Giant Squid Community Fair: Summer 2009
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Welcome to the Giant Squid Community Fair!
Everyone is welcome to attend and vote but only Giant Squid lensmasters can enter NEW lenses to compete for the blue ribbon badges.
Giant Squid Community Fair Categories Include:
Pies and Treats
Home Grown Veggies
Most Original Home Town Brew
Livestock
Arts and Crafts
Rides and Games
Local Entertainment
Giants may enter as many NEW lenses as they like into each of the category plexos below. For the best chance of winning, read this entire page and all of the category descriptions before entering your lenses.
The Giant Squid Community Fair: Summer 2009 will run from August 24, 2009 through September 4, 2009. That means you can start to enter your lenses at the crack of dawn (one second after midnight EST) on Monday August 24th and you'll have until midnight EST on September 4th to get the last one posted.
Winners to be announced shortly after.
So if you've got a little free time on your hands and you're looking for something fun to do before school starts back up, why not enter a Community Fair lens competition, or two, or three, or seven?
The fair is officially over and the judging is completed.
And the Giant Winners Are...

Pies and Treats: Candied Apples by J-Barnhart4
Home Grown Veggies: A Southeastern Fall Vegetable Garden by Mickie_G
Most Original Home Town Brew: Lemonade Like You've Never Had It Before by Tandemonimom
Livestock: Our Ameraucana Chickens by Naturegirl7
Arts and Crafts: Halloween and Fall Table Centerpieces by WebSpinstress
Rides and Games: Madame Squidtema at the Giant Squid Fair by Bevspaper
Local Entertainment: Mr. Cabbagehead and the Screaming Radishes by Susan52
Pies and Treats
Giants! Add Your Pie and Treat Recipe Lenses Here!

What would a Community Fair be without its delicious goodies?
Community Fair recipe lens ideas can include anything you might find at a Community Fair such as pie, roasted corn cobs, kettle corn, shortcake, sausage and peppers sandwiches, candied apples, or any of one hundred other calorie filled snacks you can think of!
Please add your best pie and/or tasty treats lenses here for a chance to win a blue ribbon badge for your lens.
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Candied Apples
Candied apples are a staple food at local county f more...13 points
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The Big E Cream Puff
Discover the creamiest, tastiest dessert in New En more...10 points
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October 31st: National Caramel Apple Day!
Or if you cannot wait, some 'food calendars' have more...9 points
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Tomato Pie Recipe
Yummy! I took the Tomato Pie Recipes from three fr more...8 points
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My Famous Better Than Sex Cake
Yes, You read that right. Better Than Sex Cake. It more...7 points
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Food On A Stick
The Great Minnesota Get-Together has become famous more...6 points
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Country Style Baked Beans
Beans, beans, the music fruit, the more you eat, t more...5 points
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Best Ginger Snaps Cookie Recipes
My Grandmother made the World's Best Ginger Snaps more...4 points
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Panini Sandwich Grills, Recipes and Ideas
Panini Sandwiches are the Best! We Love Cooking wi more...3 points
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I Love Cinnamon Rolls
Yes, the holidays are almost here and the sweet sm more...3 points
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Mini Cupcake Bites From Bakerella
This lens is dedicated to my favorite baker: Baker more...3 points
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Guava Shells Recipe
Guava shells or 'Casco de Guayaba' in Spanish, is more...3 points
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Greatest Pie Recipes
I think pie is really good! There are so many diff more...1 point
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PIE and MASH
We have been in the pie and mash business since 18 more...1 point
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Goddards Pies Limited | Pie and mash specialist caterers | 100% british pies | Wholesale pies
Goddards Pies have been making quality pie and mas more...1 point
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The Magic of Making Up
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How to Get My Girlfriend Back
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Premium Wordpress Themes | Templatic - WordPress CMS Themes
Premium Wordpress Themes – Out of the box so more...0 points
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SOCIAL BOOKMARKING SERVICE
Social Bookmarking Service. SEO Backlinks is a lin more...0 points
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LINK WHEELS
SEO Backlinks is a link building service to help y more...0 points
Home Grown Veggies
Giants! Add your "Home Grown Vegetable" lenses here!

