The Columbus Cardboard Challenge Rules
All images must be submitted via our Cardboard Challenge Facebook page, which is a public page located at http:/www.facebook.com/cardboardchallengecolumbusin.
Up to five jpg images may be uploaded. In addition to photos of the entry, one image should be of the individual child or group taken with your game.
Label each image with the applicant's or team's name. For example: Columbus Challengers-1, Columbus Challengers-2, Columbus Challengers-3.
Teams shall be composed of no more than six members. At least one must be a child, and one or more participants must live and/or work in Bartholomew County, Indiana. Children may participate as individuals, too.
The child or children must be in grades K-8 during the 2014-2015 school year.
The arcade game must be created mostly of some type of cardboard, which may include corrugated boxes and/or lighter weight material such as cereal cartons, shoeboxes, cardboard tubes, and paper cups.
The game must be easy to transport, and your creation must be no larger than a 36"x36" card table top or standard, folding table, which measures 30" x 6'. The IUCA+D will provide the longer tables for the final competition.
You may charge a small fee for playing your game, and we suggest that you donate all proceeds to an organization such as kidscommons, the Humane Society, or Big Brothers/Big Sisters.
Arcade games must be completed and posted on our Facebook page no later than October11th, which is the Global Cardboard Challenge International Day of Play sponsored by the parent organization, the Imagination Foundation. This is the date when kids all over the world will invite people to play their games.
Participants will be asked to download a form that asks for information such as first and last name of the child or those of all team members, an e-mail address, and a contact phone number. The form must be sent online with "Cardboard Challenge" in the subject line and mailed to questions@kidscommons.org at kidscommons.
How the Global Cardboard Challenge Began
This international project encourages children to become innovators and problem solvers as they use cardboard to create arcade games. Three years ago, Caine Monroy, a young Californian, inspired the project when he began making arcade games out of cardboard shipping containers that were delivered to his father's auto parts store.
A filmmaker named Nirvan Mullick, who walked in looking for an auto part, discovered the arcade, and Caine's imaginative play turned into more than he could possibly dream. Mullick made a documentary about Caine and his arcade, and the film and the young entrepreneur's creativity have since inspired millions of kids all over the world.
The international movement resulted in the Imagination Foundation, an organization that supports creativity and entrepreneurship and sponsors the Global Cardboard Challenge. To learn more about Caine's project, visit http://CainesArcade.com and http://vimeo.com/40000072. See the Global Cardboard Challenge Organizer Playbook at http://imagination.gopagoda.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2014-Global-Cardboard-Challenge-Organizer-Playbook-v1.pdf
Columbus Cardboard Challenge
Columbus, Indiana
The tenth Déjà Vu Art and Fine Craft Show, an annual event held in celebration of America Recycles Day, will be presented on Saturday, November 15th in Columbus, Indiana. In observance of the anniversary, special activities are planned, including one in which children are invited to participate in the Columbus version of the Global Cardboard Challenge, an event in which kids build arcade games from cardboard. Déjà Vu Art and Fine Craft Show is partnering with the Indiana University Center for Art and Design (IUCA+D), and kidscommons Children's Museum to sponsor the activity.
To participate, all entries must be submitted online and images uploaded to our Cardboard Challenge – Columbus, Indiana Facebook page by October 11th. See the Columbus Cardboard Challenge Rules, and download the application Card Challenge Application.doc. Enter the requested information, and mail the application with "Cardboard Challenge" in the subject line to questions@kidscommons.org at kidscommons Children's Museum. PLEASE NOTE: Be sure to upload your images on the Cardboard Challenge-Columbus, Indiana Facebook page.
From the online entries at our Facebook page, ten finalists or teams will be chosen to exhibit their work on Sunday, November 9th at the IU Center for Art + Design, which is located at 310 Jackson Street in downtown Columbus. There, the finalists will demonstrate their arcade games, and one individual or team will win a grand prize of a $100 pizza party at Puccini's in downtown Columbus. Also, the winning game will go on display Saturday, November 15th at the Déjà Vu Art and Fine Craft Show.
