JUNIOR DIVISION

General Information, Rules, and Regulations

• Exhibitors in Junior Classes Sections 1 to 49 inclusive, are not required to be members of the Agricultural Society and NO entry fee will be deducted.
• If juniors exhibit in classes other than junior or 4-H classes, they must purchase $6 membership to exhibit other items.
• Entry forms with your age and address must be completed so that your prize money can be delivered. This form is available on our website vankleekhillfair.ca or in the back of the fair book or through Assistexpo (preferrable method).
• All items entered in the fair require a fair entry tag is affixed to the item. These tags may be picked up at the Fair Office the week of the fair.
• Children may only enter in the class designated for their own age group. (Age is determined as of the Wednesday of the fair.)
• All entries must be made or grown by the exhibitor.
• Only one entry per exhibitor in each section
• The exhibition hall will be open on Wednesday evening from 7:00 – 9:00, and on Thursday morning from 9:00 to 11:30 to receive entries.
• Exhibits must be removed between 3:30 and 4:30 on Sunday. It is the exhibitor’s responsibility to ensure that your exhibits are collected.
• The Vankleek Hill Agricultural Society is not responsible for lost items, although we do everything in our power to ensure the safety and proper collection of all exhibits. We are also not responsible for delivering items left in the hall past the pick-up time on Sunday.
• Prize money and special prizes are typically available for pick up on Sunday afternoon. Please see the director in the hall before leaving with your exhibits.
• Prize money and special prizes are typically available for pick up on Sunday afternoon. Please see the director in the hall before leaving with your exhibits.

Special Prize: For the most points in each junior class, $4 donated by Valerie Allen.
For the runner up in each junior class, $2 donated by Valerie Allen.
Special Prize: Prize money for each child exhibiting entries donated by Monika Johnson.
Exhibitor from the Junior Division with the highest total points accumulated from the hall exhibits:

Will receive a special $10 prize Donated by Evelyn Bernique

Will be presented with a trophy with his/her name inscribed on it.

Will receive a special $15 prize Donated by Kenda Allen

Exhibitor from the Junior Division with the second highest total points accumulated from the hall exhibits:

Will receive a special $10 prize Donated by Evelyn Bernique

Class: 4 Years Old

Prize Money – $3, $2.50, $2.00, $1.50

1. Make a bug out of pom poms glued to a plate. Accessories accepted
2. Cut out 2 hand prints, decorate like cacti, each in a pot. Add a fun face and decorate. Glue on 8 ½ ” x 11″ paper.
3. On 8 ½ ” x 11″ paper, glue shapes to make flowers.
4. Colour a colouring book picture, may be mounted, no larger than 8 ½ ” x 11″”

Class: 5 Years Old

Prize Money – $3, $2.50, $2.00, $1.50

5. Use a toilet paper roll as the body, make a butterfly. Decorate.
6. Using popsicle sticks glued on a paper 8 ½” x 11” (not three dimensional) make a tractor and decorate.
7. Using a painted print of your hand as the body and legs, make a horse. Add a head and tail and other decorations.
8. Print your first name on unlined paper 5 ½” x 8 1/2”. Decorate.

Class: 6 Years Old

Prize Money – $3, $2.50, $2.00, $1.50

9. Using a plate as the base, glue straws and cups to make a ferris wheel. Should stand up.
10. Spell your name using seeds, any variety. Maximum 8 ½” x 14”
11. Monster Paint Blowing – with straws blow paint blobs into monsters on 8 ½ x 11” paper – add eyes and accessories
12. Make a fun bug/worm out of 6 individual sections of a egg carton.

Class: 7 Years Old

Prize Money – $3, $2.50, $2.00, $1.50

13. Make a chicken using a paper plate as the body.
14. Paint a small flowerpot on an animal/bug theme. Fill with flowers (handmade or real)/ treats/etc.
15. Draw a country scene on a card. Optional – add a message inside
16. Use a doily glued on an 8 ½ x 11” paper as the holder, and make a bouquet of flowers coming out of it.

Class: 8 Years Old

Prize Money – $4, $3.50, $3, $2

17. Display 3 paper cups made into farm animals, on a plate.
18. Using a tin can make an animal pencil holder. Accessories accepted.
19. Make a sign that says “Happy 180th – Vankleek Hill Fair” on 8 ½” x 11” paper. Add decorations.
20. Make a horse head out of cardboard/paper and add a mane out of yarn, and other decorations as desired

Class: 9 Years Old

Prize Money – $4, $3.50, $3, $2

21. Create a birthday card with a country scene on the front.
22. Create something useful from something useless (main material is recycled)
23. Using a bottle of water, decorate it on a western theme.
24. Cut a 2 mason jars out of brown paper. Cut the centre out and replace with clear material.
    Put pressed flowers in the middle and attach the second mason jar and clear material on the back.

Class: 10/11 Years Old

Prize Money – $4, $3.50, $3, $2

25. Using a brown paper lunch bag, tie it closed and decorate on a country theme.
26. Make the front of a gift bag look like a cowboy boot. Display standing up. Accessories acceptable
27. Create décor item that can hang on a wall, and has a small wagon wheel as the base.
28. Create two western-themed bingo cards.

Class: 12-15 Years Old

Prize Money – $4, $3.50, $3, $2

29. Create a wood fence that stands up with three farm animals looking over the fence.
30. Using a paper bag make a party treat bag for a cowboy themed party. Treat bag can be tied closed (judged on outside appearance only).
31. Write your/a name using twine rope on a base that can be hung up. Decorate.
32. Make a napkin holder displayed with napkins

Class: All Ages To 18

Prize Money – $5, $4, $3, $2

33. Create a mini chuck/covered wagon
34. Create a ferris wheel with friends and family riding on it
35. Create a corn stock out of material to replicate a real corn stalk – not more than 4 feet tall.
36. Decorate a mason jar, with country decorations and flowers or other appropriate items in the jar.
37. Create a board game with a fair theme. Include rules.
38. Make a standing barn (may be just the front) with a Western scene in front, including wagon wheel and other decorations.
39. Chocolate chip cookies, 5, on a plate in a zip lock
    bag
40. Create a craft/decoration with a denim theme
41. Using a wagon wheel as part of the design, make a poster advertising the Vankleek Hill Fair
42. Three to five 4″ x 6″ colour photos, theme – “At the Vankleek Hill Fair” – displayed on poster board

Class: Young Quilters

Prize Money; $15, $10, $8

• Note: This class will be judged by the quilting judge.
• These quilts may be quilted by the maker or by another person.

1. Quilt made by young quilter, 14 years old or younger, any technique or size, with little or no help from an adult.
2. Quilt made only by young quilter, aged 15-18 years any technique or size.

Online Registration

Follow this link assistexpo.ca/vkhfair to register for an Assist Expo account to register your entries online!