![Ayden, Freddy, Cortnee and Kohen Pixton with their winning entry in the Hay Bale section of the Sculptures by the Bush competition. This was the family's first entry. Ayden, Freddy, Cortnee and Kohen Pixton with their winning entry in the Hay Bale section of the Sculptures by the Bush competition. This was the family's first entry.](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/8iYYyszipmQZWgRTx8MGY6/b3321fbe-e5f9-463a-b045-38694e50766a.JPG/r307_213_5720_3480_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
It's the competition that captures the imagination of young and old, and this year it was literally so.
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Sitting around the dining table one night the Pixton family, who live on Hobby's Yards Road, were tossing around ideas for their first ever entry into the Sculptures by the Bush competition.
Inspiration came courtesy of their oldest son and Lego fanatic Ayden.
"Ayden is the family Lego enthusiast so we all decided to make a Lego man for the competition," Mrs Pixton said.
Once the idea was born the next part was designing and building it, all while trying to keep the design a secret from any passerby who may be tempted to steal the idea.
"Once we had them all stacked up we then attached the arms with star pickets and wire and then sprayed it at night so that no one knew what we were doing," Mrs Pixton said.
"It was a bit touch and go the other night when it was windy, but he survived."
Hay Bale Art Challenge
- 1st - Lego Man (#13)
- 2nd - Where's Wally? (#25)
- 3rd - Alice in Blayneyland (#7)
Farm Art Challenge
- 1st - What do you get when a cow jumps on a trampoline? (#24)
- 2nd - Echidna (#3)
- 3rd - Bowled OUT at the BCG! (#2)
Scarecrow Competition
- 1st - Crow Scaring for Dummies (#8)
- 2nd - Scallywags of Carcoar PS (#20)
- 3rd - ScaredyDonkey (#17)
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