Hundreds of children of all ages were recognised for their creations in this year's Young Seasiders competition.

Their artwork entitled Images Around Our Colourful World are currently adorning the walls and stands of the Grundy Art Gallery, Queen Street, for the public to view.

The annual competition, sponsored by The Gazette and Domino's Pizza, attracted thousands of entries from schools across Blackpool and the Fylde coast.

The Gazette Trophy for group work was won by St John Vianney RC Primary School. They depicted faces using stockings and coat hangers in a moving work of art as it rotated on a bicycle wheel, the idea of teacher Andrea Couzins, the school's art co-ordinator. She said: "The children have really enjoyed creating the different faces of different nationalities."

Meg McDonnell, 10, a Year Five pupil of Beechfield Avenue, said: "We all did our own little piece and then when it was all put together it looked amazing."

Emily Woollams, nine, of Southbourne Road, said: "I did a Chinese face, showing the eyes and lips. We all did a boy and a girl. I am fairly good at art."

Pupils from Thames and Roseacre schools were given runner-up prizes at the event.

The Domino's Award went to Christ the King RC Primary, for their depiction of different countries from around the world, an idea thought of by teaching assistant Carol Grundy.

Chelsea Haslem, a Year Five pupil, said she enjoyed creating the lavender fields of France and the tulip fields of Holland. She said: "I used dabbers for the lavender and paint for the fields. Learning about the different countries was fun."