Every Day of Crayola Creativity Week is a Celebration!
Check here daily for new events, new videos, and new downloadable resources. And yes, new giveaways every day! All participating schools and classrooms are eligible to win amazing prizes, and participate in colorful learning fun.
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Day 7: Conquer Fears
Sunday, February 2, 2025
Our Featured Guests:
Author and Actor, Max Greenfield & Illustrator, James Serafino
When children try to fall asleep, sometimes all kinds of ideas, images, and sometimes even scary thoughts can start to race through their minds. Author and actor Max Greenfield has pretty great ideas about helping kids gain control of their innermost thoughts, find ways to calm themselves and help themselves relax. Children can also learn to visualize colorful ways of seeing what’s inside their heads as illustrated in this thoroughly engaging book! With the humor, whimsy, and warmth of Good Night Thoughts, children and families can make every night a good night!
Supplies needed: Computer or phone access to play video, a variety of Crayola art tools, plain paper or printed Thinking Sheets, copy of the book Good Night Thoughts (optional)
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Today’s Downloadable Planning Guide:
Today’s Giveaway:
One family will win $300 in Crayola bath and bed merchandise and $500 in Crayola art supplies!
Sign up for a free 2-month premium trial and download the audiobook version of Good Night Thoughts, today’s featured book, at www.Audible.com/Crayola
Day 6: Bee-lieve in Your Future
Next: Day 7: Conquer Fears
February 2>
Saturday, February 1, 2025
Our Featured Guest:
Author and 19-Year-Old Entrepreneur, Mikaila Ulmer
Remember your first lemonade stand? For today’s featured guest, Mikaila Ulmer, that first lemonade venture launched something very big indeed. In her book, Bee Fearless: Dream Like a Kid, Mikaila describes how she started to sell honey-sweetened lemonade in front of her house at age four! She later became an entrepreneur and founded Me & the Bees Lemonade, a multi-million dollar company, along with a nonprofit foundation to help protect bees. At age 9, she was featured on Shark Tank and secured a deal with Daymon John. She was invited to the White House as Michelle Obama’s guest and now she’s helping kids learn all about financial literacy and being an entrepreneur. She’s a shining example of ‘Imagination in Action!’
Supplies needed: Computer or phone access to play video, a variety of Crayola art tools, plain paper or printed Thinking Sheets, copy of the book Bee Fearless: Dream Like a Kid (optional)
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Today’s Downloadable Planning Guide:
Today’s Giveaway:
One family will win $4,500 towards a 529 Savings Plan and $500 in Crayola art Supplies!
Sign up for a free 2-month premium trial and download the audiobook version of Bee Fearless: Dream Like a Kid,, today’s featured book, at www.Audible.com/Crayola
Day 5: Flows Like Water
Next: Day 6: Bee-lieve in Your Future
February 1>
Friday, January 31, 2025
Our Featured Guests:
Author and U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón, Illustrator, Peter Sis & NASA Scientists
When you look at the sky, you can imagine possibilities! Today’s featured celebrity creators will inspire students to let their imaginations soar! U.S. Poet Laureate, Ada Limón will read her book, In Praise of Mystery, a poem that celebrates Earth and NASA’s Europa Clipper mission to one of Jupiter’s moons. And in the video, NASA astrobiologists Dr. David Grinspoon and Dr. Cynthia Phillips describe Europa’s icy surface and the mission’s search for conditions that might be capable of supporting life.
Supplies needed: Computer or phone access to play video, a variety of Crayola art tools, plain paper or printed Thinking Sheets, copy of the book In Praise of Mystery (optional)
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Today’s Downloadable Planning Guide:
Today’s Giveaway:
Three educators will win an $800 bundle of Celestron space products and $500 in Crayola art Supplies!
Sign up for a free 2-month premium trial and download the audiobook version of In Praise of Mystery, today’s featured book, at www.Audible.com/Crayola
Day 4: Confidence Soars
Next: Day 5: Flows Like Water
January 31>
Thursday, January 30, 2025
Our Featured Guests:
Author and Actor Phillipa Soo, Author, Maris Pasquale Doran & Illustrator, Qin Leng
When we’re about to try something new and exciting, in addition to feeling joy and eagerness, we might also experience nervousness as well. In their book, Piper Chen Sings, authors Phillipa Soo and Maris Pasquale Doran portray those feelings of nervousness as butterflies inside main character, Piper Chen’s belly. What happens? This story assures readers that feeling the flutter of these ‘butterflies’ can be a welcome reminder that we can soar when we try something new!
Supplies needed: Computer or phone access to play video, a variety of Crayola art tools, plain paper or printed Thinking Sheets, copy of the book Piper Chen Sings (optional)
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Today’s Downloadable Planning Guide:
Today’s Giveaway:
10 educators will win a customer Martin Guitar printed with their classroom’s artwork and $500 in Crayola art Supplies!
Sign up for a free 2-month premium trial and download the audiobook version of Piper Chen Sings, today’s featured book, at www.Audible.com/Crayola
Day 3: Abstract Thinking
Next: Day 4: Confidence Soars
January 30>
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Our Featured Guest:
Children’s Author-Illustrator & Artist, Mo Willems
You and your students have a unique opportunity to spend quality time with the amazing Mo Willems! He’ll share his book, Opposites Abstract, that encourages students to fire up their imaginations in the sets of questions he poses next to the bold abstract art images he’s created. He’ll ask the questions that get young creatives thinking and seeing new things, through the process of inquiry and exploration.
Supplies needed: Computer or phone access to play video, a variety of Crayola art tools, plain paper or printed Thinking Sheets, copy of the book Opposites Abstract (optional)
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Today’s Downloadable Planning Guide:
Today’s Giveaway:
Three educators will win Mo Willems merchandise, a $500 Blick Art Supplies gift card, and $500 in Crayola art Supplies!
Sign up for a free 2-month premium trial and download the audiobook version of Opposites Abstract, today’s featured book, at www.audible.com/Crayola
Day 2: Change & Collaboration
Next: Day 3: Abstract Thinking
January 29>
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Our Featured Guests:
Actor and Author, Henry Winkler, Author Lin Oliver & Illustrator, Dan Santat
Amazing things happen when we gather together with members of our communities to solve challenges. Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver will share an imaginative story of a very impressive duck who gathers a community of creatures who live in and around their pond to solve the problem of a missing tadpole. Once they realize they’re facing a larger environmental problem, they enlist a team of humans to help. Students will create a clue-gathering team sketch and use their own imaginations to create innovative solutions to challenges they identify!
Supplies needed: Computer or phone access to play video, a variety of Crayola art tools, plain paper or printed Thinking Sheets, copy of the book Detective Duck: The Case of the Missing Tadpole (optional)
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Today’s Downloadable Planning Guide:
Today’s Giveaway:
The school that wins today’s Prize Pack will give students tools and ideas to become real problem-solvers! The winning school will receive $500 in products from School Specialty, a full-year class subscription (30 copies) to Highlights Magazine and $500 in Crayola art supplies!
Sign up for a free 2-month premium trial and download the audiobook version of Detective Duck: The Case of the Missing Tadpole, today’s featured book, at www.Audible.com/Crayola
Day 1: Life Lessons
Next: Day 2: Change & Collaboration
January 28>
Monday, January 27, 2025
Our Featured Guests:
Author, Matthew McConaughey & Illustrator, Renee Kurilla
Crayola Creativity Week begins with an affirming, inspirational look at the value of challenging assumptions and encourages children to reconsider how they interpret and respond to everyday experiences. