Storytimes:

• 2 pm

• 4 pm

Lansing Pride will be offering free books to the first 40 children who attend each session. Sessions will commence with photo opportunities, dancing and a “meet and greet” with our Drag Artists!

• Bounce House

• Waverly Robotics Team

  • Robot demonstration and information

• Lansing Police Department 

  • Offering children’s safety and anti-bullying enrichment 

•  Zap Zone

  • Athletic activities with special guest: ZZ the Robot

• Free Face Painting 

• Chalk Art Area

• Big Bubbles Activity

• Balloon Animals

• Preuss Pets Lizard Exhibit

  • Weather Permitting

Athletic activities provided by Zap Zone

Overview

Calling all young artists! Show off your creativity in the Lansing Pride Youth Sticker Competition! Students from elementary, middle, and high school can submit their designs for a chance to have their artwork featured and win exciting prizes.

Eligibility

• Open to students in three categories:

  • Elementary School (Grades K-5)

  • Middle School (Grades 6-8)

  • High School (Grades 9-12)

• Participants must reside in or attend school in the greater Lansing, MI area.

Submission Guidelines

• Theme: Stickers should reflect themes of pride, inclusion, and celebration.

• Size: Designs should fit within a 2X2 inch circle format.

• Medium: Digital and hand-drawn designs are accepted. Hand-drawn designs should be scanned or photographed in high quality.

  • Unless submitted during the 2025 Lansing Pride Festival, where submissions will be submitted onsite.

• Originality: Designs must be original and not contain copyrighted material.

• Entry Limit: Each participant may submit one design.

Submission Period

• Begins: June 28, 2025, during Lansing Pride.

• Deadline: July 31, 2025, at 11:59 PM EST.

• Submission at Lansing Pride can be done onsite

• Submissions after the Festival must be sent via the submission form on the Lansing Pride website.

Judging & Voting Process

1. Initial Selection: A panel of judges will select the top 10 designs from each category based on creativity, originality, and theme relevance.

2. Community Voting: The top 10 designs per category will be posted on [social media platform] for public voting from August 5 - August 19, 2025.

3. Winners: The top 2 designs in each category with the most votes will be declared winners.

Prizes

• Winning stickers will be professionally printed and distributed.

• Winners will receive a prize package and their designs will be featured on social media prior to the release of the stickers

Additional Rules

• By submitting an entry, participants agree to allow Lansing Pride to use their designs for promotional purposes.

• Offensive or inappropriate content will be disqualified.

• Lansing Pride reserves the right to adjust rules, deadlines, or processes if necessary.

For questions or submissions, contact: hello@lansingpride.org

Let your creativity shine—good luck! 🌈✨

• Children should be accompanied by an adult at all times while in the Children’s Area.

• No alcohol or substances allowed within the Children’s Area.

• Children’s Area is not a dedicated child care space, please do not utilize this area as such.

• Participants engage in the Children’s Area activities at their own risk.