What turns the Washington skyline blush pink every spring and turns 100 years old next month?
If you guessed cotton candy, you’re wrong, but we appreciate the way you think.
If you guessed the cherry blossom trees around the Tidal Basin, you’re brilliant.
The 100th anniversary of the planting of more than 3,000 cherry trees — given by Japan to the United States as a sign of friendship — will be celebrated with weeks of celebration when the buds begin appearing on the trees next month.
KidsPost wants to get our readers in on the celebration with an art contest.
Here’s what you need to do:
1 Create your vision of the cherry blossoms in a square that is 3.5 inches by 3.5 inches. Your work of art can use crayons, markers, paints, glitter, tissue paper, even flattened items from nature! It can show everything from an individual blossom to all 3,000 trees. Let your imagination run wild, and be guided not only by the beauty of the trees themselves but also by the friendship that inspired them.
2 Send your artwork to: KidsPost Cherry Blossoms, The Washington Post, 1150 15th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20071. You can also send scanned artwork via e-mail to kidspost@washpost.com. The contest is open to kids ages 4 to 14. All entries must include your name, age, address and phone number. Each entry must include a note from a parent or guardian giving you permission to enter the contest.
3 The deadline for all entries is 5 p.m. Tuesday, February 28. Winning entries will be pieced together to create an anniversary “quilt” that will be featured in KidsPost on March 18. If your entry is published, you will receive a KidsPost T-shirt.
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