Kids Alive! Christmas Card Competition 2024

Calling all young artists to take part in this year's Kids Alive! Christmas Card Competition.

Sharpen your pencils, uncap your pens and get designing because the Kids Alive! Christmas Card competition is back! Last year, more than 750 children and young people sent in their designs for a Christmas e-card.

The annual contest, now in its fourth year, invites young artists to design a Christmas card to be used in The Salvation Army’s collection on the e-card website Don't Send Me A Card. E-cards are an environmentally friendly way to send a greeting, so entering the competition is an ideal way to encourage people to think about caring for creation at Christmas.

The winning cards will be available to purchase and send, and the overall winner will be featured on the front cover of the 7 December issue of Kids Alive!, and receive a £100 voucher for The Entertainer toy shop. Vouchers are also awarded to the top three card designers in each age category.

Last year’s overall winner was Hadrian, 5, whose bright, bold and fabulously festive card design called for peace in the world. The runners-up were Laila, year 10, Zara, age 11, and Grace, year 7. The other winners included Shasmeen, 6, in the under-7s category, Anna, 9, in the 7–9 category, Beth, 11, in the 10–12 category and Fahmida, year 9, in the 13-plus category.

The different age categories for the competition are:

• Under-7s
• 7 to 9-year-olds
• 10 to 12-year-olds
• Over-12s

Winners will be selected from different age categories, all of which have the chance of 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes.

Do you know a young artist who would love to follow in their footsteps? If you’re a parent, corps leader, children’s worker or YP section leader, why not share this challenge with a young artist you know?