Congratulations to the Winners of the 2025 COMO Crafting Challenge!
Students from two CPS schools swept the city-wide prizes for first, second, and third place.
Grades K-2 Winners: Cedar Ridge Elementary
Special Thanks to Media IA Mandy Knodell, Cedar Ridge Elementary.
Grade 3-5 Winners: Mill Creek Elementary
Special Thanks to Media IA Stephanie Flagg, Mill Creek Elementary
Competition Details
The COMO Crafting Challenge is a two-round competition for elementary students in Columbia Public Schools (CPS) in Columbia, Missouri. First, teams compete at their school level, and the winners from each elementary school advance to the city-wide competition. The final winners will be announced and awarded before the end of the school year. Winning build entries will be displayed here with the team names at the end of the competition. The competition is split into two age groups.
Grades K, 1, & 2: Teams of 3-5 students will create pixel art in Minecraft, based on the theme "games." Pixel art is typically two dimensional, and can be built flat on the Minecraft world or upright.
Grades 3, 4, & 5: Teams of 3-5 students will work together to recreate well-known Columbia landmarks.
Judging Criteria: The members of the JWMS Minecraft Club will serve as judges for this competition. Entries will be judged based on their representation of the theme, block color accuracy & variety, and complexity of the image/landmark chosen.
Build Suggestions
- Grades K, 1, & 2 Pixel Art Ideas: Minecraft Creeper face, Mario, a Poké Ball, an Among Us character, a Super Star from Mario, or other game logos/props/characters/game pieces.
- Grades 3, 4, & 5 Columbia Landmark Ideas: The Columns at Mizzou, Big Tree, Faurot Field, Shelter Gardens, the Boone County Courthouse, the Missouri Theatre, or even your school!
Thank you to this year's sponsor, House of Brokers Realty!
Rules & Requirements
To participate, students must ensure their builds are created in our official JWMS Minecraft world. No size limitations apply to the builds, but all submissions must be in this designated world.
Download Official JWMS Minecraft World
- All entries must be built in the official world.
- All entries must be submitted on or before May 4, 2025
- Submissions must include team name, screenshots, and a brief description.
- Up to three (3) teams from each grade level competition (K-2, 3-5) in each school will be selected to move on to Round 2.
- Round 1 winning entries from each school will be displayed here at MinecraftColumbia.com
- From the pool of Round 1 winning entries, judges will select three city-wide winning teams (1st, 2nd, 3rd place) in each grade level competition (K-2, 3-5). City-wide winners will be announced before the end of the school year. The first place teams in each level of competition will be crowned City Champs!
Download the official world!
Submit Your Entry
Use the appropriate form below to submit your entry.* Be sure to include all required details. You must submit screenshots of your builds to enter.
The last day to enter this competition is May 4, 2025.Note: KEEP YOUR WORLD FILES - Winning teams from each school in grades 3-5 will be asked to submit their Minecraft worlds for further judging in the City-wide round of competition.
*If you have problems submitting through one of these forms, please create a document with your team name, school, screenshots, and a short description and share it with the email address listed below.
Contact Us
For any questions, please contact:
Rachel Miller, JWMS Minecraft Club Sponsor
Email: rmiller@cpsk12.org