2025 is a BIG year for Webkinz! April 29, 2025 marks our 20th year! We are inviting our players to join in the the preparations for this amazing milestone by submitting your ideas for a 20 Year pet that will be created in Webkinz Classic AND in Webkinz Next! The contest runs from December 2 to 31, 2024. The winning pet will be awarded to players in Classic and Next on our 20th Webkinz Day, April 29, 2025!
This year’s pet design is a little different because we want to see pets with a 20 Year theme incorporated into the design! To offer you some inspiration, here is the winner of our 10 Year Pet Design Contest, the Decade Dragon by player 4accounts.
Pet submissions must fit into one of the following categories:
- four legged pets, like a dog or a cat
- knucklewalking pets, like an ape
- hopping pets, like a bunny or a frog
Bird and fish submissions will not be selected.
In addition to having their pet created in Webkinz, the winning designer will also receive 150 virtual Diamonds in Webkinz Next, 12,500 virtual eStore Points for use in Webkinz Classic and a virtual Webkinz Classic Pet Design Trophy.
All ten finalists will each receive two virtual Webkinz Next Best Of Mystery Capsule, and a virtual Webkinz Classic 2025 Winterfest Cookie 3-Pack.
Here’s how to enter:
Between December 2 and 31, 2024 design a four-legged, knuckle-walking or hopping pet that you think would make a great addition to Webkinz Classic & Next!
You can use any kind of art supplies that you want – markers, pencil crayons, crayons, or other art materials. While we will not accept images that have computer generated patterns or graphics copied and added to them, participants may use programs like Paint or Photoshop to color and draw freehand. We can’t accept submissions with company logos or sports team emblems. Please make sure you save your images as a jpg, gif, or png.
Please include suggestions for the pet’s PSI and PSF.
Submit your drawing to the 20 Year Pet Gallery in the Share Center by midnight EST December 31, 2024.
Then wait to see if your design is one of the 10 finalists.
Please note that while the Webkinz Next artists will use the winning design as inspiration for a new pet, the design may need to be adapted in order to work as a 3d pet.
We can’t wait to see your submissions for a 20 Year Pet! Good luck!
I know it says Bird submissions won’t be submitted, but how about a Griffon? since it fits the 4 limbs requirement
Go for it.
Yeah i had the same idea that’s why i asked if it could have wings. But i think it would be okay if we both did it. Good luck :)
I hope the awesome designers submit some cute platinum pets, since it goes with 20 years!!!
Sally is this going to be the free pet that we will receive in Classic as stated in the one podkinz? WILL the pet also be FREE in next???
Yes.
awesome , thank you so much
I would love to see a Cheeky-type animal, like cat, dog or monkey. Wish I could draw well.
I think you can use a colouring page and fill it in. Sally would this be ok?
The templates? Sure
1 submission per person?? this is super exciting I cannot wait to see all the design
No limit on the number of submissions.
I hope we can get another Dragon!!
Can the pet have wings or will it not be chosen if the pet has wings since they just made a dragon in next?
It can have wings, since that’s now something that Webkinz Next supports
Yay thank you sally!
I’ve been so excited for the pet design contest to come up! Sadly, I’m apprehensive to submit any designs this year as well. I opted out last year because of the possibility that, if I were to be chosen and win, my design would have the look of the Classic version of the Next pets. I design my pets based on the original Classic designs that are not associated with how the Next pets appear. Sally, if you could please comment, do you know if it will be the same this year? The Cotton Candy Raccoon won last year and had a Next Classic design. I’d like to know if the design that wins will end up with that look before I decide on entering this year.
The Cotton Candy Raccoon’s Classic version very closely matched the submitted image. There will be a Next version of the winning pet, but we generally base the Classic pet on the drawing as the Classic pets are 2d.
Please someone who can draw make an Echidna. I’ve wanted this pet for years as it is my favorite animal next to wolves. They deserve all the love in the world!
I will try my best, but no promises. I like Echidnas too.
This sounds like a great contest! I can’t wait to get started!! I just have a question. Do I have to include a PSI and PSF? I’m not that good at drawing them so I just wanted to know before I start.
Oh, I just remembered, are squirrels allowed in this contest? Thanks!
I see squirrels running around on all fours ALL THE TIME in my yard! :) so you are AOK
A PSI and PSF are not required
Thanks so much sally!