Junior Grange Projects
Sticker Design Project
Deadline: September 1
Commerative Star Sticker
This year is our nation's 250th birthday. To celebrate, we want you to create a commemorative star that can be made into a sticker. Use the attached empty star as a template or design on the computer/phone with our Canva template.
Project Sustenance Sticker
In an effort to create more awareness about the Project Sustenance Program, we would like you to design a sticker, through hand drawing or computer graphics programs like Canva, that highlights one of the core pillars of Project Sustenance.
NOTE: If using Canva, please use original designs only, not ‘precrafted’ designs/templates. Elements from Canva’s element gallery are permitted. Be creative and use your own photos, drawings, etc.
For complete details on this program, please view the 2026 Junior Grange Program Guide.
Historical Craftsmanship Project
Deadline: September 1
In an effort to combine our country's 250th anniversary and discussion about how documents like the Declaration of Independence were written (by hand), this year we are opening a craft to create a feather quill, followed by a learning contest regarding Calligraphy. Did you know Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence but Timothy Matlock’s handwriting is what we see on the document? Penmanship was just as important today as it was in 1776. Following building your feather pen, you are encouraged to learn a bit about calligraphy. Leaders, older Juniors, parents and guardians should also read a few sentences or a section of the Declaration of Independence to younger Juniors.
For complete details on this program, please view the 2026 Junior Grange Program Guide.
Creative Art Projects
Deadline: September 1
THEME: Energy through Wind
The National Junior Grange is working to help bring awareness to Agriculture and how wind can be used to generate energy.
With this year’s creative art project, we want you to create a piece of art where you use your imagination and your creativity to create a wind sock or a recycled material windchime.
Inspired by Oklahoma’s wide plains, wind energy, and lessons learned from the Dust Bowl, Juniors will create a wind chime and/or wind sock using recycled or reused materials.
This project connects creativity with environmental awareness and shows how caring for our resources helps power our future.
For complete details on this program, please view the 2026 Junior Grange Program Guide.
Agricultural Awareness Project
Deadline: September 1
THEME: The Dust Bowl & Caring for the Land
Long ago, parts of Oklahoma and the Great Plains went through a time called the Dust Bowl. Strong winds, dry weather, and poor farming practices caused soil to blow away. Crops failed, and families struggled.
Farmers learned important lessons from this time. Today, they use better methods to protect the soil so plants can grow and food can be produced for the future.
In this project, you will learn how caring for the land helps plants grow and why agriculture is important to everyone.
When farmers care for the soil, they protect food, land, and communities. By learning from the Dust Bowl, we can make better choices for the future.
By completing this project, you are learning how agriculture helps feed families and how caring for the land helps power our future.
For complete details on this program, please view the 2026 Junior Grange Program Guide.
Design a Home Garden Project
Deadline: September 1
Gardens can be big or small. Even a single plant can teach us responsibility, patience, and how food and flowers grow. When we care for plants, we are caring for the land and learning how agriculture supports families and communities.
This project allows you to grow a garden at your own home, using the space and materials you have available.
Your Challenge
You will plan, plant, and care for a garden at home. Your garden can be:
- in the ground
- in raised garden boxes
- in containers, pots, or buckets
- indoors or outdoors
For complete details on this program, please view the 2026 Junior Grange Program Guide.
Deaf/Hard of Hearing Awareness
Deadline: September 1
Your Grange/Junior Grange will have the opportunity to choose one or more of the following events to support the Deaf community and serve as a committee to help bring awareness to Deaf culture within your own communities.
You may work together with your Community and/or Junior Grange to host one of the following events. The Grange Foundation has a Deaf Awareness Grant that this project will qualify you for, go to https://grangefoundation.org/deaf-awareness-grant-program/. Deadline is May 1st for submissions.
For complete details on this program, please view the 2026 Junior Grange Program Guide.