What have you been growing in your personal clump of dirt?
Did you grow the biggest pumpkin or the oddest looking potato? Were you over run with eggplant this year? Maybe you know the best soil ingredient to grow the best tasting tomatoes.
Please share your home grown gardening secrets by adding your vegetable lenses here. Winner gets the Blue Ribbon.
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A Southeastern Fall Vegetable Garden
The summer vegetable garden usually begins to see more...8 points
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Wild Woman's Garden
Over the years I've tried all kinds of different g more...7 points
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Backyard Pumpkin Patch
Every year my dad grows our very own pumpkin patch more...7 points
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Leola Pennsylvania Food Auction
The vegetable and fruit auction in Leola Pennsylva more...5 points
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Green Gardening: Natural Pesticide Sprays You Can Make Yourself
Let's face it . . . a few bugs can ruin a great ga more...1 point
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Lemons--Recipes, Facts, and More!
Check out this page!When some people think of lemo more...0 points
Most Original Home Town Brew
Giants! Add your "Original Brew" lenses here!

Are you an original when it comes to your brew?
Do you make your own beer? Are you a lemonade making god or goddess? How about sharing the recipe to that awesome iced coffee, tea, or punch that you are famous for?
To win this Blue Ribbon badge you'll need to spill your best brew-making tips and share some secret recipes with your fellow Squids. It'll be worth it. There's a special Blue Ribbon in it for the winning lens.
Please add your most "Original Home Town Brew" lenses here.
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Lemonade Like You've Never Had It Before!
Who doesn't love a chilly glass of lemonade? Sure, more...11 points
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Daily Detox Tea
Great alternatives to lemonade.1 point
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http://brevillejuicersx.com
eville Juicer Reviews Learn about juicing0 points
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Breville Juicers - Reviews and Consumer Feedback
Find out what everyone is saying about Breville Ju more...0 points
Livestock
Giants! Add your "Livestock" lenses here!

Do you raise livestock? Or know a lot about farm animals?
Have you ever milked a cow or sheared a sheep? Do you live on a farm; or plan to when you retire? Have you ever built a chicken coop or a pig pen? Sorry Mom, messy bedrooms DO NOT count!
We don't want lenses about your adorable puppies and kittens either. But if you've ever had a sweet spot for an old goat, do tell!
The Blue Ribbon badge winner here will be a lens about the care, feeding and maintenance, or other assorted information about farm animals only.
Please add your "livestock" lenses here.
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Our Ameraucana Chickens
When I was a child, one of my favorite chores was more...7 points
Arts and Crafts
Giants! Please add your "Arts and Crafts" lenses here!

We've seen the awesome stuff you can do with a Squidoo.com lens now we want to see what you can create offline as well!
Are you a quilter, a beader, a scrapbooker? Is that a word? Can you do amazing things with a ball of yarn and a glue gun? Do you sew or whittle? Ever paint a bird house or a portrait? Can you draw that picture from the back of the book of matches? Many have tried...Many have failed.
If it's artsy or craft-sy and it can be sold, judged, or seen at your local Community Fair, we want to see a lens about it. Best one takes home the Blue Ribbon badge!
Please add your "Arts and Crafts" lenses here.
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Halloween and Fall Table Centerpieces
Create your own Halloween centerpiece and table se more...7 points
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The Art of Creating Jewelry
Creating jewelry is my passion, and I have been ma more...6 points
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Best Halloween Craft Ideas
Halloween is coming near and little ghosts & g more...5 points
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Paper Crafts For Kids
Paper crafts are a popular pastime right now for k more...4 points
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Kids Halloween Crafts
Here at Kids Halloween Crafts we know that Hallowe more...4 points
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Colorful Fall Craft Ideas
Wondering what to do with all those beautiful leav more...3 points
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How to Start a Face Painting Business
Want to Start a Face Painting Business?Face Painti more...3 points
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Halloween Postcards
Halloween is approaching and I can't wait. One of more...1 point
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Rachel's Craft Stall
I've never sold my work at a craft fair or fete or more...1 point
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Hood Ornaments: American Classic Cars 1930s - 1950s
Several decades ago, car hood ornaments were more more...0 points
Rides and Games
Giants! Add your "Rides and Games" lenses here!

