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Congratulations
to all the amazing budding young toy designers who entered the Amazing
Kids! Plush Toy Design Contest 2003!
Wow!
We received so many incredible entries! You can all be very
proud of yourselves! The competition was very strong and the judges
had a very hard time choosing the final winning designs. We wish
we could give prizes to everyone who entered!
Below
is the list of names of the winners and their amazing designs.
Contest
Winners
Click
on each thumbnail picture below to see a larger picture of each winning
design! Enjoy!
Age categories:
5-6: “Emotion, Today I Feel,” by Shaena Dansie; Utah
7-8: “ Fancy Cat,” by Eva Mancarella; New York
9-10: “ Patches the Pouch,” by Annie Burbach; Iowa
11-12: “Faces” by Chrystal Phipps; New York
13-14: “Freedom, the Service Dog,” by Laura Beth Collins; Nova Scotia,
Canada
15-16: “Uncle Sam,“ by Hayley Mitchell; Northhamptonshire, England
17-18: “Cashew, a child’s guide to early journaling,“ by Anna L. Bosch;
Wisconsin
All
winners will receive a big box stuffed full of Beanie Babies, Beanie
Buddies, and Teenie Beanie Boppers!!! Congratulations to all!!!
Grand prize winner:
 “Picture
Pal” and  “Tender
Teddy,”
both
designs by Michala Mesler, age 11, Alabama
Michala
will receive a big box full of Beanies (including a large and extra large
Shamrock), a $1,000 scholarship and will be mentored in toy design by the
vice president of Ty Inc.'s Creative department for an entire year!
Congratulations, Michala!!!
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Sponsors:
A big heartfelt thank
you! goes to our "prize" sponsor, Ty,
Inc.
 Founded
in 1986 by Ty Warner, creator of the wildly popular Beanie Babies®,
Ty (www.ty.com)
is
the leader in plush toys. In addition to PunkiesTM,
PluffiesTM, Teenie
Beanie BoppersTM and
Beanie Babies®, the company's product line includes: Beanie
KidsTM, Beanie BuddiesTM,
Attic TreasuresTM,
ClassicTM, Baby TyTM
and Beanie BoppersTM.
The red Ty heart logo®, recognized around the world, can
be found on all Ty products available at finer specialty gift retailers.
You can visit Ty on the Internet at http://www.ty.com.
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Remember kids:
"If Nellie
Bly could do it, then so can you!"
Other
Amazing Kids! Contests
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Contests page
often for the latest Amazing Kids! Contest information.
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Kids! Educational Programs
For more information
about
Amazing Kids! programs, please
contact:
us at: info@amazing-kids.org
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