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HARTINGTON — The Cedar County Fair is just around the corner, and the 4-H youth are busy preparing exhibits for the fair.
There were 40 youth assembled at the Extension Office and the Hartington City Auditorium June 11 for Cedar County 4-H Project Day. The 4-H Project Day is designed to allow 4-Hers to come and acquire new or build on existing skills by working on projects that can be entered at the fair. 4-H members were able to “learn by doing” as they created their projects.
All youth participated in four sessions. These projects are meant to be an introduction to building skills in different project areas, and youth are encouraged to take the project home and make it their own or to take what they have learned and build on it. Youth were able to use their creativity to create a face planter pot. They used a selection of items to create a face on the pot, and then potted a houseplant inside the pot to be used as the hair. A wooden sign was also created using wooden cutouts to create a festive spring or summertime wall hanging. Using a selection of mosaic tiles and a wooden plaque, youth created a mosaic design on a trivet. The final project featured a lamp that youth made out of jenga blocks for the base and a lamp kit for the electricity portion of the lamp.
Check out all of these projects in the 4-H Static Exhibit Hall at the Cedar County Fair, July 15-19.
