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4-H Craft Project Record Book

The 4-H Motto“Learn To Do By Doing.”

The 4-H PledgeI pledge

My Head to clearer thinking,My Heart to greater loyalty,My Hands to larger service,My Health to better living,For my club, my community and my country.

The 4-H Grace(Tune of Auld Lang Syne)

We thank thee Lord, for Blessings greaton this our own fair land,

Teach us to serve thee joyfully,With head, heart, health and hands.

Published by:

Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development4-H Branch7000 113 ST RM 200EDMONTON AB Canada T6H 5T6

No portion of this manual may be reproduced without written permission from the4-H Branch of Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development.

Produced 1998/cas2008/cas


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Why do you keep records in 4-H?to record information about your craft projects

so you can see the actual costs involved in completing yourproject

to learn how to keep accurate records

to record your club activities and other activities

What is involved in a good record book?

Completeness - a good record book has all the requiredinformation completed.

Accuracy - your information and costs should be accurate.

Neatness - neatness is important in your record book. Becauseyou are working on your record book throughout the year,always do your best to keep your book neat.

Personality - this is your record book. Be original andpersonal in the information you keep in your book. Addphotographs, newspaper and magazine articles on you, yourclub, your project area and 4-H in general. Make your bookunique. It will be an excellent record of your project and 4-Hyear!!

Put these pages into a three-ring binder. You will need to add extrapages for your photos, articles and so on.

About YourRecord Book

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1. A completed project book to be displayed and judged. Itshould include:

completed record book

Yearly 4-H Diary

club program plan

any articles, photographs, and so on of interest toyou about your project or your 4-H year

2. A minimum of four completed projects to be displayed andjudged.

3. A small display to serve as a background for your projectwork. This may reflect an overall club theme, an AchievementDay theme, or a theme of your choice.

4-H CraftProject

AchievementDay

Requirements


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About Me

First name ________________________ Last name ___________________

Mailing address _________________________________________________

Town or city ___________________________ Postal code _______________

Phone number ________________ My birthdate is (yy/mm/dd) ___________

This is my _________ year in 4-H.

Parents or guardians names ________________________________________

I joined 4-H this year because ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

I hope to achieve the following through 4-H activities this year: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

I am going to do the following for my club this year: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

My goal for this year is to make the following projects: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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About My Club

Club name _____________________________________________________

Number of members . My club has been operating for years.

4-H district ____________________________ 4-H region ______________

Club leader(s)First name Last name Phone number

_____________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________

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Club ExecutivePresidentFirst name _______________________ Last name ____________________

Vice PresidentFirst name _______________________ Last name ____________________

SecretaryFirst name _______________________ Last name ____________________

TreasurerFirst name _______________________ Last name ____________________

Club ReporterFirst name _______________________ Last name ____________________

HistorianFirst name _______________________ Last name ____________________

OthersFirst name _______________________ Last name ____________________

First name _______________________ Last name ____________________


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About My Craft Project

Project name __________________________________________________

Materials used and cost:

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Total cost: $ ___________

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About My Craft Project (continued)Attach a photograph or drawing of your project.

What techniques and skills did you learn and use for this project? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________What did you like best about completing this project? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Are you pleased with your project? Is there anything you would change if youwere to do the project again? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________What are you going to do with your project? Examples: give it as a gift, put it in aroom and so on. _________________________________________________

How long did it take you to finish your project? _________________________

cindy.kremerTypewritten Text





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4-H Craft Project Score Card

Item judged _______________________ Date ___________________

Total value Your score General Appearance neat, clean, ready for use appealing design type and amount of design are in

relationship to size of article creativity in use of design, materials and

color

Suitability of Materials type and quality of materials suited to the

purpose

Coloreffective, appropriate, in harmony

Workmanship construction uniform and accurate no obvious errors in technique suitable finishing techniques

(mounted or framed if appropriate)

Design

Total

Comments: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Judge’s signature _____________________________ Date ______________

100

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25

20

20

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Item judged _______________________ Date ___________________



