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Alpaca Beach Party – Christmas in July
July 17, 2022 @ 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Come out to Little Creek Alpacas Sunday, July 17th from 4pm-7pm for our Christmas in July Alpaca Beach Party!
40+ alpacas roaming in a free range setting with a 2 acre pond and small white sand beach. Trails End Concessions will be joining us with their awesome smoothies, coffee drinks, funnel cakes, veggie burgers, appetizers, and various meat sandwiches made with local meat from C&N Farms! King Neptune will be providing live music for all of you who want to boogie down and really have a good time. The Quesal Puppet Troupe will be stopping by and putting on a 30 minute performance. The puppets are looking forward to meeting people after the show!
Cups of grain to hand feed the alpacas with will be available for $4/cup (cash only). We’ll also have tables set up with our alpaca products for sale. Fishing is allowed, our pond is stocked with mostly bass, but there are a few catfish in there somewhere. Bring your own fishing pole, we don’t have any available. The beach has toys for kids to play with, this is a family friendly environment. For our special Christmas in July Alpaca Beach Party, we will have 12 neon colored jumbo Easter eggs hidden throughout the area that have either a coupon for our alpaca products or a prize!
No pets, no smoking, and no chasing the alpacas. Please be kind and respectful to others. An outhouse is available on the other side of the farm, unfortunately it is not wheelchair accessible. Hand wipes and disinfectant wipes are available, there is no hand sink. There is soap and a cold water hose available near the grain bin where the girls’ barn area is.
**Please note, this is not a petting zoo. Alpacas are similar to a timid cat, they like to get to know you on their own terms. If you insist on trying to pet them before earning their trust, they will walk or run away from you – the more you insist, the more they will retreat. Be patient, and let them come up to you on their own for the best experience. Hand feeding grain always helps with the introduction, and will entice them to come up to you.
Free admission for all of our 2022 Alpaca Beach Parties! Donations are always appreciated, but never expected.
“Granma said, when you come on something good, first thing to do is share it with whoever you can find; that way, the good spreads out where no telling it will go. Which is right.”
– Forrest Carter from the Education of Little Tree
Sunny Beach is dedicated to my best friend, Sunny, who spent her life celebrating kindness and advocating for children, social justice, and world peace. Her last letter to me arrived the day she passed away, and inside it was the quote above from Forrest Carter. The Alpaca Beach Parties came about all because of my beautiful friend, it’s my way of honoring her and my attempt to bring as much joy to the world as she did.
Little Creek Alpacas is 20-40 minutes away from 3 different campgrounds! A great way to take an affordable mini vacation that the kids will love! Spring Lake in Macomb, IL has cabins for rent if you’re not a tent camper and don’t have an RV. Macomb, IL has a wonderful little farmers market every Thurs. & Sat. from 8am-1pm in Chandler Park. Spring Lake in Macomb, IL is approx. 35-40 minutes from our farm. Argyle Lake State Park in Colchester, IL is approx. 20-30 minutes from our farm. Weinberg-King State Fish and Wildlife Area just outside of Augusta, IL is approx. 20-30 minutes from our farm.