Kids Activities at the Apple Festival

FREE Kids' games are planned during the Seymour Apple Festival. All games are held in the Seymour city square or on the west side of the blocked off street of the square. There is something for every little one out there.

Pet Show

Dress your pet up and bring them to the Seymour Square Gazebo on Thursday, September 9, 2023 at 6:00 PM to be judged by the Seymour FFA School Department. It is FREE to enter your pet.

***All animals are to be taken back home after the pet show! Only service animals are allowed on the square during the Apple Festival.***

Annual Kids 1-Mile Run

Get your kids into the Annual Kids 1-Mile Run on Saturday, September 9, 2023.

Registration will be from 7:00 - 7:30 am at the Price Cutter Parking Lot.
The 1-Mile run will start at 7:35 am which will be right after the 5K Run starting at 7:30 am.
This is a FREE event only for kids 12 years old & under. (adults may run or walk the 5K but their is a fee.)
Every runner or walker must fill out registration form either at the registration or print one out from their Facebook page.
Medals will be awarded to the top 3 kids in each age group: 6 & under, 7-9 & 10-12.

For more information contact Todd Kleier or visit their 5K Run Facebook page link below.

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Decorated Bike Contest

Registration for the bike contest is Saturday, September 9, 2023 at 8:30 AM, with judging at 9:00 AM promptly at the gazebo in the middle of the Seymour square.

This is a FREE event
There are always a lot of entries so please arrive on time and stay where they put you so you don't get missed.
There are 3 categories: Ages 5 and under, 6-8 years old, & 9 and up.
Bikes will be judged on originality and closeness to theme of "Appley".
Bikes allowed to enter are tricycles, scooters, child-sized battery-driven vehicles or hot wheels only. NO motorized vehicles will be allowed.
All bikes must be able to stand alone or propped up because they will be judged alone. Children may then ride their bikes (with parents walking next to them) in the parade that will be stepping off at 10:00 AM.
Kids may enter both bike & Johnny Appleseed contests.

{For safety reasons ALL bikes will be taken home after the parade. They will not be allowed on the square after the parade is over}.

Johnny Appleseed Contest

Dress your kid(s) up like a Johnny Appleseed on Saturday; September 9, 2023. Johnny Appleseed contest is promptly right after bike judging in the gazebo in the middle of the Seymour square. So you will want to be down at 8:30 am to get the kids registered.

There are always a lot of entries so please arrive on time and stay where they put you so you don't get missed. They will not move from that spot during judging.
This is a FREE to enter.
There will be 3 categories in the Johnny Appleseed contest: Ages 3 and under, 4-6 years old, & 7 and up.
Children will be judged on originality and closeness to Johnny Appleseed theme.
Kids may enter both contests of decorated bike & Johnny Appleseed Contest.
They may ride their bikes if was in the decorated bike contest, ride in wagon or stroller with parent in the parade too.
Kids may enter both contests of decorated bike & Johnny Appleseed Contest

Turtle Race

Kids may only bring box turtles. NO snapping or water turtles. All turtles must be marked so that you will know that it's your turtle. There is no cost to enter. Turtle race will be on Saturday after the parade on the South-West side of the blocked off square.