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_2
Author: DooDad
Votes: 4
Category: 9-12 - 2026
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Description: Disco Butterfly: Our sculpture, inspired by the Red-Spotted Purple butterfly native to Florida, represents the theme “Flying into the Future” by showing transformation and new possibilities. Butterflies symbolize growth, renewal, and forward movement, and we wanted to express those ideas using materials that had reached the end of their original purpose. By breaking and reshaping more than eighty discarded CDs, we turned obsolete objects into something bright, hopeful, and full of motion. The reflective surfaces of the CDs echo the idea of looking forward; catching light, shifting colors, and reminding us that the future can be built from what we already have. Working with unconventional materials has changed the way we think about the environment and the role of art in sustainability. We realized that items often considered “trash” can still have beauty, value, and purpose. Making this sculpture taught us that innovation—like the future—comes from seeing old things in new ways. Our butterfly is not just a symbol of flight, but of the possibility of rising into a better, more mindful future.