In June of 2025, the City of Cedar Rapids hosted its annual Resident Appreciation Day at the Downtown Farmers’ Market in Greene Square. The “Box of Big Ideas” activity gave kids a chance to flex their creativity and share responses to a variety of prompts. The following pages display the full collection of submissions that were dropped into that box by our bright, young community members. Thank you for sharing!
Draw or write about your favorite summer activity:
Draw or write about your favorite thing in Cedar Rapids:
Design a new mascot for the City of Cedar Rapids:
Draw or write about your favorite summer activity:
Draw or write about your favorite summer activity:
Draw or write about how you take care of the environment:
Design a sculpture or piece of art for the City of Cedar Rapids:
Draw or write about your favorite summer activity:
If you were Mayor for a day, what would you do?
Draw or write about how you take care of the environment:
Design a new mascot for the City of Cedar Rapids:
Draw or write about your favorite summer activity:
Draw or write about your favorite thing in Cedar Rapids:
Draw or write about your favorite summer activity:
Draw or write about your ideal neighborhood:
Draw or write about what you want to be when you grow up:
Draw or write about what you want to be when you grow up:
Draw or write about your favorite summer activity:
Design a sculpture or piece of art for the City of Cedar Rapids:
Draw or write about your ideal neighborhood:
Draw or write about how you take care of the environment:
Draw or write about what you want to be when you grow up:
Design a new mascot for the City of Cedar Rapids:
Design a sculpture or piece of art for the City of Cedar Rapids:
Design a new mascot for the City of Cedar Rapids:
Draw or write about your favorite summer activity:
