Christmas Card Competition
Let's make some Christmas Cards!
Students grades K-5 are welcome to submit Christmas card designs, and the winning design will be used for the official City of Madison's Christmas Card this year!
The mayor will choose and announce the winning design at our Light Up Madison event on November 29 at 6 PM. We will inform the school and parents of the designer ahead of time so the child and their family can be present for the ceremony with the mayor and Santa himself!
We invite every K-5 student to submit a design, and we can't wait to see all the creative work that will come in!
Christmas Card Competition Rules:
- Artwork should be festive (holiday-themed!), original, and made by the student.
- Designs should be created on one side of a regular 8.5x11-inch piece of paper.
- All submissions must have an entry form taped to the back of the artwork. The entry form is attached below. Use the one on the left if submitting as part of a classroom project and the one on the right if the student is submitting on their own.
- You may decorate cards in any way; however, we recommend using paint, markers, pencils, ink, pastels, and crayons because they must remain two-dimensional (2D) so they are flat for printing replication! We want to make sure everyone gets to enjoy the card :)
- *Note that this means no puffy stickers, puffy paint, beads, glitter or other texture-adding materials may be used.
- Entries are due to the Mayor's Office by November 15 for consideration in the contest.
The mayor will choose and announce the winning design at our annual Light Up Madison event at the Broadway Fountain on November 29 at 6 PM. We will inform the school/parents of the designer ahead of time so the student and their loved ones can be present for the ceremony with the mayor and Santa himself!
The selected student will also receive 10 blank cards with their design printed on the front.