Open Class Home & Family Arts

 

Download the 2025 Open Class Home and Family Arts booklet here. 

Download the 2025 Open Class Fashion Show information and registration form here. 

***The Home & Family Arts Department has moved! It is now located in the new addition to the ECCC Building (building with youth 4-H projects).***

Contact Us

Purdue Extension Elkhart County
Elkhart County 4-H Fairgrounds
17746 County Road 34 Ste E
Goshen, IN 46528
(574) 533-0554
fink24@purdue.edu

 

View the contest results for the 2024 Open Class Home & Family Arts below:

Special Contests Winners

  • President Shelly Steury's Item - Fancheon Resler, Albion - Recipe, Photo
  • Fresh Salsa - Maggie Seeck, Nappanee - Recipe, Photo
  • Dairy Delicious - Karen Meade, Goshen - Recipes
  • Fastest Fingers - Kay Stewart, Elkhart - Photo
  • Year of the Squash - Cheryl Baker, Middlebury - Photo
  • Longest Apple Peel - Patricia Hochstetler, Goshen - 171.75" Peel
  • Annual Senior Citizen's Cookies - Lisa Giddens, Goshen (bar cookies); Carolynn Riddle, Goshen (drop cookies); and Cheryl Baker, Middlebury (formed cookies) - Recipes, Photo
  • Charcuterie Board - Heidi Wachowicz, Granger - Photo
  • Unique Birdhouse - Dennis Hahn, Goshen - Photo
  • Bursting with Blueberries - Karen Meade, Goshen - Photo
  • Best of Michiana Ribs - Randy & Elaine Robbins, Cassopolis, MI - Recipe
  • The Great Homemade Ice Cream Crank Off - Karen Meade, Goshen - Recipe, Photo
  • Byler Lienhart Cook Off - Recipes
    • Beef - Cut (1st Place) - Chuck Robbins, Goshen
    • Beef - Ground (1st Place) - Mark, Neil, & Justin Slabaugh, Goshen
    • Pork - Cut (1st Place) - Mark, Neil, & Justin Slabaugh, Goshen
    • Pork - Ground (1st Place) - Mark, Neil, & Justin Slabaugh, Goshen
    • Lamb - Cut (1st Place) - Randy & Elaine Robbins, Cassopolis, MI
    • Lamb - Ground (1st Place) - Mark, Neil, & Justin Slabaugh, Goshen
    • Best Overall Pork - Mark, Neil, & Justin Slabaugh, Goshen