Category: Family Fun

Kiddie Pool 25/09/04

Family fun for whenever

Kid to kid

The Sept. 5 First Friday Concord, which runs from 4 to 8 p.m., is themed “‘Fall’ in Love with Concord” and features food trucks (Batulo’s Kitchen, Kona Ice, Teenie Weenies), yoga on the Statehouse lawn, live music from Tyler Levs in City Plaza and The Wandering Souls in Bicentennial Square, firstfridayconcord.com. This week’s downtown happening also includes a Children’s Entrepreneur Market, the website said. Participating kid entrepreneurs are encouraged to sell lemonade, handmade crafts, balloon animals, upcycled fashion pieces and more, according to a post from the event organizer on Intown Concord’s Facebook page.

Fair fun

Hillsborough County Agricultural Fair, held at the New Boston 4-H Youth Center at 17 Hilldale Lane in New Boston, will run Friday, Sept. 5, through Sunday, Sept. 7, opening at noon on Friday and 9 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday. The fair features 4-H exhibits and shows as well as demos (such as K-9 demonstrations, an invasive plant identification lab, a HAM radio demonstration and more) and animal costume contests, according to the fair schedule on the fair’s website. Find a midway with rides and games, and the Battle of the Bands will take place Friday at 4:30 p.m. Saturday night (9 p.m.) will include fireworks, according to hcafair.org. Kids’ activities include: on Friday, noon to 5 p.m., a scavenger hunt, pedal tractor course and sand pile; on Saturday, children’s story hour at 10 a.m., 2 p.m. and 4 p.m., and on Sunday a scavenger hunt and pedal tractor course from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., the website said.

Movie time

• IF(PG, 2024) will screen on Friday, Sept. 5, at 8 p.m. at the Auburn Safety Complex; see auburnnh.gov.

• The Nashua Center for the Arts, 201 Main St. in Nashua, will screenMinions (PG, 2015) on Sunday, Sept. 7, at 2 p.m. See nashuacenterforthearts.com.

Treasure Hunt 25/09/04

Dear Donna,

I have a small collection of Breyer horses. They belonged to my daughter in the 1980s. They seem to be in good condition. Can you provide any information on values and where or who might purchase them? Thanks for your help.

Jana

Dear Jana,

The history of the Breyer horses goes back to the 1950s with the Breyer Molding Co. in Chicago. They did lots of molded animals and then produced the first horse in the 1950s as a clock display piece. Because of the love for horses they took off. They are still collectible and made today.

Each one is marked Breyer usually on the inside of a leg. Different ones have different values, always falling back on popularity, rarity and condition. Take a good look at them, Jana; usually you can find tiny chipping around the ears. If you find some, the values drop significantly. If they are all damage-free then I don’t think you will have any problem finding them a new home.

My suggestion would be to bring them to a local antique shop. They would be able to help you determine if any might have higher values. Also they might be your buyer. People who collect Breyer horses enjoy the older ones, so marketability is good.

I would think you have at least $100 in value for your lot. But keep in mind, wherever you sell them they have to re-sell them.

Thanks for sharing, Jana, and good luck.

Kiddie Pool 25/08/14

Family fun for whenever

UFO Fest

The Exeter UFO Festival returns to downtown Exeter with events Saturday, Aug. 30, and Sunday, Aug. 31, according to exeterufofestival.org. The event features a speaker series that runs both days on a variety of UFO and alien topics, closing with a panel discussion of the speakers on Sunday at 4 p.m. (see the website for a full listing of talks and participating speakers). The UFO-curious can also check out Exeter Incident Site Trolley rides (running Saturday and Sunday, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.; rides are half-hour long and go to the site of the “Incident at Exeter in Kensington”) and historic videos shown continuously from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., the website said.

For those more interested in the fest fun, Saturday will feature the Exeter Police and Fire departments selling their patches (the police patch benefits Maple, the department’s comfort dog), an alien costume contest at noon with parade on the sidewalk near Town Hall Common Park, an alien pet contest also at noon at the park, a dance party with Johnny B at the park after the parade, and a jazz piano concert with Eric Mintel on Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Congregational Church (21 Front St.; free), the website said.

On Saturday and Sunday, check out the UFO Festival souvenir shop from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; food and drink sales from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., and kids’ activities such as lawn games, face painting, UFO crash site creations, gifts and kid refreshments, the website said.

