Every year the week of the State Fair is littered with fun, FREE contests for kids. Some of these include:

• Paint Your Pony
• Veggie 500 Races
• National Best Spam Recipe Competition
• C&H Sugar Fabulous Fudge
• Montana Wheat & Barley-a-Thon
• Montana State Beef Cook-off
• "We Want Wow Now"
• Saco Best Chocolate Cake
• Fleischmann's Yeast Dynamic Duo Baking
• In Full Bloom
• Play Your Heart Out
• Critter 'N' Costume
• Lewis & Clark Unit/Montana
• "Why I Like Living in Montana " Poster Contest
• "My Family's Montana History" Writing Contest