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4-H at King County Fair

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King County Fair – July 17 – 20, 2025

2025 Fair Book

Image of the 2025 King County 4-H Fair Book Cover with logos
Fair Book 2025 (PDF)

Quick Links

Entering Your Project in the Fair

Fair Entry

Registration open May 1st. Registration for 4-H entries for Fair – animals (except Horse) and Still Life – link coming soon.

Animal Entries

Animal entries due by June 2nd if you are showing animals at the Fair. Horse entries will be done on Google only.

Before starting your animal entries, please make sure you have added your animal id/name/breed/tattoo in the animal registration section of 4-H Online by May 1st. Otherwise, you will need to add in this information when you register for Fair Entry from May 1-June 2nd (animals)

Register your animals and make sure to import your animal ID into each category that requires animal information.

Still Life – Photos and Educational Posters – due June 2nd at 4-H Office

For posters – You will complete the still life Ed Poster form to attach to the back of your poster. If you would like to laminate your posters, please attach this form AFTER, not before lamination.

For photos – please attach the Still life form and the Photograph Exhibit form to the back of your items.

Still Life – all other entries – register on Fair Entry from May 15-July 7

EXPO Center Forms & Info

Calendar of Events

Date/SeasonEvent Description
SpringYouth work on Still life projects, Educational posters and displays
May 1Fair Entry Registration opening, deadline to be registered for 4-H to participate in fair
May 15Horse Certificates due
June 2Animal Project entries due in Fair Entry
June 2Posters due – drop off at KCE office between 10 am – 4 pm
June 25Critter Crowning applications due
June 204-H Ticket pre-orders due
July 12Still Life & Photos Due to Activity Hall (at EXPO Center) 
11-3:30PM
July 16-17Vet check
July 16Load in/large animals
July 17-20King County Fair
July 20 Exhibit releases 630 pm or when barns/stables are clean and you are dismissed by Superintendents.
Activity Hall – release time after 6:30 pm  Sunday, July 20th

Educational Posters and Displays

Poster tips: Posters may be educational based on your club project or another 4-H project (you can submit up to 4 entries from different categories) or posters may be promotional, highlighting your favorite aspect of 4-H or what you think 4-H has to offer.

The 4-H Tip Sheet includes practical recommendations to help create effective paper or digital posters. To get started:

  • Choose your topic
  • Do your research
  • Sketch out your ideas—Have Fun with this! Do your best to do it yourself and not have parents or siblings “help”
  • Design your poster or display—get creative and have fun with the digital process
  • Choose color or colors
  • Make sure to use correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation
  • Choose your pictures, photos, clipart, graphs, or drawings (NO copyright material unless you have permission from the source)
  • Remember to cite your sources (include the full URL).
  • Entries will be judged against the standard as defined on the scorecard, not in competition with other posters.
  • Be entered by the date specified above.
  • Have properly completed the Still Life Entry Tag securely attached to the lower left corner of poster.
  • Top of the entry tag should be taped to the back of poster with tag information facing forward below the poster.
  • Meet all requirements on the Scorecard.
  • Be legible from a distance of 10 feet.
  • Do not use copyrighted or brand names in your poster entries
  • Educate the public and be self-explanatory (Examples: “Don’t feed your dog chocolate” could say “Chocolate can be toxic to” or “Eat fruits and vegetables” could say “Eating fruits and vegetables helps build strong, healthy bodies”).
  • For promotional 4-H posters, do not need to list citations. 

For Animal Science Projects:

Due no later than June 2, 2025 at the 4-H Office or your department superintendent. No late entries accepted. Call Nancy at 253-224-2884 before scheduling a trip to office to confirm someone will be there to take your entries. Office hours are by appointment only. Drop off dates/times TBD and will be posted soon. 

Lot C & D Entries (Table displays & trifolds)  Activity Building –  these items can be brought in day of animals are checked in or brought to the Activity Hall Sunday, July date and time TBD

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Program Contact

Nancy Baskett, 4-H Program Coordinator
Phone Number425-738-0104  Email Address • nbaskett@wsu.edu