It can be difficult to find an idea for a childrenâEUR(TM)s competition that not only crosses all age groups but also has enough excitement to it to keep the kids interested. Some kids have only a really short attention span and need an activity that gives a reward very quickly, for example a competition along the lines of who can grow the tallest sunflower would see many kids forgetting about the competition, leaving it in the hands of their parents. Asking a child to design their own t-shirt is asking them to use their imagination, stimulating their creativity and giving them the opportunity to create something unique. If you are thinking of running such a competition then gildan t shirts are the perfect shirts to use for the project.
Let Them Go Wild
Set them up with all of the materials that they need and watch how it sparks their imagination. Craft materials for this kind of project can be really quite cheap, and they can go to town on their design with glitter, feathers, pens and whatever else they can lay their hands on. If you are running the competition in a building that prohibits the use of items like glitter (some do) just make sure that you are well stocked with fabric pens in a range of colours. Colouring competitions rarely grab the attention of different age groups, but when children are asked to draw on something different, especially a material that they know they are not usually allowed to draw on like clothing, well it really does manage to suck them in to competing.
Prizes For All
One of the best aspects of this type of competition is that everyone gets a prize, whether they win or lose the overall competition in their age group sector, they still get to leave with their designer t-shirt which was previously just one of a batch of plain gildan t shirts. In order to keep images of the shirts for judging, after all not all of the children are going to be able to stay throughout the whole of the event that is running alongside your competition simply take a picture of their design with an instant camera or even a mobile phone, so that you have an image of each and every design that has been created. With each child getting to keep their design the overall winners could have their winning design professionally printed, or they could win craft prizes or book tokens, depending on what your budget will allow.
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Let Them Go Wild
Set them up with all of the materials that they need and watch how it sparks their imagination. Craft materials for this kind of project can be really quite cheap, and they can go to town on their design with glitter, feathers, pens and whatever else they can lay their hands on. If you are running the competition in a building that prohibits the use of items like glitter (some do) just make sure that you are well stocked with fabric pens in a range of colours. Colouring competitions rarely grab the attention of different age groups, but when children are asked to draw on something different, especially a material that they know they are not usually allowed to draw on like clothing, well it really does manage to suck them in to competing.
Prizes For All
One of the best aspects of this type of competition is that everyone gets a prize, whether they win or lose the overall competition in their age group sector, they still get to leave with their designer t-shirt which was previously just one of a batch of plain gildan t shirts. In order to keep images of the shirts for judging, after all not all of the children are going to be able to stay throughout the whole of the event that is running alongside your competition simply take a picture of their design with an instant camera or even a mobile phone, so that you have an image of each and every design that has been created. With each child getting to keep their design the overall winners could have their winning design professionally printed, or they could win craft prizes or book tokens, depending on what your budget will allow.
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