The Festive Card Competition: Now Open!

What is the Purple Mash Festive Card Competition?

Every year, we ask children to submit their own designs about what this time of year means to them, using the Purple Mash paint tool 2Paint a Picture.

The competition is going from strength to strength and last year we received over 10,000 entries from all around the globe! Can you help us get even more this year? There’s only one way to find out, and that’s by submitting your own design to us between 9am Monday 3rd November and 5pm (AEDT) on Friday 21st of November.

What can be won in the Festive Card Competition?

We've got prizes so fabulous that even the Grinch himself would crack a smile. We’ll choose our favourite design from each category as a winner, including a winner from the school staff category.

All winners will receive:

• 10 printed copies of their card
• A $20 Amazon voucher

How it works

Participating in this holly jolly competition is as easy as icing a gingerbread biscuit! It's open to all primary school children as well as school members of staff. All they need to enter is a flair for design and a Purple Mash account.

To enter, children and staff simply design their own festive card using Purple Mash tool 2Paint a Picture and submit it to the digital Display Board for the appropriate category. Entrants can begin their designs whenever they choose, but Display Boards will only be open for submissions from 3rd-21st November.

At the end of the competition, our favourite design from each category wins. It’s 2Simple!

There are two student categories:

• Kinder - Year 2
• Year 3 - Year 6

There will also be a 'School Staff' category for members of staff to submit their designs.

2Paint a Picture features 17 distinct art tools, each allowing children to explore different techniques and styles, providing almost endless possibilities for festive card designs.

This year, our team in the UK are hosting a special Live Lesson where children will learn more about 2Paint a Picture and get inspiration for their card designs. Register via the link for access to the recording.

When to submit entries

Although entrants can start designing their cards now, the competition is not open until 3rd November and will run until 5pm AEDT on Friday 21st November.

This allows us time to get all prizes delivered to the winning students before the Summer holidays begin in Australia.

How to enter

The Festive Card Competition section of Purple Mash is where you'll find all the information you need, including a competition overview with the small details, terms and conditions, and other pieces of information that don’t make a very interesting blog post! This section will be updated with all the information for this year's competition soon.

We find that setting the competition as a 2Do for children to complete works well. Once children or staff have completed their design, they just need to click share and select the festive card Display Board for their age group. It’s as simple as that.

A little inspiration

Need some inspiration to get those festive creative juices flowing? Take a look at the winning entries from last year.

Important Information

• The competition is open from the 3rd-21st of November 2025. Entrants can start designing before this date, but Display Boards will not be open for submissions until 3rd November.
• Entries submitted after 5 pm AEDT 21st November will not be entered into the competition.
• Judging will commence on 24th November.
• Winners will be announced shortly after the judging.
• The judges' decision is final and we will have 1 overall winner, plus 1 runners up, in each category.
• Winners and runners up will be contacted as soon as possible after the judging has been completed.