4^th Annual Children's Business Fair

These are some common product categories we have seen in the past fairs:

• Artwork – Drawing, Painting
• Crafts – 3D Printed, Crochet, Knitting, Sewing, Diamonds Bead Stickers, Organic Recycle, Resin Epoxy, Wood
• Food – Desserts, Snacks, Specialty
• Gifts – Greeting Cards, Holiday Gifts
• Jewelry – Beads, Rubber bands, Metal, Gems
• Services – Beauty, Henna, Carnival
• Spa & Skincare – Candles, Soaps, body butter, scrubs

The application asks kids to think through some simple, but important elements of their business:

• What product or service do you plan to sell?
• What price will you charge for each product/service? How much will each product/service cost you?
• How will you pay for your startup costs? If someone is helping you with your startup costs, how will you pay that person back?
• How will you advertise/market your business before the fair? 
• At the end of the fair, how will you determine if your business was a success? 

• Please submit one application for each business. Children working as a group should submit one application that includes each child’s information. No more than 3 participants per business.
• Applicants must be between the ages of 6 and 14 on the date of the business fair.
• Parents may help their child fill out the application, but we expect the children to do as much as possible by themselves.
• You will receive an email confirming that we received your application. If you don’t receive an email confirmation it means that we either didn’t receive your application or that your email address was incorrect.

• There is no fee to submit the application.
• Once your application is accepted, all accepted businesses must pay a $25 registration fee to cover facility rental, table space, and chairs for the booth.

• After your application is selected, you will receive an email with payment instructions to submit the $25 registration fee. We accept multiple payment platforms like Paypal, Venmo, Credit Card, etc.
• All accepted businesses must pay a $25 registration fee to cover facility rental, table space, and chairs for the booth.
• The payment link will expire 3 days after selection. Due to high demand and a long waitlist, if we don’t receive your payment within this time frame, we will move forward with the next applicant.

When selecting businesses to participate in the business fair, we look for:

• Complete applications, with all questions answered.
• Evidence that the application and the business are the work of the child and not the adult—we don’t expect polished applications!
• Plans by the young entrepreneur to pay back any loans/financial assistance he/she may receive.
• If we receive more applications than we have space for, we will employ first come first basis, as much as possible, but also strive to maintain diversity in age, gender, and race at the fair.  
• Children that participated at previous fairs will be prioritized.

This event is designed to give children the experience of selling a product or service. If a parent is found selling or promoting a child’s product or service, their child’s business will be disqualified from the competition.

Parents of younger children may sit behind them in the booth, but the children should be responsible for set up, customer interaction, and sales.

Parents may help their child fill out the application, but we expect the children to do as much as possible by themselves.

The Loudoun Children's Business Fair will apply for a Temporary Food Vendor Application and receive a blanket permit from the Virginia Department of Health. We urge all children planning to setup a Food business, to submit for their own Temporary Food Vendor as well.

Event-Coordinator-Registration-and-Information-Packet (loudoun.gov)