
8th Annual ESTEAM Academy Children's Business Fair
Saturday, April 12, 2025
11:00AM - 2:00PM
Currently accepting applications 🏁
Apply to the fairBooth Application Process
1) Submit your application using the link at the top of this page. The application deadline is March 8th.
2) Applications are reviewed, and you will receive a response via email.
3) If your application is approved, you will receive a Booth Confirmation Email with instructions on securing your booth. This will include required information such as payment, shirt size selections, etc.
**YOUR APPROVED BOOTH IS NOT CONFIRMED UNTIL WE RECEIVE YOUR INFO/PAYMENT**
The $20 Booth Application Fee includes (1) 10x10 space with a tent and (1) 6-foot table. You must bring any seating, additional tables, and other items your business requires. The fee includes entrepreneur shirts for the entrepreneurs you listed on your booth application.
CBF T-Shirt Design Competition - Calling all young artists!
Every year, the CBF event shirts are designed by a young artist.
The FIRE Foundation is hosting an art competition for kids ages 4-17 to design the 2025 shirt. Kids will vote on the designs, and the winning design will be on the front of this year's event shirts. Plus, you get a shirt of your own and a $50 gift card (for more art stuff!).
Learn more and submit your creative masterpiece by the deadline (February 28th) at https://bit.ly/CBF2025ART.
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Your Host
The FIRE Foundation is excited to be part of the largest entrepreneurship event for kids in North America by hosting the 8th Annual ESTEAM Academy Children's Business Fair. Kids develop a brand, create a product or service, build a marketing strategy, and open for customers at our one-day marketplace.
Questions? Email esteamacademycbf@gmail.com
Stephanie Tyler
🗓️ Started hosting in 2017
✅ Identity verified
🚀 Has hosted 7 fairs
46 booths participating

MomofuguCo

Kaylees creations
And 44 others.
Frequently asked questions
What ages will be accepted?
We will accept young entrepreneurs ages 4-17.
Start with our resources page. Read inspiring stories about other young entrepreneurs and play games to hone your business skills.
The application must be submitted online. Please submit one application for each business. Children working as a group should submit one application that includes each child’s information. Businesses are added to the age category based on the age of the oldest participant. No more than 3 participants per business.
The application asks kids to think through some simple but essential elements of their business:
· What product or service do you plan to sell?
How much will each product/service cost you?
When will I receive a response to my application?
We will reply within 3 to 5 business days.
Two cupcake businesses? Not a problem. In general, we will let market forces play out, though we will let later entries know if another applicant has a similar idea so the later entrant can decide what to do.
The fair will be a tented outdoor event with booths. Businesses will get a 10x10 tent space and 1 6-foot table. The business must supply any other equipment needs (and chairs).
We are not able to provide electricity to the booths.
If the business is selling food/drinks, is a permit required?
No food permits are required for this event.
This event is designed to give children the experience of selling a product or service. If a parent is found selling or promoting a child’s product or service, their child’s business will be disqualified from the competition.
Parents may help their child fill out the application, but we expect the children to do as much as possible by themselves.
Jeff, Laura Sandefer, and a few other families wanted to spark a sense of wonder and entrepreneurship in their children, so they created the first Acton Children’s Business Fair in Austin, Texas, in 2007.
Do you know an organzation or indidviual that might like to sponsor this year's event?
Access or share our 2025 sponsorship package at https://givebutter.com/2025Sponsor.