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PHOTO BY LAURIE ANDERSON
Drip Skateboarding hosts a tent with face painting and other activities at the Ranch House.
PHOTO BY LAURIE ANDERSON
The Camera Kids sell their photography during the market.
Customers look at Christopher Machado’s 3-D creations.
PHOTO BY LAURIE ANDERSON
Bodhi Wilson’s chocolate creations are snug in their gift box - for now.
Fun was in the air over the weekend as Dripping Springs Ranch Park (DSRP) hosted its Family Fall Festival. The event included various activities for the kids, along with a kids’ entrepreneur market.
“This is our third year hosting this event. Last year we completely reimagined it and we’ve really seen success with it,” DSRP manager Lily Sellers said. “The main portion of our event is a hop-on, hop-off hay ride. We’re a 120-acre park, and there’s different stations along the way.”
Each station featured a different activity for kids, such as face painting or a pipe cleaners craft.
“It’s fun for all ages because they get to go at their own pace and make it their own event,” Sellers said.
In the main building, there were also several activities for kids, including Loteria, or Mexican Bingo. The Dripping Springs Community Library was also on hand with some VR headsets that kids could try out.
At the children’s entrepreneur market, there were more than 40 different booths with kids selling everything from sweet treats to 3-D printed toys to crocheted creatures.
Bodhi Wilson was there selling custom gourmet chocolates for his business, Chocolate Mouth.
“We started off with a solid chocolate, then we realized we were actually really good at it,” Bodhi said. “Then we started making more complicated chocolates, like our espresso, our Longhorns and our Oreo.”
He said the response from his customers has been really good.
“A lot of people like it, and we get new followers every time,” Bodhi said.
He said the hardest part of the chocolate-making process is the tempering.
“If it’s not tempered well, it won’t come out of the shell. It will look messy, and it’ll be chipped,” Bodhi said.
Another vendor at the market was Christopher Machado, who was selling items he made on his 3-D printer.
“I’ve been doing it about three years now,” Christopher said. “I started in 2022, and just love 3-D printing.”
Some of his favorite creations are his Infinity Cubes.
“I like to fidget with them in the car,” Christopher said. “It’s just a really fun toy.”
Sellers said this was the first year the event included the children’s entrepreneur market, and it was a successful addition to the celebration.
