By JESSE GRAHAM
KIDS from Yarra Glen became entrepreneurs for the day when they set up shop at their primary school and welcomed the community in for a special twilight market.
The market, which is held each year, ran from 4pm-6pm on Thursday 30 October, with Yarra Glen Primary School students running stalls and activities of all kinds.
The clear and warm weather brought people out in throngs, and the school grounds were filled with community members having a sausage, a chat and a shop at the different stalls.
Principal, Sue Di Giacomo said that every grade was represented with a stall at the event, with some selling trinkets and homewares, others selling paintings and running activities such as biscuit decorating.
She said this year’s event marked the fourth time the market had been held at the school, and that the turnout had grown each year.
“When we started, it wasn’t a twilight market, it was just in the afternoon – then we extended it because we wanted the community to come in,” Ms Di Giacomo said.
The Yarra Glen Men’s Shed, Yarra Glen CFA, Heartland Church and other community groups had stalls and activities, including bouncing castles and wood-working displays.
Ms Di Giacomo said the market was a “huge” project for the school, with the kids putting together their own signs and pricing.
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