Keiki can create ornament, win cash
Kids, help us trim our pages with the holiday spirit. It’s time for our annual Keiki Kalikimaka drawing contest. Design an ornament and you’ll have a chance at our prizes of $100, $75 and $25 cash. A daily finalist is printed on Page 1 of the features section.
On Christmas Eve we’ll run all 29 finalists and announce the randomly chosen winners. The contest is open to kids up to age 12.
All entries must be between 5 and 8 inches wide. No 3-D entries (don’t glue on any objects). We must receive your drawing in the mail — no faxes or emails. Ornaments cannot be returned. Attach the entry form here. The last day to enter is Dec. 9.
Celebrate holidays at Fairmont Kea Lani
The Fairmont Kea Lani in Wailea, Maui, is offering several holiday events to make the season festive.
First, there’s a tree-lighting ceremony featuring 23,000 lights on the hotel’s 25-foot tree in the lobby at 5 p.m. Friday. There will be Hawaiian music, hula, holiday treats and refreshments.
Santa will arrive on Polo Beach via outrigger canoe, as he has for the past 10 years, at noon on Christmas Eve. He’ll bring Mrs. Claus and elves to spread holiday cheer, and will pose for photos with keiki.
Both events are free.
The hotel will host special holiday buffets on Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve.
Call 875-2290 or email concierge.kealani@fairmont.com for more information, or visit www.fairmont.com/kealani and click on “2011 Holiday Celebrations.”
Toyota contest seeks kids’ dream cars
Student artists ages 15 years and younger are invited to summon their imagination and creativity for Toyota’s sixth annual dream car art contest.
Kids can hand-draw their dream car to enter into the contest, which runs Friday to Jan. 31.
Entry forms can be found in the Cars section of the Honolulu Star-Advertiser on Friday and Dec. 9, as well as at Toyota Hawaii dealers.
There are three age categories: under 10 years old, 10 to 12 years old and 13 to 15 years old. The panel of judges will include Evan Tottori, Art in Public Places artist in residence resource teacher; Academy Art Center at Linekona Director Vince Hazen; KHON2’s Olena Heu; and Glenn Inouye, senior vice president of Toyota Hawaii.
“This is a chance for Hawaii students to be as imaginative as they can be in coming up with a dream car idea,” Inouye said. “Last year’s international winners were incredibly creative, and I know Hawaii students can definitely compete on this level.”
Last year’s winners sketched a car that turned into a handbag via remote control, submitted by 7-year-old Kata Szonja Szollosi from Hungary, and a “world saver car” that transformed pollution into clean air, created by 13-year-old Pipat Tunkrathok from Thailand.
Kids are allowed to use color pencils, crayons, paint or any medium on paper measuring up to 11 by 17 inches. Digital work is not accepted.
Judges will choose 15 finalists in February, who will each receive a $100 U.S. Savings Bond and be entered into the international competition. If chosen as finalists in the world competition, students will receive an all-expenses-paid trip to Japan for the final awards judging in August.
Entries can be dropped off at any Toyota dealership in the state or mailed to Toyota Dream Car Art Contest c/o Toyota Hawaii, P.O. Box 2788, Honolulu, HI 96803-2788.
Call 564-2356 with any questions. Entry forms and contest information are available at www.toyotahawaii.com.
