BROWNSTOWN — Another year. Another fair. Another day of turning in 4-H projects for many families across Jackson County.

On Wednesday, 4-H’ers made their way out to the Jackson County Fairgrounds in Brownstown to check their projects into the fair.

Hiley Obermeyer, 18, of Seymour, who is a 10-year 4-H member and Junior Leader, checked in gift wrap that looked like Winnie-the-Pooh holding a jar of honey.

Despite being shy when first joining 4-H, Obermeyer said she gained new skills and learned how to meet and talk to other people through her involvement in the organization.

“Whenever I first came in, I wasn’t able to talk to anyone,” she said. “I was super shy, and now, I’m able to lead a meeting and talk to anyone. (4-H has) really given me skills that I didn’t know I had before.”

Obermeyer said her favorite 4-H project she has ever completed was a table that she fashioned from an old grate from a building. To this day, it is in her family’s living room.

Another 4-H’er who said the organization has had a major impact on her life is Kelsey Schneider, a junior at Brownstown Central High School and a seven-year 4-H member.

Schneider said she has enjoyed being in 4-H because she has been able to get out of her comfort zone and meet new friends.

She turned in a large flip-flop that she had sewn herself.

When asked why she chose to put together a flip-flop, Schneider said, “Just because it’s summertime and it gives me good summer vibes.”

Bryleigh Leblanc, 9, of Seymour turned in a pillow she made as a sewing project. She said her least favorite part when creating the pillow was putting the stuffing into it. That said, Leblanc said she would make a pillow for next year’s fair.

While some turned in sewing projects, others turned in crochet projects.

Gillian Bumbleburg, 14, of Seymour turned in a crocheted whale that was yellow because it was the color she picked out of the yarn she had at home.

“My older sister started getting into crochet a lot this summer, and so I thought, ‘Hey, that would be cool to try,’” she said.

Bumbleburg also turned in a blue gift wrap display for this year’s fair. She created a fairy garden last year and said consumer clothing is her favorite 4-H project category.

Mini 4-H is a program for kids in kindergarten through second grade, and they also were busy turning in their projects Wednesday.

Camden Vague, 6, of Freetown turned in a Lego set for Mini 4-H that was based off of the popular video game Minecraft.

The idea for doing the Lego set came from the fact that Vague wanted to build a farm, but the set that most resembled a farm was a Minecraft one.

Vague said it took three hours to build the Lego set. His favorite piece on it is a TNT block that can be launched with the push of a button.

Elijah Kamman, 10, of Seymour turned in a Minecraft Lego set that resembled a house with a tower on top of it and had a cat peeking out of the front door.

He turned in his projects alongside his 12-year-old sister, Samantha Kamman.

Elijah said he loves Minecraft, and this year’s project was the largest project he has built so far. While he used a kit to put it together, Elijah said he took the parts and used them for different purposes than their intended use.

Samantha checked in a historical fiction novel she wrote that was based during World War II and a drawing of two friends.

The novel was a personal project of hers that ended up being a 4-H project for the creative writing category because she wanted to be motivated to finish the story.

“For my story, I started writing it in December, and I didn’t finish it,” she said. “When I had to write for creative writing for 4-H, I decided I’m going to finish this because I don’t finish stories.”

Samantha said her drawing was inspired by two characters from a “story universe” she has based off of other novels she has written.

Valeria Galicia, 14, of Seymour checked in a painting that featured two friends staring at the sunset at the beach and talking. She said the idea of painting two friends came from how she had gotten a lot closer to her best friend this year. The painting took an hour and a half to create, and the judge said Galicia had a lot of color variation in her sunset.

Allison Schwade, 9, of Seymour decorated a cake with a daisy that had yellow petals with “Sunshine” written on it. She said she chose the daisy because she thought it was pretty, and she is interested in turning in another decorated cake next year.

Morgan Waskom, a junior at Seymour High School, turned in projects with her sister, Mackenzie Waskom, 17, on Wednesday.

Morgan created a threaded art project that showed a mother cow with a calf. She said she chose the animals just because she loves Jackson County agriculture.

Mackenzie turned in a photo of her dog, Georgie, sitting. She said it was a challenge to get her dog to sit still, but when she finally did, she made a funny face.

Mackenzie also turned in a project for the veterinarian sciences category and said that was a field she would like to go into after high school.