See SEE

The SEE Science Center, 200 Bedford St. in Manchester, see-sciencecenter.org, is open through Labor Day (Monday, Sept. 1) — weekdays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and weekends 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The center will then close Sept. 2 through Sept. 5 for annual renovations and reopen Saturday, Sept. 6, with school year hours when the center is closed most Mondays (except for some school vacation holidays), according to an email from SEE. The center also begins a program of offering sensory-friendly and immunocompromised-friendly sessions with the first sensory session on Sept. 7 and the first immunocompromised session on Oct. 5; registration for these days will open a month in advance, the email said.

Treasure Hunt 25/08/28

Dear Donna,

I have an old child’s school desk. My sister says no one wants them. Can you help me out with some information? I would like to see someone enjoy it again.

Crystal

Dear Crystal,

Your late-1800s oak school desk looks to be in good clean condition. That will help in finding it a new home.

Your sister isn’t right but she isn’t wrong either. Most antique child’s school desks are not very desirable these days. It seems the ones with connected seats are least desirable. There are always exceptions if they can easily be reused. With so many different styles of school desks over the ages, from the 1800s to the mid-century style, some do hold higher values. Rarity, form, makers, and as always condition are important.

Your desk, Crystal, could easily fit back into today’s needs. Even with the slightly slanted top. Being a common style in good usable condition, the value would be in the $40 range. Now you just have to find the new home.

A school desk like this could easily be used for displaying a piece of art work, plants, etc.

Thanks for sharing, Crystal, and good luck finding the desk a new home.

Treasure Hunt 25/08/21

Dear Donna,

I’m looking for a value on my kitchen cabinet. I have decorated with it for over 20 years now. I’m moving and would like to find it a new home.

Thank you, Donna,

Tina

Dear Tina,

Your Hoosier style baker’s cabinet seems to be in very good condition. I don’t think finding a new home will be hard, as long as pricing fits today’s needs.

Hoosier cabinets and baker’s cabinets were popular during the early 1900s. Yours is most likely from the late 1920s or 1930s. That was when the painted ones were popular.

The cabinets were used as a mini kitchen, holding everything you needed for baking and most cooking. Flour, spices, dough boards, sugar jars etc. were all stored within the cabinet.

Back in my younger days the 1980s-ish everyone seemed to collect them and try to collect all parts to complete them. Because of the demand, the values on them were very high for ones in good clean condition.

I think things have changed a bit now and demand is lower. The values seem to be in the $350 range for an original painted one in clean condition. If the accessories are missing it would be less.

Tina, I hope this gave you some information and wish you luck finding a new home for the cabinet.

Kiddie Pool 25/08/14

Family fun for whenever

Days of excitement

• Londonderry’s Old Home Days continue through Saturday, Aug. 16. Thursday, Aug. 14, will include the second annual Color Run at 5:30 p.m. at the Londonderry Town Common, according to londonderrynh.myrec.com. The live action 2025 Lilo & Stitch will screen in the common at dusk on Thursday as part of the Londonderry Police Association Movie Night, according to the Old Home Day Facebook page. On Friday, Aug. 15, the day will include a Home Run Derby with town employees (12:30 p.m.) followed by an afternoon softball tournament, all at Matthew Thornton Elementary school, according to a post on the page. On Friday evening, from 6 to 9 p.m., there will be a “Food Truck Alley” set up at Londonderry High School, followed by fireworks at 9:15 p.m., the page said. On Saturday, Aug. 16, the day will include a parade, booths on the common, a touch a truck, a historical society encampment, a pie eating contest and more, according to londonderrynh.gov.

Living history

• History Alive 2025 will present a weekend of reenactments on Saturday, Aug. 16, and Sunday, Aug. 17, at Jones Road in Hillsborough. The weekend will feature reenactments of historical battles across the centuries — including Roman and Viking battles and the French and Indian War through World War II, according to historyalivenh.org. The event will also feature other historical demonstrations as well as drawing and cartooning workshops with Marek Bennett, whose works include the Freeman Colby graphic novels about a real-life New Hampshire teacher in the Civil War. See the website for details, tickets and a schedule.

Beach trip

• The Hampton Beach Children’s Festival continues through Friday. On Thursday, Aug. 14, the fun includes Foo Family Band (1 p.m.) and ice cream with the lifeguards (3:30 p.m). The festival culminates on Friday, Aug. 15, with a parade at 10 a.m. and a performance by Mr. Aaron at the Seashell at 11 a.m. See the full schedule at hamptonbeach.org.

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