The Kid's Aquarium Contest teaches children ages 5-16 about responsible pet care, environmental balance, and creativity through designing and caring for their own aquariums. Children learn basic fish care, create personalized aquarium habitats, and develop self-esteem as their aquariums are displayed in a competition. All participants receive ribbons, get to keep their aquarium creations, and gain pride in their community involvement.

1. Kid’s Aquarium Contest
Promoting responsible pet care…
one child, one aquarium at a time™
Program Overview
The Kid’s Aquarium Contest is a captivating learning program designed to
teach children about the environment, stimulate their minds, ignite their
creativity and warm their hearts through the rewards of pet care.
Creativity
The first building block of the Kid’s Aquarium Contest is CREATIVITY. The
children are challenged to design a fish aquarium that reflects their
personality or showcases their favorite hobby. Pirates of the Caribbean, a
baseball field and outer space adventures are a few that have received top
ranks.
When the children arrive at AMERICA’S FAMILY PET EXPO we ignite the Responsibility
second element within this learning program - RESPONSIBILITY. The AFPE
team members assist the children as they prepare a personalized habitat for
their fish. Our aquatic experts from Seachem Laboratories/Jurassi Pet
explain the basic care guidelines and empower each child to become a
responsible pet owner.
The Kid’s Aquarium Contest not only enhances their understanding of
aquatic care, it also teaches them the importance of a balanced ecosystem Environment
by understanding what factors are essential for a healthy fish environment.
Those similar lessons can be applied to their own environment. Correlating
a fun animal experience with the ENVIRONMENT is another benefit of this
program.
Children from the ages 5-16 are encouraged to join the competition.
Aquariums will be lined up spotlighting the children’s creations. This healthy
form of competition is a rewarding way to develop their SELF ESTEEM. Every Self
contestant is rewarded in many ways – ribbons are given to all the children, Esteem
each tank creation is theirs to keep and the pride of being an active citizen
in community events will reward them for a lifetime.
To learn more about AMERICA’S FAMILY PET EXPO and the Kid’s Aquarium
Contest visit www.PetExpoWA.org or call (800) 999-7295.
A special “Thank You” to our sponsors - Marineland, Instant Ocean, Tetra,
Tetrafauna and Seachem/Jurassi Pet – for making this possible.
World Pet Association, Inc.
Producers of America’s Family Pet Expo and SuperZoo
135 W Lemon Avenue, Monrovia, California 91016
Phone (626) 447-2222 (800) 999-7295 ▪ Fax (626) 447-8350
E-Mail: info@wpamail.org ▪ Web Site: www.PetExpoWA.org