4-H Record Books are an important tool for recording your 4-H experiences. It gives 4-H members an opportunity to think back over the past year's activities and to realize just how much they have done and more importantly, just how much they have learned.

It can be fun to look back at your Record Books from earlier years and to remember projects you did or events you participated in as a younger 4-H member.

Remember - your Record Book is your 4-H work and experiences on display. Make it interesting - make it creative - make it meaningful to YOU.

For the younger members, there are special Record Books for them to complete:

• Cloverbud Program Record Book (4 pages, 235 KB) pdf version
• Exploring Program Record Book (7 pages, 632KB) pdf version

All other record books should include the following sections:

• Assembly Guidelines (2 pages, 29.5 KB) pdf version
• Forms Needed by Project (2 pages, 33.0 KB) pdf version
• Title Page(1 page, 21.0 KB) pdf version
• Parent & Leader Comments Sheet (1 page, 21.0 KB) pdf version
• Monthly Notes (2 pages, 27.0 KB) pdf version
• My Activity Program (2 pages, 28.5 KB) pdf version
• Community Service Opportunities (2 pages,28.0 KB) pdf version

Listed below are record book forms for several popular projects:

• Beef Project (2 pages, 38.0 KB) pdf version
• Cat Project (2 pages, 37.5 KB) pdf version
• Clothing Project (2 pages, 39.0 KB) pdf version
• Consumer Savvy Project (2 pages, 43.5 KB) pdf version
• Dairy Project (2 pages, 26.0 KB) pdf version
• Demonstration (or Talk) Sheet ( 1 page, 25.5 KB) pdf version
• Dog Project (2 pages, 42.0 KB) pdf version
• Drawing & Painting Project (2 pages, 26.5 KB) pdf version
• Food Preservation Project (2 pages, 41.5 KB) pdf version
• Foods & Nutrition Project (2 pages, 29.5 KB) pdf version
• Home Environment Project (2 pages, 30.5 KB) pdf version
• Horse Project (3 pages, 36.0 KB) pdf version
• Individual Horse Record(1 pages, 21.5 KB) pdf version
• Knitting & Crocheting Project (2 pages, 30.5 KB) pdf version
• Photography Project (2 pages, 28.5 KB) pdf version
• Poultry Project (2 pages, 39.0 KB) pdf version
• Rabbit Project (2 pages, 39.0 KB) pdf version
• Self-Determined Project (2 pages, 25.5 KB) pdf version
• Sheep Project (2 pages, 38 KB) pdf version
• Swine Project (2 pages, 37.0 KB) pdf version
• Youth Leadership Plan (2 pages, 37.0 KB) pdf version

If you do not find your specific project listed above, please use the following general purpose form.

• General Purpose Form(2 pages, 25.0 KB) pdf version

Have you ever wondered how Record Books are evaluated?

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