Arts & Crafts

Ceramics
Eligible for State Fair project as Other Craft
1. SEE ARTS & CRAFTS RULES ABOVE
1. You must attach a Craft Card to the project by tape or string
2. Member is placed in the following divisions

Beginner: Grades 3-5 Intermediate: Grades 6-8 Advanced: Grades 9+
3. Ceramic item may be made from slip (molded), hand formed, or finished
from greenware.
4. Project must have a felt bottom.

Go to the link below for the State Fair rules for the Any Other Craft Project.

https://extension.purdue.edu/4-H/projects/4-h-project-arts-and-crafts.html

Construction Crafts
a. These structures must be built and exhibited on plywood or a hard base.
Please try to keep size of base in perspective with exhibit.
b. 4-Her may exhibit one of each of these kinds of structures below,
but only one of each class listed (below).

Fine Arts
State Fair Project (2)

Go to the link below for the State Fair rules for the Fine Arts Project.

https://extension.purdue.edu/4-H/projects/4-h-project-arts-and-crafts.html

Gift Wrapping
The 4-H Gift Wrapping Projects are not exhibited at State Fair. However, a 4-H member may do an action demonstration on “gift wrapping” at the State Fair. Contact your 4-H Youth Educator for details.

General Rules: Do NOT put a gift in the wrapped package.
The package should contain a baggie of sand or dirt that will help weigh the package down and make it easier to display.

Each wrapped package should include an index card containing the following information:

1) theme,
2) occasion for the gift,
3) gender and age of the recipient.

Note: The desired exhibit has no tape showing and all raw edges are folded over/under.

Exhibit Guidelines:
Level 1 - Grades 3-5
1. One wrapped gift that meets all of the following category requirements listed below.

• Use new techniques or materials each year.
• Gift – square, rectangle or flat box (maximum 18 inches in any direction)
• Wrapping material – any pre-printed paper (i.e., commercial wrapping paper, newspaper, comic strip paper, or brown paper bag) or a ready-made bag
• Bows – can be a self-made or a commercial bow
• Enhancements – (optional)

Level 2 - Grades 6-8
Exhibit a wrapped gift as described below:
Option #1. One wrapped gift that meets all of the following category requirements listed below.

• Use new techniques or materials each year.
• Gift – square, rectangle or flat box or ready-made bag (maximum of 24 inches in any direction)
• Wrapping paper – make your own creative paper or decorate a bag (i.e., stickers, stamping,
decoupage, painting, dyed, string pull, spin art, etc.)
• Techniques – cover box and lid separately, use of tissue in bag
• Bows – self-made bow (one material)
• Enhancements – (optional)
• Wrapping paper must be self-made.

Option #2. One wrapped gift that meets all of the following category requirements listed below.

• Use new techniques or materials each year.
• Shape – odd shaped box (i.e., octagon, round, cylinder) (maximum of 24 “in any direction)
• Wrapping material – any pre-printed paper (i.e., commercial wrapping paper, newspaper, comic strip paper, etc.)
• Techniques - use any or all of the following techniques (wrapping odd shape or stacking)
• Bows – self-made bow (one material)
• Enhancements – optional

Level 3 - Grades 9-12

• One wrapped gift that meets all of the following category requirements listed below.
• Use new techniques or materials each year.
• Gift – irregular shaped objects
• Wrapping material – non-traditional materials (i.e., fabric, natural materials, recycled materials,
• metallic materials, cellophane, etc.)
• Techniques – covering irregular shapes using non-traditional materials
• Bows – self-made (two or more materials)
• Enhancements – optional

Gingerbread Creations
Not eligible for State Fair

General Rules:
Please use a Christmas theme set as guideline for decorating. Entire project must be edible.

Edible materials include candies, nuts, cereals, crackers, and any other edible food without a wrapper, stick or other non-edible materials. Gingerbread focus as Main Building Material.

The Gingerbread House must: (I) be original; (2) be solely created by entrant; (3) not have won previous awards; and (4) not infringe the rights of any third party.

• Gingerbread Houses must be constructed only from hand-made gingerbread.
• Houses made from kits, graham crackers, or similar construction materials will not be accepted.
• Houses are to be mounted on a base which is sturdy enough to carry the exhibit. Bases should be under 6 inches from house or yard edge.

Divisions:
Beginner: Gingerbread houses are to be no larger than 12"x12" or 12" circle.

Intermediate: Gingerbread houses are to be no larger than 12"x18" or 18" circle.

Advanced: In this division, you may exhibit barns, birdhouses, doghouses, lighthouses and other imaginative dwellings. Displays are to be no larger than 24"x24" or 24" circle.

Judging Criteria
• Originality / Creativity Age/Category Appropriate Overall Appearance
• Adheres to design rules Degree of Difficulty

Models
Not eligible for State Fair

All Grades
1. Types of models that may be entered include car, truck, boat, plane, or miscellaneous.
2. No snap-tight or metal die cast may be used.
3. Any scale model may be used.
4. Display cases may only be used for grades 7 and above.
5. If the model is being built from a kit, include a copy of the instructions explaining how you made the model with the craft information card.

Exhibits must be a small-scale replica and meet the following criteria:
• Must be of injected styrene plastics
• At least 25% of the exhibit must be painted
• Wood, paper, clay, die-cast, or snap together models are not permitted
• Screws are not permitted
• Pre-painted or pre-decaled factory models are not permitted
• Legos are not considered models and are to be exhibited as Construction Toys

All Exhibits must exhibit a completed model, and instruction sheet for how you completed the model. Projects will be marked down one placing if not complete.

