Following previous themes of aliens, sea creatures and bugs, this year the childcare insurance specialist worked in association with the Dinosaur Society to invite children to design their own dinosaur.
The competition was open to all early years and childcare settings, with entries split into three age-related categories: under-fives, five-to-seven years and eight-to-11 years.
Nursery World editor Liz Roberts joined the judging panel to help select just three winners from more than 1,500 entries:
The under-fives category was won by three-year-old Isabelle Cooper from Richmond Pre-School, Benfleet, in Essex, for her drawing of a sleeping dinosaur.
Ruby Stanley Cardy, aged seven, from Stepgates Community School in Chertsey, Surrey, won the five-to-seven group with her fearsome-looking dinosaur.
The winner of the oldest category - eight-to-11 - was 11-year-old Sofia Streltsova from Larmenier & Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, in West London, who created a Dragonasouras.
Prizes for the winning entries and their settings included replica dinosaur skulls, a box of bones, large dinosaur toys, dinosaur banners and a T-Rex Skull Dino Excavation Kit. They were supplied by TTS, Eduzone and Morton Michel.
Every child that entered the competition also received a set of Morton Michel pencils with a sharpener lid as a prize for taking part.
- More information and full list of winners and runners up at https://www.mortonmichel.com/childcareclub/designcompetition14/winners.asp