Sprayberry Craft Show Makes A Comeback After Pandemic Hiatus

EAST COBB, GA — One of the thousands of event casualties from 2020 included the Sprayberry Parent Teacher Student Association's annual craft show, which also serves as the organization's largest fundraiser — but it's back this year.

This weekend, the Sprayberry PTSA Craft Show is set to take over Sprayberry High School on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with nearly 225 craft booths. There will be maps throughout the school to help guide customers through the show, said Sharona Sandberg, lead coordinator of the craft show.

Sprayberry PTSA is also unveiling an online version of the Craft Show map, created by the Sprayberry STEM Program by the Girls Who Code group.

"They have put the entire thing together (with the help of our amazing STEM coordinator Hannah Oldham) and people will be able to access the map from their phones while they are shopping," Sandberg told Patch. "The girls have also attached links to the Etsy, Facebook or websites of each crafter in the show, so people can buy something next week or next month that they forgot to go back and get while they were there."

There will be a raffle, shopper rest area, bag check for secure bag dropoffs, food trucks, an indoor concession stand with multiple meal options. All money raised from the event goes directly to the Sprayberry PTSA, which in turn spends its profits on the staff and students of Sprayberry.

In the past, the craft show has brought in around 10,000 people, according to East Cobb News.

"If you ask anyone around, they will tell you that this show is the best show in the entire area," Sandberg said. "We have crafters who travel every year from Tennessee, Alabama, Florida, North and South Carolina and Virginia to be in this show."

This year, crafters will be selling items including:

• Jewelry
• Pottery and glass
• Photography
• Yard art
• Birdhouses
• Monogrammed items
• Christmas decorations
• Home decor
• Dolls and accessories
• Wreaths
• Leather goods
• Hand-carved pipes
• Candles
• Soaps
• Bath bombs
• Instruments
• Dips and spices
• Fudge and nuts
• Therapeutic pillows

If guests get tired while shopping, there will be a shopper rest area set up that also serves as a bag check, so they can leave their bags in a secure location while they continue to shop. There's also a gift-wrapping room where workers will wrap purchases.

The show is wheelchair accessible, Sandberg said, but animals — excluding service dogs — and strollers are not allowed.

Additionally, each crafter is required to donate at least one item to the craft show's infamous raffle, and 225 prizes will be called throughout the weekend. Guests can buy one ticket for $1 or six tickets for $5, and if your number is called, you get to go into the raffle room and choose an item.

The craft show will also have three outdoor food trucks selling dishes such as lobster rolls, hamburgers and fries, hotdogs, salads, funnel cakes and fried Oreos, as well as an indoor concession stand selling the famous chicken salad, pulled pork sandwiches, breakfast items, drinks, coffee and more.

For more information, visit sprayberryptsa.org/arts-crafts-show.