Kids Row vendors brought entrepreneurial flair to Oktupperfest

There were glasses for every occasion at Violet Strader’s booth on Kids Row at Saturday’s Oktupperfest.

Amelia Arey, 4, was showing off a stuffed pumpkin at her booth Saturday, as her mom Dakota looks on. “Mimi” had homemade crayons and slime for sale at the Oktupperfest.

Tattooing was the trade of the day Saturday at Emilia Savage’s booth. With the young businesswoman (left) was her tattooing assistant, Delaney Wilson. The willing victim was Lee.

Evelyn Willett, 15, who carries the same name as her great grandmother, loves to bake and she’s very good at it, judging by the chocolate chip and pumpkin cookies we sampled. Her treats, in professionally labeled and bagged wrappings to identify her business, Evelyn’s Sweets and Treats, were all the rage on Kids Row Saturday.

Vieve Lascala’s creations were popular with art lovers combing Kids Row this year at the Oktupperfest. The 17 year old has many creative and literary interests, but her paintings were what she decided to showcase at the Row. Her company is called Ant.Leers Design Co. Vieve and Evelyn’s grandparents- Mark and Flora McCuen- sitting behind their booths- were obviously very proud of what their granddaughters had produced for the first time Kids Row at the Oktupperfest.

Estelle Labarge, 8, was one of the nearly one dozen young entrepreneurs at Saturday’s Oktupperfest as part of the new Kids Row vendors added this year. Estelle was selling candles in her booth she dubbed “Stelly’s Scents.”

Every day she rides on The Flow between school and her home at Tamarac, Quinn Whitman snaps a shot of what she sees there. And the scenes dramatically change with the seasons. On Saturday she brought a sample of her photographic collection for sale on Kids Row at the Oktupperfest.

Darrah Dattola, 7, and her business partner Leah Strader, 8, were all about creating decorative accessories to sell at their vending booth they called “Meant to Bead.” It was some very pretty stuff on things they beaded like key chains and straw-toppers.