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4-H Fair Booth Guidelines
HAMILTON COUNTY 4-H BOOTH GUIDELINES
Overall Theme for 2008
4-H ... Made in America ... Reaching Around the World ... One Child at a Time
Remember, this is an OVERALL theme. Expand your club's mind. Make your booth represent YOUR club using this theme as an overall guideline. You DO NOT have to the these specific words in your booth!
PURPOSE OF 4-H BOOTHS
1. Members to display 4-H project items made or information learned.
2. To promote 4-H opportunities, achievements, and community involvement.
These guidelines are for your use in organizing and setting up a 4-H booth at the fair. Each club setting up a 4-H booth display will be paid a $25.00 premium by the Hamilton County Fair Board. First, second and third place banners will be placed on the top booths.
WHOSE BOOTH IS IT?
As much as possible, 4-H members are expected to make the decorations, put them up, and take them down. After all, 4-H is a youth “learn-by-doing” program. Working with youth is not a job for perfectionists.
Young members should not be using power staplers. Please use your best judgment for safety reasons.
BOOTH REQUESTS
Clubs may request booth space by completing a 4-H Booth Request form.
SET-UP AND TAKE-DOWN TIMES
Set-up: Saturday, July 26th, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Take-down: Monday, August 4th, 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Any project removed prior to that time is cause to forfeit booth premiums. Only the Senior Fair Board or 4-H Office Staff can approve an earlier dismissal time.
BOOTH BASICS
Booths are either eight or sixteen feet long. All booths have a depth of four feet, sides that are three feet high, and a back that is six feet high. Clubs must provide their own equipment and supplies.
BOOTH CRITERIA
1. Club Name – 15 points – Can your club’s name be readily seen by a spectator? Lettering should be large enough to be read at a distance of 6-8 feet.
2. Use of Emblem or Motto – 10 points – The 4-H Clover, or Motto “to Make The Best Better”, or combination of the two, should be used to identify your booth as a 4-H Club Booth.
3. Use of a Theme – 30 points – Short and simple is best. The theme should attract a spectator’s attention and make them curious to look more closely. Before deciding a theme, think about ways the theme could be clearly carried out in decorations or education of spectators. Keep in mind the purpose of a 4-H booth…..
4. Theme Creativity Carried Out – 20 points – Decorations, color of decorations, even project identification tags (member’s name and project title) could tie into the theme and maintain spectators interests. Creativity and cleverness really come into play on this item.
5. Projects Attractively Displayed – 10 points – Each project should be able to be viewed by a spectator. Posters displaying projects look better if they are grouped together by similar themes. Again, be neat and creative in grounding projects. Where do your eyes go as they view the exhibit? Does one item lead to the next, and so on and so on.
6. Projects Identified With Name of Child and Name of Project – 15 points – Cards to use for this purpose are available at no charge. Some clubs will carry out their booth theme by making these identification tags from construction paper. Make sure names and projects are legible.
NOT PERMITTED IN BOOTHS
- No real food items, icings or edible items. (Use pictures, photos or plastic items.) Exception: plants and garden produce may be displayed.
- Floor, wall and background coverings, streamers, etc. that are not flame retardant will be removed because of safety rules.
COMMON COURTESY REMINDERS
- Staples, tape, tacks, and small nails are to be removed when booth is taken down after the fair.
- Refuse should be discarded into containers provided.
- Respect of work of other 4-H clubs.
TO MAKE SHEETS OR CLOTH FLAME RETARDANT
Use this recipe or consult your local dry cleaner.
1 cup Borax
½ cup Boric Acid
2 quarts hot water
Apply the solution to dry, cotton materials (not effective on synthetics) until thoroughly wet. The treated material may be squeezed or dried over a clothesline or placed in a clothes dryer. The flame-retardant must be applied to the fabric after each wash. CAUTION: Borax and boric acid can be harmful if swallowed. Care should be taken that the treated fabric does not come in contact with scratches or cuts of the skin.
