Children's competition turns art into tasty treats

Youngsters were invited to submit drawings and paintings on the theme of the busy bee for a competition held by the Littlehampton Bakery, in Surrey Street.

The entries were judged by children’s author Adrian Bishop, who picked the winning designs.

In the end, the overall winner was Lana Collter, 11, whose design was turned into a biscuit by Mark Briggs.

Xander Thornett, four, and Emily Hunt, nine, were picked as runners up.

John Durrant, owner of Littlehampton Bakery, said he wanted to hold the competition to get children doing ‘something constructive’.

He said: “The reaction was good from the parents.

“I thought it was something a bit different to do and a chance to give something back because we have a lot of parents come into the bakery with their children.

“I thought it was a good idea for the kids to do something constructive rather than just sit down on the Xbox.

“The parents liked it because they were keen for their children to do some painting.”

As overall winner, Lana Collter received an arts set, an easel and a ten-ride ticket at Littlehampton Harbour Park, while the runners up also won prizes. It was the first time Littlehampton Bakery held the competition.

The winner and runners up were picked and presented with their prizes last month.