Punahou Carnival this weekend!
The Punahou Carnival is having a record year with blue skies and no chance of rain! It’s Friday and Saturday, 11 am-11 pm. We went yesterday at around 3. The traffic was bad in the surrounding neighborhood and people were parked as far as my mom’s house (end of Makiki Street) so we just parked there and walked. The carnival is pretty stroller friendly except for the steps that go up to Kiddieland (but you can go around) and the White Elephant tent (no strollers allowed).
Kiddieland is GREAT for all ages—super easy games like “reach your hand in and pick a prize,” fishing, scoop up a duck, and they had a lot of new ones like bowling, catch the flying balls and throw the tennis balls into the holes. It’s such a racket though--$1 for 2 bowls. And when Evan tried to get a third ball, the man actually took it out of his hand! Most of the other games were 75 cents—not bad, but still they are making bank since most of these games cost nothing to make or run.
And the volunteers they have working in the facepainting booth—geez! They should have some sort of selection criteria like you have to know how to draw...or at least be able copy a simple sketch.
Of course the food was awesome—I always go for a gyro, Dave gets a hamburger and smoothie. My other favorite is the White Elephant tent. I find all sorts of cool things—toys, board games, housewares, clothes, books, etc. This year I found a new split shirt and quicksilver shorts for Dave, polo shorts for Cole, and some cool warmup capris for me. I was so tempted to get a bike helmet and the board game LIFE, but I didn’t want to have to carry it back. One year I found a popcorn popper and a home depot weedwacker toy for Evan! My junior year at Punahou I was the White Elephant division head, so I really appreciate what they do every year and I never miss it.
You have until 11 pm Saturday to go score some great deals, play games, ride rides, stand in long lines for malasadas and portuguese bean soup, get mauled by the crowds and give away your hard earned $ to the richest school in Hawaii. :) But it’s a good cause because these are the Barry Obamas, Steve Cases and Steve Jobs of tomorrow! By the way, if you go in the last hour to the White Elephant tent, you can fill up an entire bag for $5! But take your chances because by then it’s pretty slim pickins. But that makes the hunt even more interesting!
Kiddieland is GREAT for all ages—super easy games like “reach your hand in and pick a prize,” fishing, scoop up a duck, and they had a lot of new ones like bowling, catch the flying balls and throw the tennis balls into the holes. It’s such a racket though--$1 for 2 bowls. And when Evan tried to get a third ball, the man actually took it out of his hand! Most of the other games were 75 cents—not bad, but still they are making bank since most of these games cost nothing to make or run.
And the volunteers they have working in the facepainting booth—geez! They should have some sort of selection criteria like you have to know how to draw...or at least be able copy a simple sketch.
Of course the food was awesome—I always go for a gyro, Dave gets a hamburger and smoothie. My other favorite is the White Elephant tent. I find all sorts of cool things—toys, board games, housewares, clothes, books, etc. This year I found a new split shirt and quicksilver shorts for Dave, polo shorts for Cole, and some cool warmup capris for me. I was so tempted to get a bike helmet and the board game LIFE, but I didn’t want to have to carry it back. One year I found a popcorn popper and a home depot weedwacker toy for Evan! My junior year at Punahou I was the White Elephant division head, so I really appreciate what they do every year and I never miss it.
You have until 11 pm Saturday to go score some great deals, play games, ride rides, stand in long lines for malasadas and portuguese bean soup, get mauled by the crowds and give away your hard earned $ to the richest school in Hawaii. :) But it’s a good cause because these are the Barry Obamas, Steve Cases and Steve Jobs of tomorrow! By the way, if you go in the last hour to the White Elephant tent, you can fill up an entire bag for $5! But take your chances because by then it’s pretty slim pickins. But that makes the hunt even more interesting!
