Water-Saving Ideas That Stick – Wayne Drop’s Sticker Contest Recap

[Cassi Bruner]

Hey friends! Wayne Drop here – your favorite water-saving hero with some exciting news. This spring, I got to be the star of the 2026 “Save Water with Wayne Drop” Sticker Contest, and let me tell you… I was totally blown away by the amazing designs from fourth graders all across Arizona!

A Flood of Creativity​

We (that’s me and my water-wise crew at Water — Use It Wisely

) invited students to design a sticker explaining why saving water matters—and WOW, did they deliver!

This year’s contest made a huge splash:

863 teachers requested sticker contest packets

324 student designs were submitted from classrooms across the state

From clever slogans and colorful reminders to protect our water… ​

…to artistic masterpieces featuring yours truly in all kinds of funny poses (I may have blushed a little

)...​

…every design showed just how thoughtful and imaginative Arizona students can be.​

Some made us laugh.
Some made us think.
And some were so creative we wished we could print all of them!​

Take a peek at just a few of the amazing entries that soaked up our attention below.

Drumroll Please… Meet the Stick-tacular Winners!​

After splashing through hundreds of entries, we picked three winning designs that really made waves:

These amazing artists reminded us all that saving water is seriously cool.

Karly K. of Gilbert

Javier of Tucson

Miranda of Goodyear

Thanks for Making a Splash​

To all the students who participated: thank you for sharing your creativity and your voice.

To the teachers and classrooms who took part: thank you for helping us spread the word about saving water.

We’re so grateful for the overwhelming participation and enthusiasm. Keep an eye out; these winning designs will be popping up in Water – Use It Wisely materials all year long. And who knows? You might just spot your favorite sticker out in the wild!

Keep drawing. Keep dreaming. And most of all—keep saving water! After all, when it comes to saving water,

every drop—and every drawing—counts.

Your pal,

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Wayne Drop is the official spokes-drop for Water – Use It Wisely spreading the message of water conservation across Arizona for 26 years. Wayne visits community events, schools, and libraries to help talk about water conservation and why it’s so important to our state. In his spare time, he enjoys swimming, boating, walks on the beach, and sledding in the snow. Find more blogs from Wayne Drop.

Learn more details about the sticker contest in Wayne’s March Blog.

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