The Mapleton 4-H club held its first meeting of 2013 on March 18 at the Moorefield Optimist hall.
Leaders Cathy Dobben and Lynne Flewwelling introduced a craft project. The meeting began with a roll call with the theme, “Introduce yourself and tell how many 4-H projects have you have done.”
The group was very pleased to see plenty of faces, new and old. A vote was taken for people to fill the important jobs that keep the group running. Jordan Dobben came out on top with the most votes for president. Rachel Brodhaecker is secretary and Alexis Kuper is press reporter.
Members discussed possible craft projects like pen making and pottery, then moved on the traits of art and crafts. These include colours, design, and shapes. The group then moved on to the supposedly simple craft of a frog on a lily pad made out of foam.
Members also added ribbons with beads on the ends hanging from the lily pad. This craft was supposed to be easy, but members experienced difficulties with the knot tying.
On April 1 the Mapleton Kukoo Crafties held their second meeting. The meeting began with roll call theme of shapes in nature.
Members discussed the different shapes and textures in art. The group did two crafts, a duckling out of feathers and a tennis ball. This provided members a chance to put texture and shapes into practice. Senior members were paired with junior members to assist with the hot glue guns.
The next project was a stained glass sun catcher. Members used a piece of wax paper and sprinkled shredded crayons and stickers on paper and placed another piece of wax paper on top and melting the crayons in between with an iron.
submitted by Alexis Kuper, Press reporter
