Kenosha County 4-H Projects

The purpose of 4-H projects is to teach 4-H members life skills. This includes tangible skills like decorating a cake, fishing, or taking a picture. It also includes the intangible such as leadership, communication, teamwork, and organization.

Kenosha County 4-H offers 58 different projects for our members to participate in. There is a project for just about any interest! Members are expected to work on their projects throughout the year on their own, with their family, or with the help of a 4-H leader. If they like the results of their hard work, they are encouraged to do a demonstration at their club or display it at the Kenosha County Fair or both!

1st and 2nd graders are called Cloverbuds, and they can only sign up for the Cloverbud project. 3rd graders are called Explorers, and they may sign up for Explorers and one other project of their choice. Members 4th grade and older may sign up for as many projects as they and their families are comfortable with.*

Here is a listing of the projects offered during the 2006/2007 4-H year:

Archery Arts and Crafts Beef Bicycle Bowling Cake Decorating Camping and Backpacing Cats Child Development Citizenship Clothing Construction Cloverbuds Communication Computers Creative Writing Crocheting Crops Dairy Dairy Goats

Dog Electricity Entomology Exploring Fishing Flowers Foods and Nutrition Food Preservation Fruits Guinea Pigs and Cavies Home Environment Home Grounds Horse Horseless Horse Houseplants Knitting Model Airplanes Model Rocketry Music

Photography Poultry Public Speaking Quilting Rabbits Rollerblading/In-line Skating Scale Models Scrapbooking Self-Determined** Sheep Shooting Sports Small Engines Swine Theater Arts Tractor Vegetables Veterinary Science Winter Travel Woodworking

Some of these projects have countywide leaders, some have club leaders, and some will be independent study. For a list of the countywide projects is available here. For information on what projects a particular club has leaders for, please contact a General Leader. For more information about a particular project or on how to become a project leader, please contact the Kenosha County UW-Extension Office.

*It is recommended that the number of projects any 4-H member takes equals the number of years he/she has been in 4-H. It is also recommended that the number of projects not exceed five, no matter how long a youth has been a 4-H member. Please also note that some projects have their own age requirements.

**The Self-Determined project is for those who are interested in something which doesn't fit into the rest of the project areas.