A perennial favorite with Cloverbuds in Cuyahoga County is the “Produce Handling Game.” It helps young members learn to identify fruits and vegetables, using 
only the sense of touch (and possibly smell). They can also imagine themselves as working in the produce department of a local grocery. If the right mix of produce is used, it can also teach members which vegetables come from roots, stems, leaves, or are fruits of plants.
Items Needed:
- 1 recycled copy paper or printer paper box with detachable lid (the kind that holds about 10 reams).
- pictures of fruits and vegetables from magazines, garden catalogues, etc.
- small piece of felt or other cloth
- variety of vegetables and fruits from garden or store (onions and ripe tomatoes not recommended!)
Instructions:
- Cut out pictures of vegetables and fruits, and glue to outside of box to decorate.
- Cut small window (about 6 x 8 in) in one side of box. Glue or staple cloth over window like a curtain, so players can’t see inside.
- Put produce in box where players can’t see what goes in. A good mix would be things like bell pepper, sweet potato, carrot, celery stalk, leaf lettuce bunch, lemon or lime, kiwi fruit.
- Players take turns reaching inside (no peeking!) and guessing one or more vegetables or fruits that are inside, using only sense of touch, feeling shapes and textures of items inside. Players can whisper their guess to game moderator so a not to “spoil” turn of next player.
- After everyone has had a chance to guess, take lid off and reveal what is inside.
Reprinted from Ohio 4-H Cloverbud Connections – Spring 2004. Authored by Greg Seik, Former 4-H Youth Development Educator, Ohio State University Extension, Cuyahoga County, Ohio