I just overheard a young couple outside my office window: “… a four day break from school next week?? What the hell are we going to do??” My sentiments exactly. So just in time for a rainy Thanksgiving break, we are launching a kids coloring contest.

We’ve been living and working in Bernal for the better part of eight years years, and our firm has worked with many neighbors to enlarge, modify, or otherwise update their home-sweet-homes. Recently, we repurposed various drawings from neighborhood projects to create a snappy little kids coloring book.

To raise the game over the Thanksgiving break, we are holding a Bernal Kids Coloring Contest. If you’d like to participate, here are the rules:

Official Bernal Heights Architectural Coloring Contest Rules:

Download the coloring book (link not currently available).
Print out the coloring book on a computer printer
Pick your favorite house(s), and color, inside or outside the lines.
On the back, write down the name and age of the person who did the coloring. Provide a way for us to reach you. (No carrier pigeons, please.)
Turn your kids’ masterpieces in at our office mail box (301 Bocana @ Cortland) no later than Monday, November 28th. We’ll hang them in our window.
Judging:
Drawings will be judged by a highly decorated and independent panel of judges based on age groups (0-3, 4-6, 7-10, 11-105) based on GENERAL LEVEL OF ARTISTIC MERIT.

Prizes:

Every entrant will receive a prize which will range from a piece of local chert all the way to a pony. Just kidding about the pony– its really all about participating right?

Questions? Need crayons?– call or visit us and we’ll hook you up.

The Winners

The moment you have all been waiting for! And the winners are…
Ages 0-3:
1st Place – Sebastian
2nd Place – Elsa
3rd Place – Adelaide
 

 
Ages 4-6:
1st Place – David
2nd Place – Soren
3rd Place – Miel
Honorable Mentions – Vivian, Leslie
 

 
Ages 7-10:
1st Place – Martin
2nd Place – Luc
 

 
Ages 11-105:
1st Place – Sophie
2nd Place – Todd
 

 

Big thanks to all who entered – Bernal Heights has never looked so colorful!