Collectibles

Project Requirements

Beginners: Grades 3, 4, 5

Grade 3: at least 6 items
Grade 4: at least 8 items
Grade 5: at least 10 items

4th & 5th grade exhibits may consist of a continuation of your 3rd grade collection plus the required number of new items, or a new collection consisting of 8-10 items.

  1. Begin the 3-ring binder with your report about your collection on how you started your collection, how long you have been collecting and why you enjoy your collection.
  2. Exhibit a picture of each item in your collection, labeled with specifics and dates each item was added to your collection, in your 3-ring binder. Your 3-ring binder should also include the SUMMARY OF MY COLLECTION and 4- H COLLECTION RECORD sheets. These sheets should clearly reflect the
    picture of the items in your collection.
Intermediate: Grades 6, 7, 8

Grade 6: at least 12 items
Grade 7: at least 14 items
Grade 8: at least 16 items

Collection may be a continuation of member’s Beginner collection with additions to meet the item number requirement for each age, or a new collection consisting of the appropriate number of items.

  1. Update your 3-ring binder with pictures of items added to your collection since the last 4-H Fair. Add a new SUMMARY OF MY COLLECTION and 4-H COLLECTION RECORD each year showing items added to your collection and dates added since the last fair. Please use approximate dates (month, day, and year) instead of just the year so the judge can tell which items you have added since the last fair.
  2. You MUST add at least two items to your collection each year to continue in this project.
  3. Exhibit your 3-ring binder. Add your new pictures, special report and information sheets, noting the additions to your collection, to the end of your 3-ring binder. Place a tab or marker showing the judge where the new information begins in your 3-ring binder. This will allow easy access to your
    current information plus allow the judge to see how your collection is continuing to grow each year.
  4. If this is your first year taking collectibles, use the guidelines in the beginner division, using the number of items listed according to your grade.
Advanced: Grades 9, 10, 11, 12

Grade 9: at least 18 items
Grade 10: at least 20 items
Grade 11: at least 22 items
Grade 12: at least 24 items

Collection may be a continuation of member’s Beginner or Intermediate collection with additions to meet the item number requirement for each age, or a new collection consisting of the appropriate number of items.

  1. Update your 3-ring binder as outlined in Intermediate above.
  2. Develop a new method to catalog the items in your collection and include it in your 3-ring binder. (See manual for examples.)
  3. Exhibit your 3-ring binder. Be sure to include all previous year’s information adding your current information to the back of the 3-ring binder using a tab or marker to show the judge where your new information begins. Make sure you include new pictures of the items added to your collection in the past year, your special report, all information sheets and your new way to catalog every
    item in your collection to your 3-ring binder.
  4. If this is your first year taking collectibles, use the guidelines in the beginner division, using the number of items listed according to your grade.