Get ready for the fair

Get ready for the fair

I'm going to leave this page up rather than think of all these items every year.

Karen Mahoney and I (Nancy Downing) as well as Deb Pare are now chairing the Craft Department for our upcoming 4H Fair, August 22-24. Some new things are happening!

What’s new? Below is a listing of the various lots you can enter, new ones have been added, some combined and some less popular ones have been deleted (but you may still enter them under Miscellaneous). The description page that was once mandatory with every entry has been eliminated! We hope that these changes encourage more entries and participants!!! Each participant will also be entered into a raffle drawing donated by a local business. So after you’ve read the instructions below and the changes - if you have any questions, please send us an email….

CRAFTS DEPARTMENT 31

1.     Read General Rules and Static Exhibit Rules carefully.

Read lot descriptions carefully. One item may be entered in each lot unless otherwise noted. Kits are permitted but please state if it’s a kit.

Exhibit tags must be completely filled out neatly and securely attached to each project.

5.   Entries will be judged on creativity, neatness, suitability, originality and good design. Be creative in your work.

6.   Please contact one of the Department Chairmen with any questions.

7.   All entries should be clean and presentable for judging. All entries must be dry to be accepted for entry. We recommend that small items be mounted.

8.   When three or more items are presented in a lot’s variety, they will be judged separately as an additional lot.

CLASS A

Lot 01. Ceramics – coil, pinch, thrown, slab and poured (show mold if poured), must be fired, do not cover bottom of piece. More than one may be entered provided it’s a different method.

Lot 02. Ceramics – decorated purchased item.

Lot 03. Sculpture – polymer clay, hand molded clay, plaster, wax, wire, bread dough, soap,

            etc.. More than one may be entered provided it’s a different medium.

Lot 04. Leather – any leather craft.

Lot 05. Native American Craft

Lot 06. Jewelry – single or set.

Lot 07. Carving – wood, soap, stone, shell, plaster or wax. More than one may be entered provided it’s a different medium.

Lot 08. Woodburning – use different burning techniques.

Lot 09. Paper Mache – hand made

Lot 10. Mobile – must be tiered, terraced and balanced

Lot 11. Off-loom bead work

Lot 12. String Art – nails and string

Lot 13. Puppets – marionettes (strung with control bars), hand, finger, etc…

Lot 14. Decoupage/Reverse decoupage

Lot 15. Wreath

Lot 16. Candle – molded, dipped or decorated by exhibitor

Lot 17. Decorated Egg – natural (hollowed or dried), plastic, porcelain, etc…

Lot 18. Plaster Cloth Strips – similar to the kind from which arm and leg casts are made.

Lot 19. Holiday Items – all holidays accepted. More than one may be entered provided

            it’s a different holiday.

Lot 20. 3D Creation – made from rocks, shells, spools, craft sticks, clay flower pots, etc…

            More than one may be entered provided it’s a different medium. No flat work, must

            stand alone.

Lot 21. Recycled Materials – made of Styrofoam, plastics, bottles, milk jugs, boxes, etc…

            no models.

Lot 22. Origami – must have two or more items mounted in one display so that the judges may

            examine the folds of your work.

Lot 23. Ojo de dio (god’s eye)

Lot 24. Tie Dye – shown on hanger, any tie-dyed item accepted.

Lot 25. Garden Stepping Stones

Lot 26. Rubber Stamping – greeting cards, gift tags, etc…

Lot 27. Scrapbook Pages – single or 2-page spread, photos not required. Any size accepted.

Lot 28. Altered Item – clipboards, binders, tins, etc…

Lot 29. Challenge – Duct Tape Creation

Lot 31. Decorative Gift Wrapping

Lot 32. Miscellaneous – articles not previously listed (i.e, baskets, applehead dolls, etc…)

      CHALLENGE LOT

CRAFTS DEPARTMENT 31, LOT 30 – Duct Tape Creation. Raid the garage and create anything possible out of duct tape. Be creative and use your imagination. Possibilities are endless! Duct tape comes in all colors! Item can be embellished but must be primarily made of duct tape. Examples: wallets, purses, bags, clothes, etc… Anything!

All Woodville Trailbuster exhibitors and their horses will be on the fairgrounds Thursday. All exhibitors and overnighters from the club will attend the overnighters meeting at the fairgrounds kitchen that night. All overnighters are expected to pitch in with fairground work duties. We will have a chart available on the campsite with duties that you are assigned to. This will probably include a large contingent for serving at least one meal at the kitchen. We won't have that schedule til the overnight meeting.

Duties for 4H members could include some public gate entrance work, volunteering at games, help cleaning the kitchen. Older members can work in snack bars. Parents are expected to help anywhere needed. (even if you do not have a child showing at the fair; it is a great oppurtunity to help 4H and learn the ropes so that when your child does stay overnight and show you know what might be expected. Any 4H member can and should visit the fair and help out where needed on the fairgrounds. The fair is run by all volunteer labor.

For adults and parents we have the back gate for the weekend again. This year will probably see more action as the talk is that lot will be available for the general public and not 4H'ers. Night duty and kitchen duty are normally chosen during the overnight meeting. We also have our schedule for gate duty ringside. The hours are:

Extras: For those attending the fair for the first time here are a few other pointers. If the member has created projects at home or school and would like to submit them for display and competition they need a fair booklet and fill out the paper work for the static exhibit. There is more to the fair than the horseshow. Members can exhibit art, beef, cage & game birds, cloverbud, crafts, dairy, dairy goat, displays, dog, environmental awareness, feline, flower, food, food preservation, honey, needlework, photography, poultry, rabbit & Cavy, sewing, sheep, swine, vegetable, fruit and field crops, wool, workshop and writing. There is also an apple pie contest with the rules listed in the fair book. Static exhibit entries earn money according to the danish rule system and how they score. Depending on how many items you enter and how well you do you can earn a lot through your 4H work.

Activities that can be enjoyed at the fair are the corn husking, pony rides, checking out all the displays and exhibits, moonwalk, hay rides, storytelling, model railroad, Smokey Bear, watermelon eating contest, chicken BBQ, auction, Discovery Museum, Lizzie the clown, paint a face, antique engines, Michelle's Menagerie, Marcia Williams Owls and much much more.

sleeping pads or cot as needed

clothes for relaxing

clothes for the Saturday night dance

toiletries (soap, towels, toothpaste, toothbrush, hair brush, hair net, they tell me bathing suits and flip flops work well for showers)

any medication that you take

$$$ for snacks/treats/sodas from snack bars (the meal ticket will get you all your breakfast/lunch and dinners)

coolers with WATER, soda and snacks are always welcome

Usually if someone is having a b'day around the time of the fair someone brings in cake or we celebrate the Tibbo's anniversary, lol.

cell phones, especially for the adult chaperones (we usually have everyone's programmed so that we can locate lost kids for classes etc., charging is always a challenge but we find outlets)

2 cotton leads or crossties

heavy duty double snap hooks

two buckets (feed & water)

show prep supplies (brushes, mane & tail combs, showsheen, cloths, hoofpick)

tie or choker Western

good idea if you have them to bring an extra halter, lead rope & bridle

Things not allowed at the Fair:

No candles, matches, propane tanks, coleman lanterns (battery powered are fine). No smoking or alcholic beverages or drugs. No firearms or fireworks. Personal radios preferably with headphones are okay but remember where we usually camp it is very hard to hear the announcements. NO BARE FEET! Parents are not allowed to help their 4H member with horse/stable chores. Parents are not allowed beyond the barn or in the ring areas at all.