STORY AND PHOTO BY KAREN BOSSICK
The 27th Annual Papoose Club Holiday Bazaar will feature more than 70 vendors, including the youngsters involved in the I Have a Dream Foundation program.
The Bazaar runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 2, and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 3, at Hemingway Elementary School, 111 8th St. West, in Ketchum.
Santa has promised to drop in from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Sunday. And there will be live music and kids activities both days, including the opportunity to write a letter to Santa and create little Christmas gifts.
The vendors, selected by jury, will sell hand-crafted goods, including ceramics, hand-blown glass and ornaments, handmade clothing, handbags, birdhouses, home decor, textiles, holiday treats, handmade fisherman nets, fly boxes and leather artworks.
Also, key chains, purses, belts, cuffs, totes, jewelry, wooden utensils, painted walking sticks, painted home decor, metal art, handmade products for the body, items carved from stone and more.
Papoose Club members have baked dozens of Christmas cookies for sale. And Perry’s is offering three varieties of soup at the Soup Café.
There will be door prizes and more than 40 prizes raffled off in the Papoose Club Holiday Raffle.
All proceeds from the bazaar benefit local children’s organizations in the Wood River Valley.