Last month’s coloring-contest judges were a bunch of lucky ducks. They got to peruse more than 70 wacky, wonderful creations from young artists, including a rapping duck, a mathematician named McQuack and duckling royalty. Some kids created whole narratives around their waterfowl — an anxious duck just trying to make it through kindergarten and a bird who got lost while hunting for Easter eggs. Keep the creativity coming, and congratulations to all the winners!

Tilly Josephine Veysey, 5 Irasburg

“The Dancing Duckling”

Sophia Van Zyl, 7 Addison

“Learning to Fly”

Charlotte Moriarty, 12 Jericho

“When Bunnies Lay Eggs on Easter”

Honorable Mentions

  • Maxwell McCalla, 10, Rutland
  • Lilliana Jade Avila, 8, Barre
  • Sidney Harris, 5, Montpelier
  • Maria “Fern” Murphy, 9, Plattsburgh, N.Y.
  • Elliott Supley, 7, Peru, N.Y.
  • Maria Bush, 4, Hinesburg
  • Rebecca Moriarty, 12, Jericho
  • Grace Casey, 8, Waterbury
  • Kai Alberts, 5, Jericho
  • Emelia McCalla, 10, Rutland
  • Esabella Amoah, 8, South Burlington
  • Gavin Sullivan, 5, Chittenden

Top Titles

  • “If Ducks Were Cool Kids,” James Ripley, 9, Jeffersonville
  • “Polka Duck,” Alison Brown, 6, Monkton
  • “Anxious to Get Through Kindergarten,” Tatiana Riba Byam, 10, Burlington

This article was originally published in Seven Days’ monthly parenting magazine, Kids VT.

This article appears in The Baby & Maternity Issue 2015.