When you think Community Fair, which rides and games come to mind? Do you have a favorite Roller Coaster or Ferris Wheel from your youth? Do you know a trick that helps you to almost always win the Water-Balloon game? Have you ever been an amusement park ride operator or worked as a Carnival Barker? Can you share the instructions to that Ring-Toss game you made for last Summer's block party?
To grab the Blue Ribbon here, you'll need to make the best Fairground-type rides and games lens.
Please add your "Rides and Games" lenses here.
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Madame Squidtema At The Giant Squid Fair
BevsPaper here, reporting from the Giant Squid Com more...9 points
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Thrill Rides
The rides are always a popular attraction at every more...5 points
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Bingo Games for Kids
One of the first games children learn is Bingo. A more...5 points
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Learn to juggle
How to learn to juggle? You can learn to juggle in more...5 points
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Tattoo Supplies
Tattoo Kits,Tattoo Equipment,Tattoo Kit,Tattoo Sup more...0 points
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Tattoo Kits, Tattoo Gun, Tattoo Machine , Tattoo Supplies
Discounted prices on Tattoo Kits, tattoo gun, tatt more...0 points
Local Entertainment
Giants! Add your "Local Entertainment" lenses here!

Entertain Us!
Community Fair "Local Entertainment" lenses can include local bands, any theme type dancing or dance troupes - (think Hula, Irish Jig, African, Pow Wow, Square...etc.) folksy type music, community theater or any other type of entertainment you might see at a Community Fair or festival.
All we ask is that you keep it local and stay away from any big name celebrities like George Clooney, Johnny Depp, or Brad Pitt, unless of course they're headlining in your area's local play; in which case... be sure to buy me a ticket because I'll be right there!
Please add your "Local Entertainment" lenses here.
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Mr. Cabbagehead and the Screaming Radishes
Looking for good music and a great time? If you're more...9 points
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Hungry Ghost Festival
Hungry Ghost Festival falls on the 7th month of th more...4 points
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Live Theatre (or Theater) in Colorado
Information about what's happening on stage in Col more...3 points
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PNE Vancouver 2009 Summer Concert Series Preview
Missing from this year's 2009 PNE concert lineup T more...3 points
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David Cook American Idol 2008
Coolest David Cook, American Idol for 2008, Photos more...3 points
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Adam Lambert - One Hot Performer in a Mad World
Adam Lambert may well be the most versatile and mu more...3 points
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The Original Dickens Carolers - Denver's Premier Victorian Caroling Company
The Original Dickens Carolers, Denver's premier Vi more...2 points
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Pepper Place Saturday Market in Birmingham, Alabama
The Pepper Place Market began its tenth year of op more...1 point
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Morningsong - a Cappella Community Choir, Bulimba, Brisbane
Morningsong is an adult singing group that meets w more...1 point
Let us know you were here!
Sign our guestbook
Got a comment or a question about the Fair? We'll take those too!
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AdrienneJenkins
Sep 12, 2009 @ 8:16 am | delete
- Congratulations to all the Giant Squid Community Fair Participants!
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Susan52
Sep 8, 2009 @ 7:11 pm | delete
- Thanks for the votes for my Mr. Cabbagehead and the Screaming Radishes lens. It's an honor to win first place at the Community Fair!
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gods_grace_notes
Sep 4, 2009 @ 11:11 pm | delete
- Sigh... It looks like I missed the midnight deadline.
Too bad, but here's the link, just in case you'd like to visit! Kids Craft Booth at The Squidoo Community Fair
This was a great idea, as per your usual!
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Slothlover
Sep 4, 2009 @ 9:04 pm | delete
- Since the "add to the list" links were not working on the above plexos, so I tried to add the links to the guestbook. The HTML was not working, so here are the titles and links for my lenses.
Category: Pies and Treats
