With the holiday gift-giving season approaching it’s a perfect time for talented young artisans on Orcas to show and sell their wares.

Any island child, from the ages 5 to 18, is encouraged to sign up for a $5 table at the first-ever Children’s Christmas Market on Orcas on Nov. 30 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The Children’s Christmas Market will be hosted at Salmonberry School on the same morning as the Orcas Senior Center’s annual Christmas Bazaar, so it’s just a short walk across the road for shoppers to either event.

“What fun it will be to see all the creativity that Orcas Island is nurturing,” say organizers. “We are looking for original, handmade, and, where possible, naturally crafted items priced from 25 cents to $5.  Greeting cards, drawings and pictures, hand carved wooden toys, felted soaps, beaded accessories, painted rocks, seashell and beach glass art, paper moustaches – let’s see them!”

There is space for 25 tables; contact Rachel Bishop at rachelbishop@yahoo.com or 376-5003 to reserve a table.