Needlecraft
Eligible for State Fair

Beginner: Grades 3-5 Intermediate: Grades 6-8 Advanced: Grades 9-12

Go to the link below for the State Fair rules for the Needlecraft Project.

https://extension.purdue.edu/4-H/projects/4-h-project-arts-and-crafts.html

Scrapbooking
Not eligible for State Fair

Purpose: The Scrapbook project allows you to preserve your memories in a fun and creative way.
Memories may include family, school, 4-H, etc.

Exhibit requirements by divisions:
Beginner (grade 3-5) – 6 pages (3 front and back)
Intermediate (grade 6-8) – 8 pages (4 front and back)
Advanced (grade 9-12) – 10 pages (5 front and back).

Exhibit: Album with required number of pages (per division) that have been made since the last 4-H Fair

Each scrapbook album will have a front and back cover with pages attached between the covers. The album will be at least 8” x 10” in size. (12” x 12” is suggested.) Each page will be covered with a plastic page protector.
2. Each scrapbook will have the required number of pages per your division completed for judging. Completed pages contain photos or memorabilia, documentation, decoration, etc. Incomplete or unfinished pages will not be judged or count toward the required number of pages.
1. Each scrapbook album must have an exhibit tag attached.
2. This label will also list the page numbers which the 4-H member wishes the judge to judge. The page numbers need not be written on the actual album page – rather, the member should count the first page as Page 1 and proceed onward. If you do not indicate the pages you wish to have judged, the judge will start at page 1 and continue through the page number required for your division.
3. Photos and memorabilia must be included in each scrapbook, but not necessarily on each page. Some pages may contain only photos while others may contain only memorabilia. Be sure to include a variety in your list of pages to be judged. At least one piece of memorabilia should be included in your required pages.
4. Newspaper articles should be photo-copied on acid-free paper. NOTE: One sleeve may protect both a photo and a piece of memorabilia. You do not need a separate sleeve for each one.
5. Neatness is very important. Exhibit clean pages with clear handwriting or typed.
6. Keep in mind the proper placement of photos, etc. in your album. Your scrapbook is telling a story. Use chronology (putting things in order of occurrence) or themes to organize your scrapbook.
7. Journaling (labels, captions, stories, thoughts, ideas, etc.) is required on every page. Without words, you have pages of photographs and memorabilia, not a book of memories. Your photos and memorabilia are simply more complete, more meaningful and more fun with detail, emotion, and humor that only words can provide. You will not be judged down for journaling more than is required in your division. Carefully proofread your spelling!
8. Each page that does not follow the requirements for your division will have 1 point deducted for each guideline not followed (Example: Silhouette cropping is not acceptable in intermediate nor are computerized fonts, so at least 2 points would be deducted if both were used on one page.) Points would be taken off each time it was used throughout the exhibit.
9. Be sure materials you use are safe for your photos. Do not use ball-point pens and /or pencils, magnetic albums, or wire, metal, or other protruding products.

BEGINNER (GRADES 3-5) – 6 PAGES
Layout: Simple 2-3 colors of paper; computer, stickers and die cuts can be used, but are not mandatory.
Cropping: Straight cutting of photos using regular scissors or paper cutter. Decorative scissors can be used on colored paper. Use of corner rounder is allowed.
Journaling: The minimum amount of journaling would be bullet labeling which is supplying the basic information such as who, what, when and where. Ex. Jessica, 10, first year of 4-H, showing her cat Tiger. This project’s purpose is to preserve your memories, so what better way than journaling in your own words. EX: what happened in your pictures?
Keep in mind that the main focus is preservation and not how many stickers or fancy papers you use on your page. Let your pictures and memorabilia be the main focus.

INTERMEDIATE (GRADES 6-8) – 8 PAGES
Layout: More creative layout. Creative borders and lettering can be used.
Cropping: Circle, oval and other shaped templates can be used.
Journaling: Captions put bulleted information into sentences. Ex. I won a red ribbon for my second-place lamb. I was happy to place because the competition at our fair is so great.
Using a variety of cropping techniques and page layouts will add interest and creativity to your album. Not everything has to be cropped and “artsy.” Too many different shapes on the page can be distracting.
Use a nice balance.

ADVANCED (GRADES 9-12) – 10 PAGES
Layout: May include more complicated layouts, such as quilt type layout, but not every page has to be these types. Use techniques you have learned in previous divisions. Include a variety of layouts.

Cropping: Silhouette cropping can be used plus techniques you have learned in previous divisions.

Journaling: Use bullets and captions, plus storytelling – writing your thoughts and feelings and telling a complete story or memory on each page. Not every photo has a complete story; please choose the ones deserving of this when you are thinking of your page designs. It is okay to put several photos on a page and just use one of them to tell a story. Label or caption the others on the page. It’s easiest to story tell if you pretend like you’re writing in your diary, or sharing some exciting news with your best friend.

Ex. Ever since my older brother Tim began showing pigs in 4-H, I have been looking forward to getting old enough to show hogs too. This has been a fun project because it is a family activity. My parents, brother and I went to some pig auctions in March and April. We finally bought a good one in our price range at a pig sale. Since we brought Wilbur home, I have been feeding him and keeping his pen clean.

It’s a lot of work, but I really enjoy it. After school I started walking him once a day. He’s really tame and knows exactly what I want him to do. I have spent so much time with him, I know I will be sad to sell him. Tim told me that’s just part of the project and I can use that money to buy another pig next year. That is true, but I know I’ll never forget Wilbur and my first year of 4-H!

Any Other Craft

State Fair Eligible

Go to the link below for the State Fair rules for the Any Other Craft Project.

https://extension.purdue.edu/4-H/projects/4-h-project-arts-and-crafts.html