The Route 3 Art Trail tour is a driving tour of local art and crafts on Nov. 5 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The tour includes 10 locations from Concord, through Penacook and up to Boscawen. Enjoy a holiday art and craft showcase, open studios, art and craft demonstrations, a free raffle and other goodies all along the trail.

The tour is designed to encourage people to participate in and enjoy local art, artists and creative New Hampshire businesses along the Route 3 corridor.

Several venues include:

■Twiggs Gallery’s annual holiday art fair, Sleighbell Studio, will open for the season with a variety of locally made fine art and craft affordably priced for holiday gift giving. Refreshments will be served. Spriggs Shoppe, located within Twiggs Gallery, has a variety of fun gifts and cards as well as calligraphy art from artist and owner Adele Sanborn.

■Gadzooks Glass: Karen Mehos crafts fused glass art to decorate the home by taking pieces of colored glass and melting them together at very high temperatures. She creates an array of objects such as; small ornaments, night lights, votive holders, platters and large bowls. Weather permitting, a demonstration will be ongoing in the studio. She will have a retail shop set up inside her house.

■Susan Douglass will have a tent set up outside her home, 231 King St., to showcase the fun sculptures and whimsical items she creates for the home and garden. Everything is made from upcycled objects such as vintage teacups, glass, plates, platters and more!

■Chadwick Hill Rustic Furniture, with furniture craftsman Doug Egounis who creates log furniture made from a variety of wood such as black birch, white birch, maple and pine. He hand cuts and bark strips the wood by himself. He will be working during the tour so people can see his process.

■Marshall’s Florist & Gifts is a third generation, full-service florist featuring New Hampshire-made gifts, fresh, dried and silk arrangements, and dish gardens. Stop by to say hello and watch the florist at work designing beautiful fresh flower arrangements.

■Bittersweet Fabric Shop will be offering demos on any and all of the machines in the shop for sale.

To get a map of the tour and additional details, go to route3arttrail.com for more information or “Like” the facebook page at Route 3 Art Trail.