Explore Beaumont - Over the extended Holiday break, school aged kids can become bored. If you a parent, you already know that, right?
After the gifts have been opened, the treats and festive meals consumed, and some of the toys and video games have been played, there's usually the dreaded chorus of 'We're Bored' coming from kids' mouths.
We here at Explore Beaumont thought it would be a fun idea to help get rid of those doldrums while at the same time allowing our kids to show pride in their community.
The result?
Our 'Kids Draw Beaumont' contest!
We were very happy to see the connection this made to a lot of the kids in the community, and some of the artwork was truly great!
We gave out prizes to our 'winner' (done through a random draw) and also nice participation gifts to everyone who took the time and energy to participate.
But we were more than pleased when we were approcahed by Emily at Postmedia to do an interview about the contest, Explore Beaumont, and the great young artists we have in our city.
It gave us all the warm fuzzies - and made our winners into local celebrities with their pictures in the paper!
You can find the article here:
Explore Beaumont connects with kids through colouring contest
Can't wait to have more contests and fun events soon!