2026 Gallery & Competition

Welcome to the 2026 DooDad Sculpture Competition!

The competition portion of the 2025 Repurposed DooDad Sculpture Competition has officially concluded, and we are incredibly grateful to the students, teachers, families, and schools who brought this year’s theme to life with such imagination and ingenuity.

From inventive uses of obsolete objects to thoughtful interpretations of “Florida, Flying into the Future,” the sculptures submitted this year demonstrated the creativity, humor, and environmental awareness that make the DooDad Competition so special.

Judging and People’s Choice Voting has completed! 🎉

While the judging is complete, the celebration continues! Many of this year’s sculptures are now being featured in exhibitions throughout the Tampa Bay area.  

Thank you to every student artist who participated and to the educators who encouraged their creativity!

👉 Click Here to view  the Award-Winning Sculptures

Click HERE to return to the Gallery Home!

Contest is finished!
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Title: 9-12_6
Author: DooDad
Votes: 38
Category: 9-12 - 2026
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Description: HALF REMEMBERED, HALF IMAGINED: Our project, Half Remembered, Half Imagined, fits perfectly into the theme of Florida Flying into the Future. Throughout history, humanity has evolved through imagination and innovation. One half represents our past early tools, ideas and lessons learned through trial and error. It reminds us of how far we’ve come. Looking back gives us perspective and helps us understand progress. The other half looks ahead, symbolizing possibility, responsibility, and what we choose to build next. True progress doesn’t come from forgetting the past, but from understanding it. By learning from where we’ve been, we gain the insight needed to shape better ideas, make wiser choices, and move forward with purpose. Using unconventional materials made us more aware of how creative choices impact the environment. It showed us that true progress doesn’t come from constant consumption or forgetting the past, but from rethinking how we reuse, repurpose, and learn from what already exists. By understanding where we’ve been, we can create more thoughtfully and move forward with purpose.