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Crafts
Crafts Leader's Guide - Leaders will learn about the craft project and how to get members involved.

Crafts Record Book - A book used to record members' expenses, challenges, highlights and accomplishments, as they relate to their year's project work. It’s very important that you SAVE a copy of this record book before you begin filling it out or try to print it.  By SAVING a copy first, the Fillable PDF should function properly and print easily.
Entertaining in the Home
Be My Guest Reference and Activity Guide - This Saskatchewan-based resource helps members to learn the ins and outs of entertaining guest in one's home. Including food and nutrition, atmosphere, budgeting etc.

Foods
Exploring International Cuisine Reference Book - This Saskatchewan-created resource will allow members to have a better understanding of international cuisine. Ingredients, techniques, unique dishes, traditions and cultural influences. Through this resource members will gain an understanding of how religion, climate and history play a role in shaping a region’s cuisine. A really FUN spin on a 4-H Foods project.

Exploring International Cuisine Activity Guide - this Saskatchewan-created resource is the recipe book and guide that accompanies the Exploring International Cuisine Reference Book (is only available online)

Foods Leader's Guide - This guide is designed for Leaders, and consists of nine themes, with individual modules and activities within each theme. The activities do not need to be implemented in any specific order, but most activities complement one another. Some activities contain suggestions that allow for many variations of that activity. As a leader, you can decide on which modules are best suited to your topic, age group and project objectives. 

Foods Project Guide - This leader and member reference book is divided into eight main themes, with each theme being further broken down into separate modules, which reflect each themes' objectives. Each module in this reference book is designed to stand alone, meaning that they do not need to be implemented in any specific order. The overall themes relate to the following topics: Eating Well with Canada's Food Guide, Food Safety, Fundamentals, Cook it Right, Backyard and Beyond, Food for Thought, Field to Fork, and Celebration.

Foods Project Recipe Book - To be used alongside the Foods Project Guide , the Project Recipe Book supplements the "Now You're Cookin!" section, which has suggested recipes for each module. Feel free to use your own recipes if you find them appropriate for a topic.

Foods Record Book - To be used to chart members' yearly progress in an effort to increase members' awareness of their performance and areas for improvement the next year. It’s very important that you SAVE a copy of this record book before you begin filling it out or try to print it.  By SAVING a copy first, the Fillable PDF should function properly and print easily.

Fun with Foods Activity Guide - To be used alongside the Fun With Foods Resource Book. Includes activities and recipes.

Fun With Foods Resource Book - This Saskatchewan-created resource is designed to help members learn about safety while cooking, ingredients, the science behind food, combining cooking methods and food security.

Interior Decorating
My Space Project Resource - This Saskatchewan-created resource focuses on helping members with re-decoration plans, basic principles and elements of design, expressing personal creativity – all while staying within a budget. The project teaches interior decorating using a blend of digital and non-digital resources. 

Quilting
Rag Time Patchwork Quilt Leader's Guide - This Manitoba-created resource provides leaders with meeting plans that includes a skills list, background information, activity suggestions and ways to know if your members have learned the skills identified.

Rag Time Patchwork Quilt Project Guide - This Manitoba-created resource walks members through the creation of a patchwork rag-time quilt. From tools to finishing touches. 

Scrapbooking
Scrapbooking Reference and Activity Book - This Saskatchewan-created resource helps member to learn the ins and outs of creating and displaying their scrapbooks. 

Sewing
Sewing - Discovering Tops and Bottoms Leader's Guide - This Manitoba-based resource contains information and activities for teaching members about speciality fabrics and terminology, interfacing, patterns, knowing what needle to use with what fabric, sewing, hemming and pressing techniques.

Sewing - Discovering Tops and Bottoms Project Guide - This Manitoba-based resource contains quick-reference information as well as activities for learning about speciality fabrics, fabric terminology, interfacing, patterns, knowing what needle to use with what fabric, sewing, hemming and pressing techniques.

Sewing - Exploring Fibres and Fabrics Leader's Guide - This Manitoba-based resource contains quick-reference information and activities for teaching members about basic sewing tools, parts of a sewing machine plus how to thread a machine, backstitch, sew a casing, finish and press a seam. Basics on fabrics and fabric terminology, sewing with knits, understanding fasteners, choosing a fabric and embellishments plus using a commercial pattern. 

Sewing - Exploring Fibres and Fabrics Project Guide - This Manitoba-based resource contains quick-reference information and activities for learning about basic sewing tools, parts of a sewing machine plus how to thread a machine, backstitch, sew a casing, finish and press a seam. Basics on fabrics and fabric terminology, sewing with knits, understanding fasteners, choosing a fabric and embellishments plus using a commercial pattern. 

Sewing Green Leader's Guide - This Manitoba-based resource is developed for teaching senior-level sewers. Resource contains information and activities for teaching the development of a project plan, altering fabrics, how to source fabrics, how to price one’s sewing, how to mend garments plus how to store clothes properly. Topics such as sewing home décor projects and planning a “green” wardrobe are also included.

Sewing Green Project Guide - This Manitoba-based resource is developed for senior-level sewers. Resource contains information and activities for developing a project plan and learning about altering fabrics, how to source fabrics, how to price one’s sewing, how to mend garments plus how to store clothes properly. Topics such as sewing home décor projects and planning a “green” wardrobe are also included.

Sewing Guide, Level 3 - Refine Design - Advanced youth learn recycling ,starting a business and the social and psychological influences of clothing.

Sewing Leader's Guide - In this manual Leaders will learn how to teach the basics of sewing to members.

Sewing Project Guide, Level 1 - Under construction -In this manual members will learn the basics of sewing, and have the opportunities to create garments and unique costumes

Sewing Project Guide, Level 2 - Fashion Forward - members develop buying strategies, accessorizing, apparel design and recycling skills.

Sewing Record Book - A book used to record members' expenses, challenges, highlights and accomplishments, as they relate to their year's project work.  It’s very important that you SAVE a copy of this record book before you begin filling it out or try to print it.  By SAVING a copy first, the Fillable PDF should function properly and print easily.
 
 
 
 
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This information published to the web on July 13, 2006.
Last Reviewed/Revised on April 6, 2018.