Lens Title: Greatest Pie Recipes
Link: www.squidoo.com/greatest-pie-recipes
Category: Homegrown Fruits and Veggies
Lens Title: Lemons--Recipes, Facts, and More
Link: www.squidoo.com/lemons-recipes-and-facts
Thanks!
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Slothlover
Sep 4, 2009 @ 9:01 pm | delete
- The links for adding my lenses to the plexos were not working, so here are the links to the lenses I was going to add.
Pies and Treats
Greatest Pie Recipes
Homegrown Fruits and Veggies
Lemon Recipes, Facts, and More
Thanks!
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QueSea
Sep 4, 2009 @ 5:47 am | delete
- Great fun! This is a wonderful collection. Thanks.
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24websurf Sep 2, 2009 @ 12:38 pm | delete
- This was a lot of fun! Can we do this again at Halloween? :)
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naturegirl7
Aug 31, 2009 @ 7:56 pm | delete
- I'm exhibiting our Ameraucana chickens here at the fair. I'd like to enter another category or 2, but I don't think I have time.
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tandemonimom
Aug 31, 2009 @ 10:32 am | delete
- Well, early as it is, this Summer Fair challenge inspired me and I knocked out a lemonade lens! Hope you like it!
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tandemonimom
Aug 31, 2009 @ 9:01 am | delete
- Off to the fair! Great idea!
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pkmcr Aug 30, 2009 @ 2:59 am | delete
- Excellent idea and thanks for putting it together
Take care
Paul
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clouda9
Aug 29, 2009 @ 3:35 am | delete
- A whole bunch of fun! Thanks for the inspiration!
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clouda9
Aug 28, 2009 @ 11:25 pm | delete
- Another marvelous idea...thanks it has inspired me ;)
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missbat
Aug 27, 2009 @ 10:55 pm | delete
- I've tried to add my lens, but it refuses to let me. Bah, I wanna participate!
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KathyMcGraw
Aug 27, 2009 @ 8:22 pm | delete
- I came here looking for cotton candy, but found carmel appels and fortune telling,.,,,,that'll work for me :) What a cool idea for a fair :)
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Mickie_G Aug 27, 2009 @ 9:08 am | delete
- This is so much fun! I added two lenses and I must create one for the Hometown Brew!
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Treasures-By-Brenda
Aug 26, 2009 @ 4:05 pm | delete
- Eggs-cellent idea!
I've been away and am behind in everything but I'll have to see if I can whip up something for the fair...
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Ener-G
Aug 26, 2009 @ 12:01 am | delete
- Your creativity never ends! I'm in awe.
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AdrienneJenkins
Aug 25, 2009 @ 1:25 pm | delete
- Am so excited. Going to see En Vogue tonight at my local (state) fair - the Pacific National Exhibition in Vancouver Canada. The local fair got an infusion of cash from the Canadian government so lots of great musical acts. Decided to do a lens so that when you stop to think, oh yeah, what did they sing, you could just click on the YouTube video.
http://www.squidoo.com/pne-vancouver-2009-concerts
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WebSpinstress
Aug 25, 2009 @ 12:41 pm | delete
- Very original and challenging idea to host a Summer Squid fair! Fun topics. :-)
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slotowngal Aug 25, 2009 @ 12:23 pm | delete
- What a great idea! And I don't have a lens I can add.... rats! But the entries here are a lot of fun and make great reading. Thanks for the Virtual Country Fair!
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OhMe
Aug 25, 2009 @ 2:03 am | delete
- Super idea. There are some great lenses here and I have been enjoying the Giant Squid Community Fair. Lensrolling to my Festivals, Fairs, and Other Special Events lens. You can add the Giant Squid Community Fair to the plexo if you would like. I am going to try to get something worked up to add here.
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EclecticWAHM
Aug 24, 2009 @ 8:12 pm | delete
- What a fun idea for a lens! Thanks!!
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Susan52
Aug 24, 2009 @ 5:25 pm | delete
- Hooray! I've been planning on making a lens about my favorite local band, Mr. Cabbagehead and the Screaming Radishes. This is a perfect place for it!
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ABELWellness
Aug 24, 2009 @ 3:07 pm | delete
- This is an awesome idea!
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