Craft Fair weekend 2018

Ben Matthews

Saturday, November 17, 2018

Multiple craft fairs were held in Cape Girardeau on Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018, including the 48th annual Christmas Arts and Crafts Extravaganza at the Osage Centre and Show Me Center, the River Valley Craft Club’s 44th annual Christmas Craft Expo at Arena Park and the 23rd annual Christmas Extravaganza: The Crafts, Gifts and Collectibles Show at Notre Dame Regional High School.

Cape Girardeau vendor Lydia Kern helps a customer at the Arena Building on Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018, during the River Valley Craft Club's 44th annual Christmas Craft Expo in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
Customers dip pretzels into dip samples at the Show Me Center on Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018, during the 48th annual Christmas Arts and Crafts Extravaganza in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
Customers view a selection of hand knit winter clothes at the Arena Building on Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018, during the River Valley Craft Club's 44th annual Christmas Craft Expo in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
Fredericktown vendor Irene Settle poses with one of her "Mini-Rudolph" crafts at the Arena Building on Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018, during the River Valley Craft Club's 44th annual Christmas Craft Expo in Cape Girardeau. Settle has spent over 25 years making the crafts, which feature a low-heat bulb in the nose for safety. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Christmas ornaments sit for sale in Dave and Sharon Ledure's vendor booth at at the Show Me Center on Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018, during the 48th annual Christmas Arts and Crafts Extravaganza in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
Choon Ho places a homemade wreath at the RC Floral vendor booth at the Show Me Center on Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018, during the 48th annual Christmas Arts and Crafts Extravaganza in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
Shoppers walk the floor at the Show Me Center on Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018, during the 48th annual Christmas Arts and Crafts Extravaganza in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
Harper McKinstry, 3, views a wooden train at the Show Me Center on Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018, during the 48th annual Christmas Arts and Crafts Extravaganza in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)