Kids home today? Here’s Denverite’s Instant Art Contest For Kids

We asked kids if they’d make some artwork of Denver places today. They did!
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A Denverite Instant Art Contest For Kids entry from Katherine, age 9, Central Park.

UPDATE, 2:50 p.m. Friday: This morning, we asked kids if they wanted to make art of some Denver places. And they did! Kids rule!

Thank you so much for sharing your artwork! It brought smiles to the newsroom and we hope you had fun making it.

Here are a few entries we'd like to share with our readers:

A Denverite Instant Art Contest For Kids entry of Escuela Valdez from Canon, age 5, West Washington Park.
A Denverite Instant Art Contest For Kids entry of the City Park fountain from Vivian, age 8, Congress Park.
A Denverite Instant Art Contest For Kids entry of Empower Field from Smith, age 8, West Washington Park.

This note that came with the picture below delighted us: "Here is a picture that Summer, age 6, drew of Trevista Elementary in the Sunnyside neighborhood. We love our school! She also drew about 10 pictures of cats, not included. Thanks for the fun idea."

Thank YOU!

A Denverite Instant Art Contest For Kids entry of Trevista Elementary from Summer, age 6, Sunnyside.

And we said we'd pick a few to send stickers to -- it was difficult to choose! Here are our sticker winners!

A Denverite Instant Art Contest For Kids entry from Katherine, age 9, Central Park.
A Denverite Instant Art Contest For Kids entry of a nature path from Fern, age 4, West Colfax.
A Denverite Instant Art Contest For Kids entry from Olivia, age 6, Congress Park.

We got two different takes on Blucie.

A Denverite Instant Art Contest For Kids entry from Aspen, age 6, Broomfield.
A Denverite Instant Art Contest For Kids entry from Alistair, age 7, Central Park.

HUGE thank you to all of the kids who sent in art today, you really made our day.

Our initial call for entries continues below.


A lot of kids in Denver are out of school today. If you know kids who are without plans for the day, we figured they (and you) might be interested in The Denverite Instant Art Contest For Kids!

RULES:

Submit your entry by 2:30 p.m. Friday by emailing it to [email protected] with the artist's first name, age, neighborhood and a picture of their creation. This is open to school-age children.

Pick one of these Denver landmarks (or another one!) and draw it, paint it, make it with Play-Doh -- you choose! There are a lot of options here, depending on what art materials and ideas are currently inside your home and brain.

Our judges will select 5 winners Friday and we will send Denverite stickers to winners next week.

NOTE: Our judges, some of whom are parents, STRONGLY SUGGEST that children spend at least ONE HOUR on their artwork today. For art reasons.

Some suggestions to draw or paint! (But you can totally choose your own subject!)

Lakeside Amusement Park. (Erica Meltzer/Denverite)
"Mustang," the sculpture by Luis Jimenez known as "Blucifer," poses imposingly outside of Denver International Airport. Oct. 13, 2021.
Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite
"Gertie Gargoyle" perched atop South High School. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Museo de las Americas along Santa Fe Drive in West Denver on Thursday, July 15, 2021. (Hart Van Denburg/CPR News)
The Colorado Convention Center. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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