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The 4-H Pledge

I Pledge…
My head to clearer thinking,
My heart to greater loyalty,
My hands to larger service,
And my health to better living, for my club, my community, my country, and my world.

Draw a line to match the name of the garden tool in the picture with the word below?
Plant

Flower Pot

Hoe

Fork or hand rake

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Create a Green
Haired Buddy
What you need:
ž Old pantyhose feet, approximately 6-8 inches long - one for each buddy you make.
ž Potting soil
ž Stryofoam cups
ž Glue on eyes (optional)
ž Markers
ž Construction paper
ž Felt and other craft supplies to make your "face"
ž Rye grass seed

and rolling with a rolling pin, or you can use a food processor. Ask for help on this too!
Top layer -- Color the dried coconut with green food coloring, and sprinkle on top (as "grass"). Layer the ingredients in a new (unused and washed) flower pot covered with foil. To serve, spoon into individual cups. Make sure everyone gets some worms. This recipe will serve 10 hungry kids.

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A Healthy Smile
February is Dental Health Month

Rules for good dental health.

1.  Keep your mouth clean.  Brush after eating.  If you cannot, rinse your mouth with water to remove excess food.  Brush with fluoride toothpaste at least twice a day.
2. Use this Brush Chart to check your progress for four weeks.
3.  Cut down on sweets.  Try not to eat between meals.
4. Visit the dentist regularly.
Source:  www.colgate.com

1.  Mix up "laundry items" thoroughly.
2.  Divide deck of cards into half and place into two paper sacks.
3.  Place 2 sets of six paper sacks or miniature laundry baskets at one end of the room.  Label them with the categories listed above.
4.  Divide into teams, or see how fast you can "sort the laundry".  If playing in teams, tag as in other relay games
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larger bag, around the ice cream bag.  For every cup of ice, use 1/3 cup of salt.  Seal the large bag. 
5.  Place on a towel and massage the mixture.  You may need to add additional ice and salt as it melts.  After the mixture hardens, drain the salt water off somewhere where you don't want grass or plants to grow.  Check with your mom or dad on this.
6.  Enjoy! 

Directions:  Place a scoop of ice cream on a plate and return to freezer to harden.  Construct an Uncle Sam hat out of an upside-down wafer ice cream cone.  Attach a glue band of fruit leather around the bottom of the cone with white icing.  Add vertical stripes of red decorating gel down the sides and blue gel on the top.  Using a star tip, squirt on white frosting stars around the fruit leather.  Remove the ice cream-scoop "head" from the freezer and top with the Uncle Sam hat.  Working quickly so the ice cream doesn't melt, add blue M&M eyes and a red M&M nose.  Finally, add a long, white, whipped cream beard.  Serve immediately.  Makes 1.

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Autumn Collage

Fall is the perfect season of the year for a nature walk!  Cloverbuds, take your parents or older siblings with you and go outdoors.  Use a paper lunch bag or plastic bag to collect leaves, nuts, pine cones, flowers, etc.  Take your collected items and make an autumn collage.
Materials Needed: