🎨 The Day the Crayons Quit – Book Week Door Display Bring your Book Week display to life with a colourful, interactive crayon-themed door display!

Inspired by The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt, this resource gives students the opportunity to become part of the story by creating their own colourful crayons and writing a letter asking the crayons to come back!

Designed to complement the 2026 Book Week theme, “Symphony of Stories,” this display combines literacy, creativity and hands-on craft to create an eye-catching classroom door or wall display.

✏️ What's Included

This resource includes:

• 🎨 Crayon craft templates for students to create their own personalised crayons
• 👀 Eye and mouth templates – students can cut and paste these or draw their own
• 🖍️ Crayon body templates in different colours
• ✉️ Letter-writing templates for students to write a letter to the crayons
• ✂️ Hands-on craft components for creating crayon characters
• 🧶 Ideas for using pipe cleaners to create arms and legs
• 🔤 Alphabet letter cut-outs to create your own personalised display heading
• 🎵 Book Week door saying inspired by the 2026 theme, Symphony of Stories

💡 Make It Your Own!

There is plenty of flexibility to personalise your display.

Students can:

• Choose their own crayon colours
• Draw their own eyes and mouths
• Use the included facial features
• Decorate their crayons with their own designs
• Write their own letters to the crayons
• Add their names to their creations
• Arrange the crayons in different ways on your door or wall

Teachers can also use the alphabet cut-outs to create their own headings, sayings or classroom displays.

📚 Literacy + Creativity

This resource provides an engaging way to connect Book Week with literacy learning. Students practise:

✔️ Letter writing

✔️ Expressing ideas and opinions

✔️ Creative thinking

✔️ Fine-motor skills

✔️ Cutting and pasting

✔️ Following instructions

✔️ Creating a collaborative classroom display

The finished display becomes a colourful celebration of your students' writing and creativity.

🎵 Perfect for Book Week 2026

Create a display where every crayon has a voice and every story becomes part of the symphony!

Perfect for Foundation–Year 3 classrooms, libraries, reading corners and Book Week displays.

Please note: This is a digital printable resource. No physical products will be shipped. Some craft components, such as pipe cleaners, are not included.

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