New Deal Festival

There are lots of things for kids to do at the New Deal Festival!  Kids can visit the little red barn at the E-15 Homestead and visit the animals.  They can participate in a potato sack race, shoot marbles, make their own New Deal era toys.

Marbles!

Kids interested in competing in marble shooting contests can participate in rounds from 10 a.m.-noon. After 1:00 p.m., practice shooting or watch demonstrations of this classic game by local children who will be practicing for the state marbles tournament.

Farm Zoo

Stop by to feed and pet the farm animals!  Meet Turbo the “toy” pig, Jewel a Jerusalem Donkey, horses, goats, a baby calf and more.

WV Raptor Rehabilitation Center

WV Raptor Rehabilitation Center

We’re excited to welcome the WV Raptor Rehabilitation Center to the New deal Festival this year.

The WVRRC’s permanent residents assist our volunteer presenters in fun and informative programs about the value of raptors in the environment and the important work being done at the Center. Our education birds include Annie the Red-tailed Hawk, pictured here, a Bald Eagle named Thunder,Bubo the Great Horned Owl, pictured below, Neo, a Broad-winged Hawk, a grey-phase Eastern Screech-Owl named Owlice, a Barred Owl named William, and Vader the Turkey Vulture.

Fun and Games

Kids of all ages can compete in the potato sack race, the egg and spoon race or the wheelbarrow race!  We will also have a table where kids can learn about and make their own toys, just like kids in the 1930s and 1940s used to do.