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Design

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Comments: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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Item judged _______________________ Date ___________________



color


purpose




Design

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Comments: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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Item judged _______________________ Date ___________________



color


purpose




Design

Total

Comments: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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4-H Craft Project Display Score

Date __________________________

Total value Your score

General Appearance has “centre of interest” or focal point color; effective, appropriate, in harmony balance: either formal or informal objects are useful and related to display rhythm: eye is carried easily over the display

Workmanship well-finished, quality work (display) lettering: brief, well-worded

Function display related to year’s work (project

requirements) informative about project year original design and layout - attracts

attention, arouses interest

Total

Comments: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


100

30

20

50

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Record of Your Club’s ActivitiesIn this section, keep a record of all the meetings and activities your club has hadthis year. If you had any special responsibilities, be sure to record them here.


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Record of Your Club’s Activities (continued)

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Record of Your Club’s Activities (continued)


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Your Clipping Page

Paste your pictures and clippings here. Include information on special clubactivities and Achievement Day. Other examples: rallies, tours, camping trips,communication activities, district, regional, and provincial events, and so on. Addextra pages if necessary.

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Your Clipping Page (continued)

Alberta 4-H Craft Project – Additional Resources - Page 1 of 4

Alberta 4-H Craft Project – Additional Resources Looking for some new ideas? Here is a list of helpful websites, offering new project information, ideas and tips for all of your craft project needs.

Website Type Content

www.Ravelry.com User generated content with forums. Includes many links to tutorials, free patterns, and the like.

Knitting, Crocheting, limited weaving and spinning.

www.craftster.org User generated forums. Includes tutorials, patterns, and links to similar.

Knitting, crocheting, papercrafts (bookbinding, origami, scrapbooking), painting, cooking, sewing, glassblowing... basically anything craft related.

www.sewingrepublic.com Content by Bernina – a sewing machine company. Includes tutorials, patterns, and a sewing FAQ and glossary of terms.

Sewing.

www.foldingtrees.com A blog that collects papercraft tutorials from across the Internet, along with a few generated by the blog’s authors.

Papercrafts (origami, papercutting, scrapbooking, cardmaking, and model-making)

www.instructables.com User generated tutorials. Various subjects, not just crafts.

www.knittinghelp.com Videos of many techniques.

Knitting.

http://techknitting.blogspot.com/ Illustrated technique tutorials. A few patterns.

Knitting.

http://www.knottynotions.com/ Blog Chinese knotting.

http://www.tatsall.ca/firstpage.htm Independently run website Tatting (needle and shuttle)

http://www.joyofhandspinning.com/ Independently run website Spinning (drop spindle and spinning wheel)

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http://www.creativity-portal.com/ User-generated (but independently edited and run) tutorial website

Various crafts including macramé, candle and soap-making, altered books, and others.

http://doit101.com/ An index of do-it-yourself projects with a good craft section

Macramé, leatherworking, ropework, calligraphy, cardmaking, etc.

http://www.livingfelt.com/index.html A for-profit shop with tutorials

Needle felting and wet felting

http://www.eunnyjang.com/knit/ Blog with advanced knitting tutorials

Knitting

http://kneek.wordpress.com/ Blog with tutorials Wet Felting

http://gfwsheep.com/gfw.html For-profit sheep website with tutorials

Mostly felting, also preparing wool fleeces

http://www.origami-resource-center.com/index.html

Independent website with tutorials

Origami, though also kirigami and other papercrafts

http://www.paperfolding.com/ Independent website with tutorials

Origami

http://www.scrapbook.com/ User-generated content including blogs, tutorials and layouts

Scrapbooking

http://www.edenworkshops.com/ A for-profit shop with tutorials

Bookbinding

http://www.woodworkforums.com/ User-generated forums. Based in Australia.

Woodworking including box-making, turning, intarsia, toy-making and sculpture

www.knitty.com Canadian free knitting magazine. Includes mostly patterns, but also a few tutorials.

