that, I went back to Mummy's games stall to show Mummy what I did. We ate the delicious cupcakes. It was nice and sweet. Rachael and I decided to ride something together, so we went to a ride called "A Time To Ride". Rachael called it the friendship ride. There were some animal floats - a giraffe, a cat and a kangaroo. The floats were like real cars. We could steer the floats round the courtyard. 

Although the queue was very long, me and Rachael still wanted to ride it. We waited for over twenty minutes, and finally our turn came. We sat on the cat float. I drove the first round, while Rachael sat beside me watching. Rachael drove the second round. It was like bumper cars, for we kept bumping into things. Rachael and I thought it was so fun that we wanted to go again. Unfortunately, the queue was super long, so we decided to go for another game. 

We went to a rather interesting game. The game was called "Money Catch". We went inside a door, into a small box. There was wind underneath to blow the money up. We had to try to catch as much money as possible. A parent volunteer helped me to count my money after the game. I won a prize. It was a pinball machine. Unfortunately, it spoiled. I threw it away. 

After that, I went back to Mummy's games stall to rest and drink water. I played one game of Egg Toss. Then, Rachael and me ran to the courtyard to ride the animal floats again. The queue was still very long, but we waited for half an hour. Finally, it was our turn. While I drove the first round, we saw Rachael's sister selling some nice bookmarks. She sat down on our kangaroo float for a while. Half way while we were finishing our first round, we saw our principal. She said hello to us. We also met our vice-principal. She took some photos of us. 

After we finished the ride, Rachael and me saw some yummy biscuits at the canteen. I bought two biscuits. They were the shape of a schoolgirl. They were wearing my school uniform. After that, we went to Beauty World. It was at the hall. Rachael and me bought a hairband each. The hairband was like a small wig. I tied up my hair with the hairband. 

Big Bee proudly showcasing her snazzy hairband! 

After that, I went back to Mummy's game stall. I saw Popo and Annette. Mummy followed us to the hall. Annette bought a clip. The clip had a plait tied to it. It is orange colour. After that, we went to the courtyard. Annette went to a balloon stall. She wanted a flower bracelet balloon. 

Then, we went back to Mummy's game stall. Rachael did not want to go to the haunted house. I wanted to. My friend, Analisa, went with me to queue for the haunted house. The queue was too long so we did not go. I went back to Mummy's game stall. Popo and Mummy bought some popcorn. 

After I finished my popcorn, I went back to class. We tidied our classroom. I wiped the tables and took out the staples on the notice board. After an hour of cleaning, I went home.