THIS YEAR'S COMPETITION THEME IS MAGICAL CREATURES
Competitions are free to enter, you can see your entry displayed on Church Wind or in the church during the fayre, and you could win a prize! (Rosettes awarded to 1st, 2nd and 3rd place entries plus a small prize for 1st place).
Find your age group below and see which competitions you can enter. This year, we have included secondary school age pupils!
A—Children not yet at school
B—Reception to Year 2
C—Year 3 to Year 6
D—Secondary School
1. Colour the scene. To download your picture to colour please click here:
https://mondaymandala.com/wp-content/uploads/Unicorn-Portrait-Wearing-Pearls-Coloring-Page.pdf. or you can collect from Alne school/outside 5 Gale Road. (Age groups A and B)
2. Junk Model Dragon
Create a junk model dragon from items you find around your house. (Age groups B and C)
3. Mythical Creature
There are many mythical creatures from different cultures – dragons, mermaids, centaurs and ogres to name just a few. Use your imagination to create a totally new creature. Draw or paint your design, tell us what the creature is called and if it has any special traits (flying, breathing fire etc..) (Age groups B and C )
4. Fairy’ Cakes.
Bake and decorate some ‘Fairy’ cakes (cupcakes) using the recipe below or any other suitable recipe. Choose your best 4 to present on a plate and if you wish then decorate the plate too with a fairy theme! Adult help may be given with the baking element. Entries will be judged on appearance only. (Age Groups B, C and D)
This easy peasy Fairy cake recipe is perfect for baking with children
Ingredients
110g/4oz butter or margarine, softened at room temperature
110g/4oz caster sugar
2 free-range eggs, lightly beaten
1 tsp vanilla extract
110g/4oz self-raising flour
1-2 tbsp milk
For the icing
300g/10½oz icing sugar
2-3 tbsp water
2-3 drops food colouring
hundreds and thousands, or other cake decorations
Preparation method
1. Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4 and line 2 x 12-hole fairy cake tins with paper cases.
2. Cream the butter and sugar together in a bowl until pale. Beat in the eggs, a little at a time, and stir in the vanilla extract.
3. Fold in the flour using a large metal spoon. Add a little milk until the mixture is a soft dropping consistency and spoon the mixture into the paper cases until they are half full.
4. Bake in the oven for 8-10 minutes, or until golden-brown on top and a skewer inserted into one of the cakes comes out clean. Set aside to cool for 10 minutes, then remove from the tin and cool on a wire rack.
5. For the icing, sift the icing sugar into a large mixing bowl and stir in enough water to create a smooth mixture. Stir in the food colouring.
6. To ice the fairy cakes, drizzle the icing over the cakes, sprinkle with decorations and set aside until the icing hardens. less than 30 mins
preparation time
5. Short Story.
Use one of our story ideas to inspire a short story about mythical creatures. No more than 500 words—this can be hand-written or typed and will be judged on content and not on presentation.
Choose ONE of the following:
> A dragon discovers a new kind of fire magic
> A Cyclops has an injured eye
> A mermaid discovers a treasure that sank to the bottom of the sea.
(Age groups B, C and D)
IMPORTANT BITS - PLEASE READ
Entries should be brought to St Mary’s Church in Alne by Saturday 6th June, Alternatively, please take into school by Friday 5th.
All entries will be displayed on Church Wind/in the Church for the duration of the Street Fayre.
Please make sure your name, school year and competition category number are clearly marked on your entry.
The judge’s decision is final. Children’s entries should be all their own creation.
Prizes will be awarded on the day and can be collected from the Church at 4.30pm.
All entries should be collected from the Church between 4.30-5pm on the day of the Street Fayre.
The names of prize winners will be displayed on the Street Fayre website
If you have any queries about the competitions, please contact
Helen Dawson ([email protected], or call 838582).