Fancy getting creative? Design CELCIS’s 2026 Christmas Card

We're asking school-aged children and young people in Scotland with care experience, and who love to be creative, to come up with a festive design for CELCIS’s 2026 Christmas card.

We love to see of lots of colour, a vivid imagination, and of course, originality. The chosen design will feature on our Christmas e-card - to be sent out by e(lf)mail throughout the UK and abroad.

Keep your eyes on the prize

The winning designer will get a £50 One4All gift voucher. There will also be five runner-up prizes of £25 vouchers.

What you need to know

There are a few things you'll need to be aware of when designing your card:

• The design should have a festive theme

• The design will be reproduced electronically so materials such as cotton wool or glitter should be avoided

• All entries must be scanned or photographed, and emailed to us

• Designs should be original - please avoid the use of stencils and stamps

• The e-card will be produced in full colour, so designs can be as colourful as you like

• Don't worry about a message inside - we only need the picture

• We won’t be able to reproduce cartoon characters because of copyright issues

• All entrants must be of school age (under 18 years old)

Closing date

Your entry should be with us by Monday 7 December 2026.

Selecting the winning design

CELCIS staff members will vote on their favourite designs. The winner and runners-up from the competition will have their designs published on the CELCIS website.

How to send in your entries

All online entries should be scanned or photographed and emailed to celcis.comms@strath.ac.uk by the closing date.

All entries should have a completed entry form attached.

Tree-mendous good luck!

So what are you waiting for? There’s snow time like the present – go get crazy with the crayons or party with the paint!

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