March 30, 2014. 16 photos.
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Families came together this past Sunday at the grounds of the French Legation for Austin’s annual Children’s Picnic and Real Food Fair, presented by Edible Austin, the SANDE Youth Project and the French Legation Museum. At the free event, children enjoyed the many activities as parents kicked back on picnic blankets. -
The Children’s Picnic and Real Food Fair kept its attendees entertained with an array of activities, from food trucks to puppet shows. Booths offered fun ways for children to learn about creating sustainable and healthy eating habits. -
Deborah Knox, an Austin Backyard Poultry Meetup participant and owner of The Chick Inn, shows off some of her chickens and speaks to children about their eggs. Knox built her chicken coop herself, and her chickens have won numerous prizes at State Fairs. -
Sarah Richardson and her daughter color chicken print-outs at the Children’s Picnic and Real Food Fair. -
A boy climbs a tower of styrofoam blocks he constructed just before the structure tips over. -
A group of children work together to create a long styrofoam block construction at the Children’s Picnic and Real Food Fair. -
Girl Scouts Willow Goldsmith, Scout Goldsmith, Camilla Hope, and Carolyn Nguyen (left to right) volunteer with the Children’s Picnic and Real Food Fair by putting on a “veggie walk” — like a cake walk, but greener. -
A boy plays with a rabbit after getting his face painted at the Children’s Picnic and Real Food Fair. -
A girl poses with her butterflies at the Children’s Picnic and Real Food Fair. -
Brandi Clark-Burton of the Austin EcoNetwork does face painting for a line of enthusiastic children. -
Brandi Clark-Burton paints The Flash’s symbol on a boy’s cheek. Clark-Burton is representing the Austin EcoNetwork with her face painting booth. -
A girl feeds a puppet an apple after the Children’s Picnic and Real Food Fair puppet show, which focused on teaching the children healthy eating and wellness. -
Edible Austin hosts a Square-foot Gardening booth, where picnickers use recycled magazine boxes to make small planters. The materials were donated by local farms for the picnic. -
Sam Tesfaye and his daughter, Lana, water their new plant at Edible Austin’s Square-foot Gardening booth. -
Tim Carlson holds his goat, Maypearl. Maypearl is one of many goats from the Carlson family’s Artisanal Goat Dairy Swede Farm. -
Picnickers Allison Sands, Michael Sieben, Rachel Reyes Young, and Adam Young (back left to right, front left to right) relax in the sunshine at Austin’s annual Children’s Picnic and Real Food Fair.