What projects and contests must be pre-entered to be eligible to exhibit at the Saunders County Fair?
Please look here

Fair Entry Forms
- Saunders County 4-H Youth Tag ID Numbers - 2025 TBA
- 4-H Static Entry tag (*pdf, 1 pg) **Updated 5/2024
- Saunders County Fair 4-H Exhibits Top Curriculum Exhibitor Award Point System
- Top Curriculum Exhibitor Award Areas Updated 3/2024
- Top Curriculum Exhibitor Award Entry Form (Word) Updated 3/2024
- Top Curriculum Exhibitor Award Entry Form - (Fillable PDF) Updated 3/2024
- Premier 4-H Science Award
- I Belong Award - (application must be emailed to saunders-county@unl.edu)
- Information, Application, and Instructions
- Home Design and Restoration Supporting Information Sheet **Updated for 2024 (Word)
Home Design and Restoration Supporting Information Sheet **Updated for 2024 (PDF)- Principles of Design explained (from University of Hawaii) (PDF)
- Visual Arts Supporting Information
- Food Preservation Information Card (Fillable PDF) (PDF)
- Food Preservation Canning Labels
- Clothing Data Card (PDF) (Word)
- Beyond the Needle Skills information sheet
- Sewing Skills for STEAM I, II, and III
- Knitting Fiber Arts Data Card (PDF) (Word)
- Crochet Fiber Arts Data Card (PDF) (Word)
- Preparing Cut Flowers for Exhibit at the Fair (pdf)
- Selecting & Preparing Vegetables, Herbs, & Fruit for Exhibits at the Fair (*pdf, 24 pgs, 3926 kb)
- This guide will help 4-H members, project leaders, & parents know how to properly select, prepare, store, & ship exhibits to be judged at the Fair.
- LEGO/K'NEX Building Model Explanation Card
Score Sheets
- County Only Score Sheets - those labeled CF in fairbook
- State Fair Score Sheets - those labeled SF in fairbook
- Agronomy
- Citizenship
- Clothing
- Conservation, Wildlife & Shooting Sports
- Consumer Management
- Entomology
- Entrepreneurship
- Food & Nutrition
- Forestry
- Heritage
- Home Design & Restoration
- Horticulture
- Human Development
- Knitting & Crochet
- Photography
- Quilt Quest
- Range
- Safety
- STEM Computers
- STEM Rockets
- STEM Electricity
- STEM Energy
- STEM Geospatial
- STEM Welding
- STEM Woodworking
- Veterinary Science
- Visual Arts
Photography Information
- 2025 Theresa Wilson Saunders County Special Photography Theme is “The Roots of Saunders County"
- More info can be found here.
- Photography, Level 1 Data Tag
- Photography, Level 2 Data Tag
- Photography, Level 3 Data Tag
- Photography Exhibit Prep (pdf) - From Nebraska Extension
- How to fill out a data tag (pdf) From Nebraska Extension
- Photography Data Tag Video from Nebraska Extension
- Videos:
- Portfolios - Level 2 and 3 - Updated 2024
- Abstract Photography - found in the folder of link
Contest Forms
Favorite Foods:
- Favorite Foods Letter - 2025 TBA
- Favorite Foods Procedures and Guidelines (pdf)
- 2025 State Fair Culinary Challenge - Date TBA
- Challenge Ingredient - 2025 Ingredient is Pork
- Team Competition
- Details found here
- Sign up both team members - There is a fee to enter this contest
Fashion Show:
Judging Day - 2025 Date TBA - at the Extension Office
Public Fashion Show 2025 - Date TBA
**Written reports for purchased entries (Shopping in Style, $15 Challenge) should be emailed to Saunders-County@unl.edu
- Fashion Show Information - Saunders County
- 2025 State Fair Fashion Show Letter - 2025 Entry due date TBA
- 2025 Saunders County Fashion Show Letter - TBA
- 2025 Fashion Show Judging Times - 4-H Age and Clover Kid - TBA
- 2025 Fashion Show Information Sheet (*Fillable pdf, 2 pgs)
- 4-H Shopping in Style Written Report, SF 184 Rev 2/18 (Word, 3 pgs) (Fillable pdf, 3 pgs) - turn in TBA to saunders-county@unl.edu
- 4-H $15 Challenge Written Report (pdf, 5 pages) (Word, 5 pages) - turn in by 1TBA to saunders-county@unl.edu
Best Dressed Critter:
- Best Dressed Critter Rules and Narration Form - to be turned into the fair office no later than 12:00pm Thursday of fair week!