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Senior · Grades 8–10
STEM String Art Challenge
Connect. Create. Innovate.
Entry limit: 1 team per school
What this event involves
Teams recreate a reference design by winding coloured woollen thread around pre-fixed pins on a pin board.
Precision, planning and patience turn simple thread into a finished piece.
The key facts
- Date
- Thursday, 3rd September 2026
- Time slot
- Slot 1 · 10:00 AM
- Studio
- Worduntangle
- Team
- 2 participants
- Duration
- 30 minutes
- Entry limit
- 1 team per school
What to bring or prepare
- Their own coloured woollen threads
Key rules
- 1Teams of 2 students; each team receives a reference image and a pin board.
- 2Pins must not be removed, bent or repositioned.
- 3One or several thread colours may be used; knots should be neat and secure.
- 4Threads may be adjusted during the allotted time; all work stops when time expires.
- 5Damaging the board or materials may result in penalties or disqualification.
Judges' decisions shall be final and binding. See general rules
Judging criteria
- Accuracy to reference image40
- Thread placement & pattern25
- Neatness & finish15
- Creativity & colour usage10
- Completion within time10
- Total100
Entering this event?
Each registration form covers up to three events. Entries close 29th August 2026.