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National Alpaca Farm Days
Saturday-Sunday, September 25-26, 2021
The annual NAFD alpaca open farm days is the biggest
alpaca farm community outreach of the year. BE READY this year with
a solid plan, safe and educational activities, and of course... an
excellent set of alpaca products to offer your local visitors.
OPEN FOR BUSINESS!
...with safe, guideline adherent local events at your farm!
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TOP NAFD Alpaca Product Suggestions
Gift and souvenir suggestions for your farm visitors.
Show them why alpaca fiber is so special.
Get them on your EMAIL LIST!
Tell them of more alpaca products this fall, and year round.
Be sure to let them know you'll have more products
throughout the year. Make sure they have your contact info.
Get them on a notification list for your events, hours, etc.
Alpaca products make unique gifts which are fun to give.
You are a RESOURCE for gift giving!
Many farms establish SERIOUS repeat business through the Christmas shopping season from NAFD visitors.
Create NAFD Learning Stations around your Farm
If you have a crowd or if social distancing is in play, have groups travel together to each station. Rotating on your signal.
Ideas for Alpaca Stations
1. learn about alpaca fiber, have raw fiber, felt and yarn available
2. learn about alpaca - have a friendly live alpaca or two there - how alpacas hate social distancing and how alpacs may a cure for covid 19
3. treats for visitors to alpacas
4. learn about poo! - what's so special about alpaca poo?
-how to compost
5. spinning demonstration, felting demonstration, knitting/crochet demonstration. Maybe have a fun pattern you give away that uses alpaca yarn with how much yarn they need to use.
6. alpaca coloring and puzzle stations
7. alpaca crafts - use cookie cutter - make an alpaca hat/grain "cookie", use cookie cutter and make a bird seed feeder or bird seed ornament, make ahead alpaca clay ornament and let them paint it
8. decorate your own alpaca cookie - pre make with our cookie cutters and give individual cups of frosting and our alpaca sprinkles
10. describe what makes alpaca products so unique during store visit
Ideas for Volunteers:
1. give them an alpaca watching shirt with their name on it and your farm name on the back
2. have a make your own alpaca pizza party after the event to celebrate... using our large cookie cutter
Suggestions for Visitor Education
Talk about:
Alpaca's natural cleanliness
Alpaca Eco-Friendliness
Stories of how alpacas hate social distancing!
The mom-n-pop nature of the American Alpaca industry.
Why alpaca fiber is so special.
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WE NEED YOUR 3rds!!!
We're sold out of our LARGE format dryer balls!
Need more FiberCall submissions of JUST 3rds to make more.
See the FiberCall link to understand our
fiber purchase program and participate.
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Thank you for supporting our family business!
-Brian and Paula
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