Home & Hobby
What’s Home & Hobby?
Ever since county fairs began, a blue ribbon for the best cake or the prettiest quilt was a shining achievement. Home & Hobby is the competitive exhibit where cooks and crafters can shine! This huge department includes:
Preserved Foods & Liqueur
Divisions in this competition include canned fruits and vegetables, dried foods, jams, jellies, soft spreads, pickles, relishes, sauces, and liqueurs.
Baked & Decorated Foods
This is the place for delicious cakes, candy, cookies, gluten-free baking, special needs baking, breads, decorated cakes (not to be consumed) and edible structures.
Textile and Needle Arts
Crafts you make with a needle and thread or fabric, such as crocheting, hand and machine knitting, lacemaking, embroidery, cross-stitch, sewing, weaving, felting and quilting.
Decorative Arts
Includes basketry & gourds, beading, ceramics, dolls & stuffed toys, holiday decorations, hand-painted china, tole & decorative painting, polymer clay and miscellaneous crafts.
Collections
This competition features one-of-a-kind collections, from sports and historical memorabilia to fun and kooky. It also includes miniatures, models, and table setting.
One-Day Contests
During the Fair, enter a Home & Hobby cooking or crafts contest. You bring your entry to the Fair the day of the contest (and get free admission). Info is available in the Contests section.
Food & Liqueurs
Delicious Creations
Bakers, cake decorators, candy makers and liqueur makers: Enter your work to win cash awards and ribbons in the San Diego County Fair Home & Hobby competitive exhibit, Baked/Decorated Foods, Preserved Foods, and Liqueur divisions.
Preserved Foods & Liqueurs
This competition includes canned fruits and vegetables, dried foods, jams, jellies, soft spreads, pickles, relishes, sauces, and liqueurs.
Baked & Decorated Foods
This competition includes competition includes cakes, candy, cookies, gluten-free baking, special needs baking, breads, decorated cakes (not to be consumed) and edible structures.
Entry Information
State Rules are not yet available, and will be posted when they are.
Entry deadline: Friday, May 15, 2020.
Entry delivery dates: Late May; please see Entry Information for specific dates.
Exhibit dates: June 5-July 5, 2020.
Awards ceremony: Friday, June 5, 2020.
Entry pickup date: Wednesday, July 8, 2020.
Enter A Contest
Enter one of the Home & Hobby one-day cooking contests! You can win recognition, ribbons and everyone who enters gets free Fair admission the day of the contest.
The Fine Print
Got questions? Here is more information about entering this exhibit.
Crafts, Textiles & Needle Arts
Crafts, textiles and needle arts projects
Show off your latest sewing, crocheting, hand and machine knitting, lace making, embroidery, cross-stitch, weaving, felting and quilting designs. Enter your work to win cash awards and ribbons in the San Diego County Fair Home & Hobby competitive exhibit, Needle Arts and Decorative Crafts divisions.
Needle Arts
This competition includes crocheting, hand and machine knitting, lacemaking, embroidery, cross-stitch, sewing, weaving, felting and quilting.
Decorative Arts
This competition includes basketry & gourds, beading, ceramics, dolls & stuffed toys, holiday decorations, hand-painted china, tole & decorative painting, polymer clay and miscellaneous crafts.
The Fine Print
Got questions? Here is more information on entering this exhibit.
Entry Information
State rules are not yet available, and will be posted when they are.
Entry deadline: Friday, May 15, 2020.
Entry delivery dates: Late May; specific dates will be available when entry materials are posted.
Exhibit dates: June 5-July 5, 2020.
Awards ceremony: Friday, June 5, 2020.
Entry pickup date: Wednesday, July 8, 2020.
Enter A Contest
Enter one of our Home & Hobby one-day craft contests! You can win recognition, ribbons and everyone who enters gets free Fair admission the day of the contest.
Collections
Collections, Models, Miniatures & Table Decor
Enter your prized collection, your carefully constructed models and miniatures, or your creative table setting to win cash awards and ribbons in the San Diego County Fair Home & Hobby competitive exhibit, Collections divisions.
This part of the Home & Hobby competition includes:
- Collections such as dolls, stamps, coins, memorabilia (and just about anything you can think of)
- Miniatures
- Models
- Table setting
The Fine Print
Got questions? Here is more information about entering this exhibit.
Entry Information
State rules are not yet available, and will be posted when they are.
Entry deadline: Friday, May 15, 2020.
Entry delivery dates: Late May; see Entry Information for specific dates.
Exhibit dates: June 5-July 5, 2020.
Awards ceremony: Friday, June 5, 2020.
Entry pickup date: Wednesday, July 8, 2020.
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