2026 Virginia Lumber Cup People's Choice Voting

Help Celebrate Student Craftsmanship Across Virginia

Vote For The People's Choice Award

The 2026 Virginia Lumber Cup brought together middle school and high school students from across the Commonwealth to transform Virginia hardwood into original woodworking projects.

The People's Choice Award is selected by public voting. Review the school project cards below, open the images to see more project details, and cast your votes for the work you want to recognize.

Real Wood. Real Craftsmanship. Real Legacy.

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Click a project image to open the school gallery and review the submitted work.

Cast Votes

Each page visit allows three confirmed votes. You may support one school or divide your votes.

Results Later

Polls are open for a limited time. The People's Choice winner will be announced after voting closes.

Choose a school to cast one of your three page-visit votes. Voting Ends in 13 days 15 hrs 32 mins 43 secs

Broadway HS FFA

A large dark-stained wooden trebuchet with a triangular base, upright frame, throwing arm, and hanging counterweight. The project emphasizes structural design, mechanical function, and spacer-stick construction.

Wooden motorcycle display with round wheels, red fenders, black details, and a dark display base.

Caroline HS

A detailed wooden motorcycle display with laminated wheels, red fenders, black accent details, and a shaped display base. Multiple views show the sculptural form, rear details, side profile, and team branding.

Outdoor living display with an A-frame shelter, table, benches, planter boxes, and floral decorations built from spacer-stick wood.

Cedar Lee MS

A large outdoor living display with an A-frame shelter, seating, tables, planter boxes, flowers, and a small block game. The project combines garden display elements with functional outdoor furniture.

Suspended wooden sculpture with dark spacer-stick blocks and geometric pieces hanging from clear lines inside a rectangular frame.

Chancellor HS

A suspended wooden sculpture built with dark spacer-stick blocks and geometric pieces hanging inside a rectangular frame. The project presents a dimensional mobile-style display.

Small wooden cabinet with paneled sides, open front door, and a flat top.

Craftsman of Chesterfield Homeschool

A collection of functional woodworking projects, including a small storage cabinet, a tall narrow shelf unit, and a hinged storage chest. The pieces focus on practical storage design, clean edges, and careful spacer-stick assembly.

Display table with several spacer-stick projects including a side table, striped cutting boards, a small box, coasters, and a wooden American flag wall piece.

Dowell J. Howard Center

A broad display of spacer-stick woodworking projects, including a side table, striped cutting boards, a small box, coasters, and a wooden American flag. Detail images highlight a handled serving board, wooden utensils, and a dark stained side table or nightstand.

Close-up of a glossy wooden canoe showing the shaped gunwale, spacer-stick strip construction, and side joinery.

Eastern Montgomery HS

A glossy wooden canoe built with laminated spacer-stick strips, curved ribs, seats, shaped gunwales, and decorative diamond inlays. The project shows advanced shaping, finish work, and functional boat-building craftsmanship.

Large striped wooden wall sign with engraved Virginia agriculture artwork, a state map, FFA emblem, and sponsor branding.

Fort Chiswell HS

A large striped wooden agriculture wall sign with engraved Virginia agriculture artwork, a state map, an FFA emblem, and sponsor branding. The project combines display design with detailed engraving.

Close-up of a striped wooden storage box or portable case with a framed lid, metal handle, and mixed-tone spacer-stick panels.

Galax HS

A tabletop collection centered around a striped wooden storage box or portable case. The display also includes cutting boards, coasters, small turned pieces, and other spacer-stick woodworking samples.

Close-up of a laminated wooden cornhole board with a circular target hole and striped spacer-stick surface.

Galax MS

A pair of laminated wooden cornhole boards made from spacer-stick material. The images show both the striped board surface and the completed matching game boards.

Giles HS

A polished striped cutting or serving board displayed with two handcrafted wooden pens. The pieces highlight contrasting wood tones, smooth finishing, and smaller precision woodworking.

Rustic wooden American flag wall art with a blue star field and distressed red, white, and natural wood stripes.

Gloucester HS

A wide variety of projects, including wooden American flag artwork, a slatted stand, tray, geometric shelf unit, coffin-shaped box, lookout tower model, garden arbor, chevron cutting board, and circular sunburst wall piece. The submissions range from functional furniture and outdoor structures to decorative wall art and model construction.

Greenhouse-style display with a spacer-stick wood frame, peaked roof, translucent panels, and contrasting wood trim.

