DECORATED COOKIE JAR AUCTION
Division 433
- Exhibitor must carry and exhibit a static exhibit in addition to this project.
- Each exhibitor will begin with a wide-mouth 1-gallon glass jar (commonly known as a pickle jar.) If you have any questions if your jar is an approved jar, please contact the Extension Office. Decoration will be up to the creativity of the exhibitor as long as the glass jar is used in some manner (does not have to be visible but must be functional to store cookies). Must be able to open lid of jar to access cookies.
- Clearly attach a label to your jar with the kind of cookies you are entering (example: Snickerdoodle, Chocolate Chip, Peanut Butter, Sugar, etc.). Please observe food safety when baking and observe cottage food laws. (https://cottagefoodlaw.unl.edu/).
- Jars will be entered and judged on Static Entry Day. Enter the jar along with a sample of two of each of the cookies you will put in your auction jar on a paper plate and sealed in a plastic bag. Entries that do not include both the cookie jar and a sample of each of the cookies are incomplete project and will not be judged and will not be eligible to sell in the auction. At the time the project is judged on entry day, each exhibitor will be issued a container for the cookies (with a 4-H sticker to seal) to bring on Thursday prior to the auction and a Thank you note for the buyer. At the auction, buyers will receive your cookie jar and our container filled with one dozen of your cookies (at least two kinds for juniors, four kinds for senior). Cookies will not be placed in the jars.
- Jars will be on display in the static building until the auction on Thursday. Judging will include appearance and creativity of the jar. Score sheets are available at the Extension Office. Jars count 50% and cookies 50% of the score.
- Exhibitor must personally present their jar during the auction on Thursday afternoon. Exhibitors must be able to carry their jar unassisted. If it is too big or heavy to carry yourself, you will not be able to sell it. Exhibitor will be required to wear dark jeans, county fair t-shirt, and closed toe shoes.
- Blank thank you notes will be distributed to exhibitors when cookie jars are checked in. Thank you notes must be completed by exhibitors and turned into the homemakers table in the static building by Saturday noon of the week of fair. Checks will be distributed following the fair (and all buyers have paid) and will be mailed to exhibitors upon receipt of a written thank you note in an unsealed envelope. Thank you notes may be randomly checked for content.
- 4% will be withheld of the monies paid to exhibitor for promotion and expenses related to the Cookie Jar Auction. If 4-Her wishes to donate part of their auction proceeds to an outside party, that will be 4-Her’s responsibility.
- No buyer add-ons after the final price has been called by the auctioneer.
- All buyers will be invoiced after the County Fair. There will be no payments taken on auction day.
- Special Recognitions will be awarded in each the Jr. and Sr. Divisions for: • Best County Fair Theme • Best Use of Recycled Materials • Most Creative • Best Workmanship
Reminder: All 4-H projects must comply with copyright laws. You cannot reproduce a copyrighted figure. This practice is against the law. If you purchase a copyrighted item to use such as a stuffed Cookie Monster, Sponge Bob printed fabric, Disney decals, etc. that is okay. Someone has paid for the copyright to that item. You cannot copy, paint, download from the internet, etc. any copyrighted items that you do not purchase. Any cookie jar that violates the copyright law will be disqualified and will not be allowed to sell. If you have any questions on your design, contact the Extension Office.
Class 1 Senior Cookie Jar – 12 years of age or older. One-gallon jar and not less than 4 kinds of homemade cookies.
Class 2 Junior Cookie Jar – 11 years of age or younger. One-gallon jar and not less than 2 kinds of homemade cookies.