Clyde the Clown Coloring Contest

You could have won a $50 gift certificate to Toys 'R' Us

Clowns are often used in comics, illustrated texts and other visual aids to capture the attention of younger people - to educate them about important topics.

The good people at the North Carolina Department of Labor (Elevator and Amusement Device Bureau) had just such a scheme at work for their Rider Safety Campaign:

Enter the N.C. Department of Labor's Coloring Contest!
You could win a $50 gift certificate to Toys 'R' Us



The N.C. Department of Labor is sponsoring a coloring contest for kids in grades K-5 as part of a campaign to keep riders safe at local fairs.

How to enter:

Download a free copy of our coloring contest sheet here.
Color Clyde the Clown.
Mail your entry to the N.C. Department of Labor, Communications Office, 1101 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1101.
[(919) 807-2796 or 1-800-NCLABOR]
Entries will be accepted from August 15 through October 23.
Drawings will begin in September and continue through October.

Twelve lucky kids will win $50 gift certificates to Toys 'R' Us.

Winners will be contacted by phone, so be sure to include your contact information.

Winning names will also be posted on our Web site.

Download the Coloring Sheet

Though the contest is over I found it inspirational. I even found a whole rider safety clown coloring book here.

This is my evil clown drawing (see page 4):


Maybe it’s for the best that the contest is closed.

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According to an online children's survey, children who were asked which they trusted more, their parents or their computers, mostly voted for their computers.

- J. Healy, 1998. Failure to Connect: How Computers Affect Our Children's Minds - for Better and Worse.

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