Inspiring stuff from our past winners
Have you got what it takes to be a Cracking Ideas winner? Take a look at the brilliant brainwaves that came up trumps in our last competition, and see if you can do better this year.
England
Ages 4-7
Isaac Gibirdi
Isaac Gibirdi's park is entitled "Elemental Earth" with interesting imagery portraying the four different elements of fire, water, earth and air. Intrepid visitors can ride a rollercoaster which transforms into a submarine appropriately called "The Flood," linking cleverly into the theme of his park. A spine-tingling poster with the slogan "Can you survive the elements?" would advertise Isaac's park on TV, radio, newspapers and websites.
Ages 8-11
Sasha Jackson and Olivia Thomas
Sasha Jackson and Olivia Thomas's theme park "Maelstrom Maniya" features numerous innovative curiosities including a huge eyeball shaped ride where individual pods are blinked through the pupil in the middle! - A thrilling ride apparently recommended for teenagers only! The two member team also developed an intriguing visitors guide and map which folds like a paper aeroplane and tells guests where to find attractions such as the "Doomsday Falls, Twister Slide, Tornado (with anxiety for fun!)" and the scarily titled "Fight For Life" as well as the omnipresent theme park feature - the exit shop!
Ages 12-16
Sarah Farrow, Anna Moore, Emma Clarke, Sam Bodza and Dan Raybould
Sarah Farrow, Anna Moore, Emma Clarke, Sam Bodza and Dan Raybould. Working as a team within a Design & Technology project and using creative challenges on the Cracking Ideas website they developed a theme park called "Lava Springs" based on the dramatic natural wonder of volcanoes. Undertaking different roles within the group they created numerous and detailed components for "Lava Springs" including meticulously constructed models of the new ride explaining how it takes intrepid visitors on a journey through the volcano's magma chamber before shooting them out of the top like lava. An exacting replica of the Magma Cafe as well as a lively advertising poster and details of the thought process behind the logo ensure that every visitor to the "Lava Springs" theme park would have the time of their lives
Scotland
Ages 4-7
Lewis Smith
Lewis Smith's design features a stomach churning fun run, complete with loops and gravity defying drops along with a very colourful logo for "WackyWorld" featuring loops and stars. Lewis plans to promote his fun-filled attraction using his copyrighted material on the internet.
Ages 8-11
Jamie-Lee Gillan
Jamie-Lee Gillan developed a new queue busting "Super Watch" gizmo and a delectable ride design with seats shaped like burgers, chips and marshmallows and even a vat of chocolate to dive into! Called "Mouthwatering Planet" Jamie-Lee created a lip-smacking multi-coloured logo to accompany her cracking idea.
Ages 12-16
Josh Gracie
Josh Gracie developed an edible idea consisting of a gondola scrumptiously named the 'Chocolatier' which floats on a river of chocolate; if that's not enough to make your mouth water there are plenty of sweet treats like lollies and candy canes along the way to tempt visitors. Consisting of a vibrant design with lots of clever imagery Josh's park is called "Confection World, Where every day is Sweet!" along with a catchy slogan "A sweet, treat of a day out where Mum never says no! Where there's non-stop chocadoodle fun!"
Northern Ireland
Ages 8-11
John Rabbett
John Rabbett developed a clever 'mobile map' for visitors to his "Coaster World" theme park. His ingenious gizmo ensures visitors can locate where they are, plan their route and always know when the next thrilling ride is available. Plus John's clever marketing means his innovative 'mobile map' is free with your park entry ticket ... always a winner!
Ages 12-16
Tyrone Wade
Tyrone Wade created a brand new optical illusion roller coaster called "Belter Skelter" Tyrone's ride whizzes through 4 distinct tunnels each with its own trickery and illusion; riders experience shrinking fog effects, a twisting tunnel with light effect, a fake fly trap, mirror magic and scary collision illusions before a dramatic wind effect at the exit of the ride. Tyrone created a deceptively simple and colourful logo for "Belter Skelter" and accompanied it with a clever advert to promote the attraction.
Wales
Ages 4-7
Arianwen Skyrme-Croft
Arianwen Skyrme-Croft created a multitude of cracking ideas for her theme park called "Toy World" including a puppet show with a central mirror so the audience can interact; a colourful storyboard for a musical, magical TV advert and a logo where the letters feature things found in the park. If visitors are feeling peckish after all the "Toy World" fun they can dine on a sparkling array of food in the twinkling star shaped restaurant appropriately named "Shining Star". Arianwen's novel bistro design was entered into the competition as part of a series of innovation challenges on the Cracking Ideas website, "Shining Star" being Arianwen's response to the challenge highlighting the intellectual property right - Design.
Ages 8-11
Sula Maclean
Sula Maclean created a roller coaster where visitors travelled in Viking ships in water-tight bubbles allowing them to enter a giant tank filled with fish. Intrepid riders experience an exciting "loop the loop" whilst clever technology ensures they don't run out of air. Called "The Ocean Park, A Whale of a Theme Park" Sula produced a multi-coloured logo to promote the park on posters, newspapers, TV and radio as well as on-line adverts.
Ages 8-11
Heather Rigby
Heather Rigby. By using a vibrant logo Heather created the "Levitation Space-Coaster" which would levitate daredevils around the world and all the way into space! Heather also produced a vibrant advertisement for her ride using her unique logo and slogan "The Levitation Space-Coaster where you can ride ALL the way into SPACE ... extra fast!" She also remembered to protect her advert using the internationally recognised symbol for copyright ©