Knitting (some spinning in the KnittySpin section)

http://www.craftzine.com/ Craft ‘zine. Includes user-generated content.

Cooking, sewing, soap-making, etc.

http://www.getcrafty.com/ User-generated content. A general crafting forum.

Cooking, general craft.

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http://www.craftsitedirectory.com A directory of other craft sites.

Calligraphy, embroidery, leather-work, and many others.

http://www.weavingworld.ca A directory of weaving sites and resources online.

Weaving

http://www.colebrothers.com/soap/ Tutorials and recipes Soapmaking

http://www.planetpatchwork.com/ Independent site with tutorials and patterns

Quilting

http://www.freequiltpatterns.info/ Index of patterns Quilting

http://www.needlework-tips-and-techniques.com/

Independent site with tutorials and patterns

Needlework (including hardanger, blackwork, cross-stitch and others)

http://www.the-beading-emporium.com/ For-profit shop with tutorials and tips

Beading

http://www.about.com/ Has user-generated channels on many different crafts (within the “hobbies and games” section)

Beading, knitting, quilting, etc.

http://www.rockfront.com/index.htm Independent tutorial and pattern website

Beading

http://www.ning.com/ A site that lets users create their own social-networking sites. There are many craft sites with tutorials, etc. Check under the “handmade” tag

Beading, doll-making, fibre-crafts, etc.

http://www.craftbits.com/ User-generated projects and tutorials

Scrapbooking, beading, fibre crafts, papercraft, etc.

http://www.wire-magic.co.uk/ Independent site with simple projects and tutorials

Wire working

http://www.ecu.edu/glassblowing/gb.htm Detailed information and techniques from a University program

Glass blowing

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http://www.beadmaking.org/ User-generated content in forums

Bead making (mostly glass)

http://lunchinabox.net/ Blog with tutorials and tips

Bento box food preparation

http://www.decoart.com/Projects/ Project library and index Tole Painting

http://www.artezan.com/ History and basic tutorials. Decorative painting including tole painting

http://www.learn-cake-decorating.com/ Techniques and tutorials – has a partner blog.

Cake Decorating

http://www.polymerclaycentral.com/masterindex.html#lessonsprojects

Index of projects and tutorials

Polymer clay

http://sewingtutorials.blogspot.com/ Blog of sewing tutorials – almost an index

Sewing

http://www.freeneedle.com/ Pattern directory Sewing

http://www.knittingpatterncentral.com/ Pattern directory Knitting

http://www.crochetpatterncentral.com/ Pattern directory Crochet

http://crafttutorials.net/ Index of craft tutorials Many including basketweaving and decoupage

http://papercutting.net/ Tutorials and patterns Paper cutting

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4-H Craft Project Evaluation

Your input is valuable to the 4-H program! When the project year is finished mail yourevaluation to the 4-H Branch in Edmonton.

4-H Branch7000 113 ST NW RM 200EDMONTON AB T6H 5T6

What is your favorite project and why? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Why kinds of crafts would you like to learn next year? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

What would make your 4-H craft project(s) more fun? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

What would you change with the 4-H craft project and record book? ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

How did you choose your projects? _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4-H Branch


cindy.kremerTypewritten Text 2013



First name: Last name: Mailing address: Town or city: Postal code: Phone number: My birthdate is yymmdd: This is my: Parents or guardians names: I joined 4H this year because 1: I joined 4H this year because 2: I joined 4H this year because 3: I hope to achieve the following through 4H activities this year 1: I hope to achieve the following through 4H activities this year 2: I hope to achieve the following through 4H activities this year 3: I am going to do the following for my club this year 1: I am going to do the following for my club this year 2: I am going to do the following for my club this year 3: My goal for this year is to make the following projects 1: My goal for this year is to make the following projects 2: My goal for this year is to make the following projects 3: Club name: years: 4H district: 4H region: First name 1: First name 2: First name 3: First name_2: Last name_2: First name_3: Last name_3: First name_4: Last name_4: First name_5: Last name_5: First name_6: Last 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