The Festive Card Competition

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 8,500 entries from the UK alone! 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 2nd November and 5pm (GMT) on Friday 20th 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 age group as a winner, plus a winner from the school staff category.

All winning children will receive:

• 50 printed copies of their card
• A £20 Amazon voucher
• A 2Simple goody bag

The winning staff member will receive:

• 50 printed copies of their card
• A £20 2Simple Shop voucher
• A goody bag

There will also be goody bags for runners up!

How it works

Participating in this holly jolly competition is as easy! 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 their age category. Entrants can begin their designs whenever they choose, but Display Boards will only be open for submissions from 2nd-20th November.

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

There are five categories:

• 5 and under
• 8 and under
• 12 and under
• 13 and over
• School staff

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, we're hosting a special Live Lesson on Monday 9th November where children will learn more about 2Paint a Picture and get inspiration for their card designs.

If you can't make the Live Lesson, it will be recorded and added to our YouTube channel to watch at a time convenient to you.

When to submit entries

The competition is open from 2nd November and will run until 5pm GMT on Friday 20th November.

This allows us time to get all prizes delivered to the winning pupils before the December holidays begin in the UK. However, as a global competition, any pupil worldwide has the chance to share with us what the festive season means to them.

How to enter

The Festive Card Competition area in Purple Mash is where you'll find all the information you need, including:

• Competition Overview
• Terms and Conditions
• Parent Letter
• Poster
• Participation Certificate

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 2nd-20th of November 2026. Entrants can start designing before this date, but Display Boards will not be open for submissions until 9am (GMT) 2nd November.
• Entries submitted after 5pm (GMT) 20th November will not be entered into the competition.
• Judging will commence on 23rd November.
• Winners will be announced shortly after the judging.
• The judges' decision is final and we will have 1 overall winner, plus 2 runners up, in each category.
• Winners and runners up will be contacted as soon as possible after the judging has been completed.