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Doodling for Google rules, OK?

Six-year-old schoolgirl wins national doodling competition to have her drawing featured on internet search engine’s Irish homepage.

By Susan Daly Monday 7 Mar 2011, 5:30 PM
Mar 7th 2011, 5:30 PM 2,554 Views 1 Comment
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REMEMBER WHEN DOODLING was frowned upon at school? Not so for the winning entry to the Doodle 4 Google competition, which was just announced this afternoon.

The overall winner was six-year-old Layla Karpuz, a senior infants student from Dublin: her doodle will appear on the Google Ireland homepage on Wednesday. Her school, Mary Mother of Hope Junior National School in Dublin 15, also wins a €10,000 technology grant and Layla and her schoolteacher each get a personal laptop.

This year’s competition to design a doodle for Google was themed, ‘To me, happiness is…’ Layla said:

My picture is about the things that make me feel happy. In my picture you can see love hearts, curls, shamrocks, people with fancy hats, people going on a bear hunt, grass men, plants, shamrock plants for Ireland, grannies and a caterpillar because I like searching for caterpillars. I used different colours in my picture because it looks nice. I like my picture!

Aw.

Doodling for Google rules, OK?
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  • Layla Karpuz - Love Google

    Ireland'€™s champion Doodler Layla Karpuz, age 6, is from Mary Mother of Hope Junior National School, D15.

  • Caoimhe Walsh - Oval-shaped Heart

    Caoimhe Walsh, 6th Year, from Our Lady'€™s Bower school in Westmeath.

  • Rebecca Holden - To me, Happiness is Nature (regional finalist)

    Rebecca Holden - 6th Year - from Our Lady'€™s of Mercy Secondary school in Waterford.

  • India Mullen - Happy Memories

    India Mullen, 5th Year, from Holy Child School Killiney (5th year).

  • Carolyn O'Connell - A Burst of Colour

    Carolyn O'Connell, 6th year, from Christ King Girls Secondary Community School.

  • Jingze Du (regional finalist)

    Jingze Du, 2nd year, Colaiste Einde in Galway.

  • Shannon Mouroz - Happy Land (regional finalist)

    Shannon Mouroz, 2nd Year, Kinsale Community School in Cork.

  • Sophie Griffin - Swans (regional finalist)

    Sophie Griffin, 2nd Class, from Scoil Naomh Eire Kerry.

  • Niamh Byrne - Capturing Happiness (national finalist)

    Niamh Byrne, 5th Year, Presentation Secondary School, Tipperary.

  • Vicky Enright - Cupcakes and Sweets (national finalist)

    Vicky Enright, 3rd Year, Salesian Secondary, Limerick

  • Ella O'Hagan - My Life (national finalist)

    Ella O'Hagan, 6th Class, Scoil Iosagain Co Donegal

  • Winner alright.

    Google'€™s champion doodler Layla Karpuz with her winning entry. Pic:Marc O'Sullivan
  • Ireland'€™s champion Doodler Layla Karpuz, age 6, is from Mary Mother of Hope Junior National School, D15.
  • Caoimhe Walsh, 6th Year, from Our Lady'€™s Bower school in Westmeath.
  • Rebecca Holden - 6th Year - from Our Lady'€™s of Mercy Secondary school in Waterford.
  • India Mullen, 5th Year, from Holy Child School Killiney (5th year).
  • Carolyn O'Connell, 6th year, from Christ King Girls Secondary Community School.
  • Jingze Du, 2nd year, Colaiste Einde in Galway.
  • Shannon Mouroz, 2nd Year, Kinsale Community School in Cork.
  • Sophie Griffin, 2nd Class, from Scoil Naomh Eire Kerry.
  • Niamh Byrne, 5th Year, Presentation Secondary School, Tipperary.
  • Vicky Enright, 3rd Year, Salesian Secondary, Limerick
  • Ella O'Hagan, 6th Class, Scoil Iosagain Co Donegal
  • Google'€™s champion doodler Layla Karpuz with her winning entry. Pic:Marc O'Sullivan

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