Home Environment Projects
Sketchbook Crossroads
What you can do in this project:
• Practice drawing, fiber arts, and sculpting
• Develop artistic talents and skills
• Understand the visual arts in relation to history and culture
Printed Materials:
• NATL4H 08140 Sketchbook Crossroads
Suggested Age: Intermediate to Advanced
Portfolio Pathways
What you can do in this project:
• Learn painting, printing, and graphic design techniques
• Make connections between visual arts and other disciplines
Printed Materials:
• NATL4H 08141 Portfolio Pathways
Suggested Age: Intermediate to Advanced
Home Building Blocks
What you can do in this project:
• Apply color and design principles using different materials to make and display objects
for your home
• Develop original designs
• Plan a comfortable, clean, attractive home
• Make connections between visual arts and other disciplines
Printed Materials:
• 4H195 Home Building Blocks-Year 1
• 4H196 Home Building Blocks-Year 2
• 4H197 Home Building Blocks-Year 3
For Leaders:
• 4H245 Home Building Blocks Leader Guide
Suggested Age: Beginner
Design Decisions
What you can do in this project:
• Explore ways to make your house more “green”-from changing the kind of light bulbs you
use to incorporating landscaping, solar systems, or even wind energy
• Create a color scheme that matches your needs and personality
• Learn new painting techniques that will add some “wow” to your walls
• Design or select furniture, fabric, and storage items for your room
• Accessorize a room-design or select unique items such as wall art, wall arraignments,
or lamps
• Learn about safety, the environment, career choices, entrepreneur ideas, and ways to
help the community from a design perspective
Printed Materials:
• 4H1600 Design Decisions
Online Materials:
• 4H1610 Design Decisions CD
Suggested Age: 12 to 19 Year-Olds
