This year’s National Folk Festival once again provided something for everyone.

“It’s awesome,” Lisa Greider of Terryville, Conn., said on Saturday. “We’re definitely coming back next year.”

The Greiders decided to visit family in Bangor specifically during the folk festival.

Sarah Greider, 11, said she was having a good time as she made a wind chime at one of the Maine Discovery Museum’s activity tents. She already had jumped rope with the Forbes Flyers, a jump-rope team from Connecticut, and visited Tony Sohn’s Bug Zoo.

While her mother squirmed at the thought of touching some of the world’s largest bugs, the youngster said she didn’t mind the creepy-crawly critters.

And although the wind made it difficult to keep craft supplies from blowing away, the children didn’t seem to mind as they designed pan pipes, wind chimes and cymbals as part of this year’s theme of making musical instruments from around the world.

While some parents complained about not having any grass for their children to sit and play on and others said Pickering Square was too small a space for so many children, most enjoyed watching their little ones take in the festival fun.

About 20 minutes before the Forbes Flyers took to Water Street to show off their skills, a group of children tried their hand at jumping rope as their parents watched from curbside seats.

“Look at them go,” one mother said as her daughter untangled herself from the rope with a giggle. “I never thought they’d enjoy it this much.”

Starting off with what Forbes Flyers coach Janice Harrington described as “pretty basic, elementary” moves, the rope-jumpers soon quickened the pace with double Dutch tricks that brought a series of oohs and aahhs from the audience of more than 500 people.

Freestyle jump-rope routines showed off the fancy footwork of individuals who had created their own stunts and tricks, while the whole team took part in demonstrating a portion of the routine they use in national competition.

Old-school jump rope took on new meaning when music was added and the team closed with an energetic interpretation of “Cotton Eyed Joe” that got the crowd singing and clapping along.

Krista Bennatti-Roberts, 12, of Freeport got a chance to practice with members of the team after the show.

“I enjoy doing it,” she said. Bennatti-Roberts, who was visiting family in Orland, said she had no desire to join a team like that, but always had had fun jumping rope.

Other highlights at the children’s area included performances by Punch and Judy puppetry with John Styles of London, a Chinese folk art workshop, quiet game tables and visits from folk festival artists.