The harvest festival is a free event that is hosted annually. This year the event was hosted on Saturday, October 12th from 10a.m. to 3p.m. at the Littleton Museum. There were carnival games, wagon rides, pumpkin sale and live music performances. My family loves to go here. You can take pictures and have fun. Most of the people who host the festival are dressed like they were back in the 1860’s.
The event was really full when I arrived at 10:30 a.m., so if you go, I recommend arriving early to find a parking space. I also recommend being prepared for the dust from the dirt paths. The entrance was through the Littleton Museum. My dad wanted to show my grandma visiting from Mexico the old stuff that was part of Littleton’s history. There were objects I had never seen before.
After seeing the museum, we got out the door to the food stand. There were hot dogs, burgers, burritos, and drinks. I bought a burrito for seven dollars and a hot dog for four dollars. The burrito was for my brother, but when he opened it was burnt, but he ate it anyway, and said it was good. In case you don’t like burnt food you should probably not get the burrito. The hot dog I ate was really good and they had ketchup and other things that you could put in them. On the way to the pumpkin patch, you can see farm animals like cows, mules, sheep and pigs.
There was also a cupcake sale. However, it cost three tickets, not three dollars. The tickets are fifty cents each and are bought in a different location. The tickets are also used for other things like the carnaval games. So the cupcakes are really $1.50 each. Across the dirt path from the cupcake sale, there was a pig roast. The pig looked kind of burnt, so I told the person that was roasting it. But he said that as long as he kept moving, it would not burn. I think that pig is going to taste really burnt since he said that he was going to roast it for the rest of the festival. I remember that last year my mom had asked if they were going to sell or give as samples some of the pig meat but he said that the owners of the pig were going to eat it. I think the owners of the pig are going to throw it away when they see it.
Right next to the pig roast there was also an old woman spinning wool outside of her “home”. She made bracelets for the kids. As you keep walking you will see a big part of the farm vacant. I remember from last year that there were two people cutting some sort of crop with a knife there. This year, however, there was no crop or anyone cutting the crop at the festival. I hope next year there will be a crop. Before arriving at the pumpkin patch, there was a little maze of hay for the little children. In the pumpkin patch there were a lot of pumpkins that could be used for some beautiful family photos. They were also for sale: the prices were three dollars for a gourd, four dollars for a small pumpkin, six for a medium and nine for a big one.
There was a live performance by Tom Munch. He sang a funny chicken song. There were also wagon rides pulled by mules and horses that took you all around the pumpkin patch. I really like how the mules looked pulling the wagons rather than the horses. The wagon ride accepts tickets. For one adult it is six tickets and for one child it is three tickets, but children under two ride free. The ride went all along the pumpkin patch.
Carnival games like Stand the Bottle, Fishing, knocking of the bottles, horseshoes and tic-tac-toe were at the festival. You need one ticket to play each game. I enjoyed the Stand the Bottle, as I felt it was challenging. If you win one of the games, the host gives you green tickets that you could change for a small prize next to the carnival games. I got 4 green tickets, enough for two Crystal Rock lollipops. Next to the prizes, there was an old Blacksmith shop. From the chimney there was smoke coming out. Inside there were a lot of old machines. There was also apple cider for 2 tickets. There were also samples of jam on crackers but I did not have time to try them because my dad was in a hurry. After going around the whole festival you end up back to the littleton museum at a side entrance.
It is a really good place to go as a family and buy some pumpkins. I hope next year you might be able to go and have a good time and make good memories. The next festival will be on October 11th 2025 from 10am to 3pm. There’s a lot to do!