Greene FFA

A greenhouse-style display with a spacer-stick frame, peaked roof, translucent panels, contrasting trim, and a slatted wooden floor. Interior views show potted plants and orchids displayed inside the structure.

Carved wooden Statue of Liberty figure on a square wood base with robe, crown, torch, and tablet details.

Haven Heights Homeschool

A carved wooden Statue of Liberty figure on a base. The project includes a raised torch, crown, robe details, tablet, and hand-carved sculptural surface work.

Rectangular spacer-stick cutting board in a routing jig with a raised center section and shaped edges.

Holman MS

A rectangular spacer-stick cutting board shown in progress inside a routing jig. The images highlight the routed center panel, shaped edges, and surrounding frame during fabrication.

J. Frank Hillyard MS

A polished wood species display board with contrasting wood strips, engraved species labels, and a Virginia Lumber Cup logo. The project combines craftsmanship with educational wood identification.

Large wooden wall art with diagonal strip background, Virginia state silhouette, and red heart accent.

Liberty HS

A large Virginia-themed wall art piece with a diagonal strip background, raised Virginia state silhouette, and red heart accent. The project uses repeated spacer-stick pieces to create a bold graphic composition.

Workbench display with laminated spacer-stick cutting boards and coasters labeled by student names.

Liberty MS

A collection of laminated cutting boards, serving boards, and coasters shown in progress on a workbench. The pieces include multiple student-made board shapes using mixed spacer-stick strips.

Tall spacer-stick table or stand with a laminated striped top, rectangular side panels, and sturdy cross supports.

Millbrook HS FFA

A tall spacer-stick table or stand with a laminated striped top, rectangular side panels, and cross supports. A detail image highlights the polished top surface and alternating light and dark wood strips.

Light-colored writing desk with a laminated spacer-stick top, back rail, apron, and decorative legs.

New City Academy

A light-colored writing desk with a laminated spacer-stick top, raised back rail, apron, and decorative legs. Detail views show the striped desktop, round plug details, and finished furniture form.

Wall-mounted shelf and coat rack with two shelves, peg hooks, and curved side supports in a natural wood finish.

Piedmont Christian School

A wall-mounted shelf and coat rack with shelves, peg hooks, curved side supports, and a natural finish. A second image shows the piece installed as practical storage.

Freestanding wooden VA letter-frame sculpture filled with a collage of Virginia logos, postcards, agriculture images, and school graphics.

Rappahannock HS

A large freestanding VLC letter display with framed letter shapes, collage-style panels, and Virginia agricultural imagery. The project combines woodworking, scale, and event-themed presentation.

Long outdoor wooden bench with slatted top, straight legs, and diagonal side bracing.

Read Mountain MS

A long outdoor wooden bench with a slatted top, sturdy legs, and diagonal support bracing. A top-view detail image documents the slatted surface, end rails, and fastener layout.

Outdoor insect hotel structure with roof, wood frame, bamboo tubes, pinecones, and natural materials.

Southampton HS FFA

An outdoor insect hotel with a framed structure, roof, compartments, bamboo tubes, pinecones, bark, drilled wood, and other natural nesting materials. Detail images show both the habitat-focused interior and the broader folding-panel structure.

Stafford 4-H

A handled rectangular serving tray with a laminated striped wood base and shaped side handles. Detail imagery highlights the edge shaping, handle cutouts, and contrasting wood tones.

Interior of an A-frame outdoor sitting structure with a wood deck, slatted walls, bench, small table, and round coasters.

Warren County MS

A complete A-frame outdoor sitting area with a wood deck, slatted roof and walls, bench seating, small tables, and round coasters. The project combines structure, seating, and outdoor function.

Hexagonal raised flower bed with horizontal spacer-stick slats, angled privacy panels, plant shelves, soil, and flowers.

Warren More Than Market 4-H

A beautiful hexagonal raised flower bed. The planter uses horizontal spacer-stick slats, angled privacy panels, small plant shelves, soil, and flowers.

Laminated wooden mechanic's creeper on a classroom table with a striped surface, dark hardware, and a raised edge.

Woodgrove HS

A laminated wooden mechanic's creeper with a striped spacer-stick surface, dark hardware, and a raised edge. One image shows the finished project, while another shows it being used under a vehicle.

Special Thanks To Our Partners

The Virginia Lumber Cup is made possible through partnership and shared commitment to student learning, Virginia agriculture, forestry, craftsmanship, and hands-on education.

Special thanks to the State Fair of Virginia and Virginia Farm Bureau for partnering with The Turman Group to help bring this statewide student woodworking challenge to life.

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