2025 Kids’ Club Events
10 a.m. at the Fun Forest Stage
Thursday, August 7 – Make and Take T-Shirt Day at Kids’ Club | Kids’ Club members will have the chance to color their very own Blue Ribbon Kids Club T-Shirt, updated design just for this year, so mark your calendars for the first day of Kids’ Club 2025!
Friday, August 8 – Choose Iowa Day at Kids’ Club | Our friends from Choose Iowa and Hanson Dairy will be at Kids’ Club on Friday, August 8. Get ready to meet a farmer and learn what a dairy farmer does each day. Did you know it only takes 48 hours (2 days) for milk to get from the farm to the grocery store! There may even be some ice cream treats!
Monday, August 11 – Planting Fun Day at Kids’ Club | This will be a day to get your hands dirty at Kids’ Club! Come make your very own Greenhouse in a Cup, learn about the parts of a plant along with what you need to do to care for your very own newly planted seeds! We will learn what cool-season veggies we can plant in the fall to extend our garden growing season!
Tuesday, August 12 – Fair Games at Kids’ Club | Have you ever wanted to win a State Fair Ribbon? This will be your chance as you participate in Fair Games at Kids’ Club on Tuesday, August 12! From mom calling, to bubble gum blowing, to stick horse races, can you win the blue ribbon?
Wednesday, August 13 – Kids’ Club Gives Back – Older Iowans' Day | Today is an incredibly special day; it is Older Iowans' Day. Today is the day we celebrate those who have great wisdom and knowledge and who have visited the Iowa State Fair for many years. We will have friends from area nursing homes visiting Kids’ Club to help with coloring placemats to donate to local nursing homes. A very special day at Kids’ Club for sure!
Thursday, August 14 – State Fair Cookie Day at Kids’ Club | Did you know even the famous Barksdale’s State Fair Chocolate Chip Cookies came from a farm? It takes poultry farmers, dairy farmers and Cocoa Bean Farmers, along with a few more, to make the iconic Fair treat! Can you name the most important ingredients of this cookie? We will learn all about this and more on Thursday, August 14. You will also be making edible cookie dough, all from the farm!
Friday, August 15 – Kids’ Club Scavenger Hunt | Ready…Set…Go! Have your phones ready as you will have 45 minutes to find, take a picture and decode the clues to complete your 2025 Kids’ Club State Fair Scavenger Hunt! Are you up for the task?
2025 Kids’ Club Saturday Meet and Greets
10 a.m. at the Fun Forest Stage
Saturday, August 9 – Meet and Greet with Iowa State Fair CEO/Manager Jeremy Parsons | Come play Fair Kahoot! with Iowa State Fair CEO/Manager Jeremy Parsons! There just might be some Barksdale’s State Fair Cookies on hand to have a snack as we play!
Saturday, August 16 – Breakfast with Mascots | Let’s close out Kids’ Club 2025 with some breakfast, and what better way to have breakfast than with some of Iowa’s most iconic mascots? Who are some of your favorite mascots? You know our favorites are our very own Fairfield and Rosetta, and they have invited some of their friends to have breakfast with you on Saturday, August 16!
