In our July/August ‘Fantastic Fish’ issue, we asked our readers to create pebble paintings. We received many marvellous entries – from tiny stone decorations to large rock paintings to an aquarium of pebble fish! It was incredibly difficult to select only five winners. Thank you so much to everyone who took part in this competition.
Sophia, age 7, Cheam
An aquarium of pebble fish

Luke, age 8, Leigh
Common fangtooth fish pebble

Ayan, age 7, Surbiton
Colourful parrot fish

Amber, age 7, Peterborough
I love creating these paintings of fish on pebbles and stones

Maddox, age 7, Aldershot
The barreleye fish, talking with a clown fish

Alex and Leo, ages 9 and 7, Dunmurry

Alice, age 9, Cornwall

Eve, age 10, Swansea


Emily, age 10, Tullynessle

Florence, age 9, Devon

Sophia, age 9, Livingstone

Felicity, age 9, Tamworth

Isabel, age 9, North Berwick

Jayan, age 10, Ottery St. Mary

Keira, age 4, Hampshire

Lorna, age 9, Lee on Solent

Amelia, age 8, Tockhill

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