How to enter our 2024 Children’s Christmas Card Competition

At Coast and Country Cottages, we’re thrilled to announce the return of our annual art competition, giving children throughout South Devon the opportunity to design our 2024 Christmas card.

One lucky winner of the competition will receive art supplies worth £50 and a batch of Christmas cards featuring their unique design. But that’s not all! The winner’s school or setting will also receive £200 to boost their art department.

This year, in celebration of the RNLI’s 200th anniversary, we would like to invite you to get involved and design something festive with a ‘safety at sea’ twist!

How to Enter the Competition

The winning Christmas card from our 2023 competition

Entering is a breeze and the rules are simple:

• The competition is open to any child up to and including the age of 11.
• The entry needs to be completed on the downloadable entry form.
• It must be landscape, and be as bright, colourful and eye catching as possible!
• Please do not stick anything on to the entry.
• Please include your name, age and school on your entry form.

All entries need to be submitted via email by 25th October 2024 at the latest, in time for judging. The winner will be chosen and advised early in November.

Please email your entries or any queries to: victoria.rogers@sykescottages.co.uk.

Competition Theme

In celebration of their 200th anniversary, we would love it if you could think about the RNLI as a theme, and create a card design that not only depicts Christmas and the local area, but also celebrates their tireless work, keeping people safe on our beautiful coastline.

Why not draw your local lifeboat with twinkling lights and a Christmas tree in the background? Or perhaps show RNLI volunteers in festive hats singing carols… be as creative as you wish!

Additional Information

Please hold on to your original creation. In the event you win, we might require the original artwork to print our Christmas cards.

The winning entry will feature the artist’s name, age, and their school on the Christmas card. We will also announce the winner on our social media platforms and in local press. It’s crucial that entrants obtain parental/guardian consent for this. If consent isn’t granted, please indicate this where the child writes their name on the entry form.

Click here to download your entry form.

We can’t wait to see your entries!