Sunday, May 19, 2024 - Sunday, May 26, 2024
Plymouth, IL
Come out to Little Creek Alpacas Sunday, May 19th & Sunday, May 26th from 1pm-5pm for our May 2024 Alpaca Beach Parties! 30+ alpacas roaming in a free range setting with a 2 acre pond and small white sand beach. Squeeze to Please Lemonade will be here with all their tasty menu items, so come hungry! Lake Hill Winery will be joining us with all your favorite local wines to taste, sip, and enjoy. Hickry Ridge Homestead is coming and will be doing spinning demonstrations, so you can see how our alpaca fiber is spun into yarn! A Tangled Mess Angoras & Crafts will be here with her adorable angora rabbits. Get your face painted by Regal Face Painting for $10, or get one of her special Glitter Tattoos that last 3-5 days for $5 (cash only). Quesal Puppet Troupe will be performing a special puppet show at 1:30pm. Prospect Road will be providing live music on the 19th, and Carol Jean & Jera will be providing live music on the 26th from 2:30pm-5pm. New this year - a Rock Painting station! I've also added more toys to Sunny Beach, as well as a Little Tikes house with play kitchenware for making sand pies!
Cups of grain to hand feed the alpacas with will be available for $5/cup in the red shelter. We'll have tables set up with our alpaca products for sale, and there will be other vendors to shop with as well! 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. Coolers are allowed, feel free to pack some snacks & drinks. No pets, no smoking, and no chasing the alpacas. There is a handicap accessible porta-potty available. Hand wipes and disinfectant wipes are available, there is no hand sink. No swimming in the pond, you can get your feet wet, but it's too dangerous to let people swim.
**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 you've earned 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 2023 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 within 20-35 minutes of 3 different campgrounds! A great way to take an affordable mini vacation that the kids will love! Spring Lake in Macomb, IL also has cabins for rent if you're not a tent camper and don't have an RV. Spring Lake is approx. 35 minutes from our farm. Argyle Lake State Park is approx. 20-30 minutes from our farm. Weinberg-King State Fish and Wildlife Area is approx. 20 minutes from our farm. Not a camper? No problem, Plymouth Rock Roost Bed & Breakfast is just 5 minutes from our farm, or you can find a few different hotels in Macomb, IL (just 30 minutes from our farm).
Location:
Little Creek Alpacas
2105 N. 50th Rd.
Plymouth, IL 62367
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