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Youth Division — Class R

2025 Class R:  Youth Division

Committee: Kelsey Campbell (519-314-0084), Crystal Hartung, Brenda Brisbin

No entry fee for this section. Please fill out an entry form and tags with age and school or address if home schooled.

Ages based at time of the fair please.

Prizes: ~ 1st – $4.00; 2nd – $3.00; 3rd – $2.00; 4th – $1.00

Prize money for Youth Classes will be handed out at 3:00 pm on Sunday August 24

Little Tyke’s Class:

Rules: Please put your age on exhibitor’s tag. Every entrant who participates in 4 or more entries will receive a prize of $2.00 whether they win or not.

Age 4 and Under:

  1. Colouring page found on page 56
  2. A drawing of yourself
  3. Paint a rock
  4. Colouring page of your choice
  5. Draw or print out your first initial and decorate it
  6. Five of the same treasures from a nature walk (i.e. 5 pinecones, 5 seashells, 5 rocks, etc)
  7. Dress up your favourite stuffed toy

Children need to enter 3 or more items to get a prize.

Hobbies and Crafts:

Age 5 to 7:

  1. Lego article of choice
  2. Lego from a kit
  3. Colouring page (from fair book)
  4. Make your own slime (display in a container and label the slime)
  5. Make a farm animal out of clay or playdough.
  6. Craft item made from a kit (i.e., bracelet, birdhouse, artwork)

Class R Hobbies and Crafts Special (Age 5 to 7):

  1. Most points in Hobbies and Crafts: 1st – $4.00 – donated by Carry-on Women’s Institute.

Age 8 to 10:

  1. Lego article of choice
  2. Lego from a kit
  3. Colouring page from fair book
  4. Make your own slime (display in a container and label the slime)
  5. Make a barn out of art materials (i.e., popsicle sticks, clay, recycled items)
  6. Craft item made from a kit (i.e., bracelet, birdhouse, artwork)

Class R Hobbies and Crafts Special (Age 8 to 10):

  1. Most points in Hobbies and Crafts: 1st – $4.00 – donated by Carry-on Women’s Institute.

Age 11 to 15:

  1. Lego article of choice
  2. Lego from a kit
  3. Colouring page from fair book
  4. Craft item made from a kit (i.e., bracelet, birdhouse, artwork)
  5. Any item considered a craft or creation (i.e., painting, sculpture, structure, article of wood,
    etc.)

Class R Hobbies and Crafts Special (Age 11 to 15):

  1. Most points in Hobbies and Crafts: 1st – $4.00 – donated by Carry-on Women’s Institute.

OAAS Featured Category

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Baking: 

Please cover all baking in a plastic bag or plastic wrap

      1. OAAS Chocolate Chip Cookie Competition 

(3 cookies, no nuts, no larger than 3″ (6.75 cm) and no smaller than 2″ (5 cm) Prizes: ~ 1st – $4.00; 2nd – $3.00; 3rd – $2.00; 4th – $1.00 

The winner of the Palmerston fair will be eligible to enter at the District 7 Competition. 

Chocolate Chip Cookie Full Rules at: 

https://oaasfairs.com/convention/district-and-provincial-competition-rules

Baking continued:

Place baking on appropriate sized white disposable plates, aluminum disposable trays or foil covered cardboard. Please cover all baking with plastic wrap or in a Ziploc bag. Put the baker’s age at the top of the entry tag so it is visible to the judge.

Prizes: ~ 1st – $4.00; 2nd – $3.00; 3rd – $2.00; 4th – $1.00

Age 8 and under:

  1. Happy face cookie- to be judged on decorating only
  2. Rice Krispie Special – “Barnyard Bites” – make your rice krispies into a barnyard animal (i.e. chick, cow, horse)
  3. Banana Chocolate Chip Muffin Special (3 muffins, no liners, displayed on paper plate)

Class R Baking Special (Age 8 and under):

  1. Most points in baking: 1st – $4.00 – donated by      Carry-on Women’s Institute.

Age 9 to 15:

  1. Cake decorated, depicting fair theme “Barndoors & Farm Chores” – to be judged on decorating only
  2. Rice Krispie Special – “Barnyard Bites” – make your rice krispies into a barnyard animal (i.e. chick, cow, horse)
  3. Brownies– plate of 3
  4. Banana Bread

Class R Baking Special (Age 9 to 15):

  1. Most points in baking: 1st – $4.00 – donated by      Carry-on Women’s Institute.

Minto Fire Department Youth Section

Prizes: ~ 1st – $4.00; 2nd – $3.00; 3rd – $2.00; 4th – $1.00 sponsored by the Minto Fire Department 

All entries in the home escape plan categories and digital poster classes will receive mini prizes.

Age 4 and under:

  1. Decorate a paper plate to look like a fire helmet
  2. Using a handprint or footprint to make a firetruck
  3. Make a drip art flame: drip food colouring onto a coffee filter, use scissors to shape into a flame

Class R Minto Fire Special (Age 4 and under):

  1. Most points in section — gift basket donated by Minto Fire Department.

Age 5 to 7:

  1. Make a firetruck out of an egg carton
  2. Complete a family home escape plan
  3. Decorate a pumpkin to look like a favourite Minto Firefighter

Class R Minto Fire Special (Age 5 to 7):

  1. Most points in section — gift basket donated by Minto Fire Department

Age 8 to 10:

  1. Make a firetruck out of an egg carton
  2. Complete a family home escape plan
  3. Decorate a pumpkin to look like a favourite Minto Firefighter

Class R Minto Fire Special (Age 8 to 10):

  1. Most points in section — gift basket donated by Minto Fire Department

Age 11 to 14:

  1. Design a digital poster depicting a fire safety message 8.5 x 11
  2. Draw a colouring page related to fire safety or the fire department
  3. Use Lego to recreate a Minto firehall

Class R Minto Fire Special (Age 11 to 14):

  1. Most points in section — gift basket donated by Minto Fire Department

2025 Colouring Page

Additional Colouring pages can be downloaded here

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