ASAP’s Farmers Market Engagement Activities publication compiles more than two dozen activity guides, tested by ASAP staff. Get inspired with options for educational activities, arts and crafts, tastings, gardening, movement, and even surveys! Some activities correspond to the downloadable activity sheets and rentable pick-a-PAKs listed below. Browse the guide online or contact Mike McCreary about print copy availability.
Activity Sheets
Download a printable PDF or edit ASAP’s template in Canva to fit your needs (requires creating a free account).
Scavenger Hunts
Fill in the Blank Activities
Market Bingo
Seed Planting
Tomato Activities
Pick-a-PAKs
PAKs (Promotional Activity Kits) are available to Appalachian Grown certified farmers markets to check out for free. To request an item, fill out a checkout request. Please return the PAK to the ASAP office within a week of it being used. Fees may apply in the event that any of the items are lost or badly damaged/no longer usable.
Spin the Wheel
Chalkboard spinner wheel with a tabletop easel.
Mystery Vegetable
Boxes with openings covered by curtains.
Trivia Game
5 mini chalkboards and 2 display boards with clips.
Strawberry Flip Card
Hanging board and 30 strawberry cards showing different amounts on the back.
Dot Survey
Large flip chart, easel, dot stickers, and markers.
Tomato Costume
Strawberry Costume
Pea Costume
Crow Costume
Coloring Pages
Coloring pages are from “I Tried Local…” A Toolkit for Engaging Kids with Local Food and Farms by ASAP’s Growing Minds farm to school program. Click the image to download a printable PDF.
Seasonal Recipes
ASAP shares recipes in a number of ways, all of which are free for markets to copy and distribute to customers to use for cooking demos or other market engagement activities.
- Download printable PDFs of recipes to have at market when the ingredients are available.
- Digital database of seasonal recipes, which can be copied for inclusion in market newsletters or other communications.
- Kid-friendly recipes are available on the Growing Minds Farm to School website.
- ASAP’s weekly Fresh at Farmers Markets report typically includes recipe or preparation instructions for in-season products.