SCOTLAND’S favourite comic creation, Oor Wullie, has been captivating the public across Scotland as part of the country’s first ever national art trail – and pupils at a Helensburgh primary school have been getting in on the act.

Hermitage Primary is one of five schools and nurseries in the west of Scotland to have decorated a miniature ‘Oor Wullie’ sculpture in a display which was unveiled this week at the Princes Square shopping centre in Glasgow.

Their creation, ‘Patch’- pictured above, with Princes Square security guard Aaron Hornby - sits alongside those by pupils from schools in Kilmarnock, Motherwell and two areas of Glasgow, as well as one decorated by young patients and staff from the acute receiving unit at the Royal Hospital for Children.

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The 200 life-size sculptures on Oor Wullie’s Big Bucket Trail went on show in locations across Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee, Aberdeen and Inverness on June 17.

They will remain on display until August 30, after which they will be auctioned off to raise vital funds for three charities caring for sick children across the country – Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity, the ARCHIE Foundation, and Edinburgh Children’s Hospital Charity.

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