The Lake Report is excited to announce its first-ever wrapping paper design contest.

In our final issue of the year in 2022, we transformed the two pages of our centrespread into holiday wrapping paper.

The result was a large design families could pull out and use to wrap gifts.

This year, we want to offer a local artist the chance to design the wrapping paper, to give it a special Niagara-on-the-Lake feel.

The theme this year is wide open, so get creative and use your imagination.

Submit your designs by Friday, Dec. 8 for a chance to be selected.

Designs should be square in size ratio and should be easy to duplicate across a larger spread, much like regular wrapping paper.

Artists should also avoid dark backgrounds and use high-contrast images.

The contest is open to kids from one to 82 — because the holiday spirit is for everyone.

Submit your designs to editor@niagaranow.com.