Henricksen says among the craft classes hand-knitting and crochet attracted the largest number of entries while entries in the sewing classes were down.
The cooking classes were always popular and attracted entries from all ages.
"The cooking is just amazing, the beautiful items that people enter are very mouth-watering."
All the Home Industries classes are open to everyone.
"We generally have men entering the vegetable class but we have also had men entering craft work," Henricksen said.
"A lot of people say they don't feel their work is good enough to enter, but we tell them they won't know until they try. So we encourage everybody to have a go."
The decorated court section is now open to individuals as well as organisations and this year's theme is "A Country".
The decorated courts showcase a number of craft skills and display a great deal of imagination.
Obtaining sponsorship for the Home Industries competitions was on-going with some local businesses saying they were unable to help because their sales had been down, but others being very generous, Henricksen said.
"We also have a very good, hard-working crew behind us."
Entries are to be taken to the Home Industries Hall on Thursday and these will be judged on Thursday night. The hall will open to the public at 10am on the Friday, with prizegiving on Saturday at 3pm.