Fun in Waterloo Park

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Narrowly avoiding the worst parts of the storms that dominated this weekendโ€™s weather, the sixth annual Fall Fun Fest proved to be a pleasant day of family fun in Waterloo Park.

Sunday was a day filled with group activities like pottery, gardening and tippy baseball as well as face painting and communal drum playing.

Some activities also featured an educational component.

โ€œOur favourite was the environmental games and craft tent,โ€ said local resident Kevin Calhoun.

โ€œThey explained things about animals and the girls learnt a lot of fun facts [that] were also educational,โ€ added Calhoun, who was carrying a birdhouse which he and his daughters had just made in the build-a-birdhouse tent.

The environmental tent featured stuffed mammals and aquatic creatures which received a lot of attention from the kids.

โ€œMy favourite things were the stuffed beavers,โ€ said Julia, 8, who was accompanied by her mother, Sue Bezouska.

Fall Fun Fest is a celebration of Waterlooโ€™s green spaces during the cityโ€™s Community Parks Week.

โ€œThe main purpose behind Fun Fest is to promote environmental awareness and bring the community together,โ€ said Rhonda Larsh, one of the event co-ordinators.

โ€œWe have a bike tune-up station which has been one of the more popular attractions for the adults; weโ€™ve had a lot people stop by just for that,โ€ said Larsh.


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