Exploring 4-H Farm Animal Project  Requirements

  1. You must be in the second grade during the 2025-2026 school year (as on Jan 1, 2026)
  2. You only need to attend Exploring 4-H meetings, not local club meetings.
  3. You do not have to keep records.

 

Exhibit Requirements

  1. As an Exploring 4-H member, you are to learn a new skill or task. You will be making your project to bring to the fair on Tuesday, July 14th between 4 and 7 p.m. Since you are to make this exhibit, we do not expect you to do a perfect job, but to do the best you can.
  2. Your exhibit will be placed in a special “Exploring 4-H” section in the 4-H Exhibit Hall at the fair. Ribbons will be given to everyone who exhibits a project.

 

What to Exhibit

  1. You will exhibit a diorama, no bigger than a 10” by 16” shoe box. Highlight the farm animal of your choice, including its shelter, food & environment.
  2. Exhibit with your diorama, an 8 1/2” x 11” sheet of paper, with a summary written by you about your animal, its care and what purpose it is raised.
  3. Be sure to put your name, project, and grade (2nd grade), on the official Putnam County 3” x 4” label.   Labels will be available through the Extension office for free. The label is to be placed in the lower right corner of your shoe box or paper. 

 

 

Suggestions

 

Visit a farm, talk to friends with the animal you choose or research the animal of your choice via library or internet.
Reminder

Your story or model is due Tuesday, July 14th   between 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. You need to bring your exhibit to the “Exploring 4-H” table in the 4-H Exhibit Hall of the York Automotive Group Community Building at the fairgrounds. After your project is entered, you will be rewarded for your hard work.  You will need to pick up your exhibit on Friday July 24th from 6 p.m. to     9 p.m. or on Saturday, July 25th from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.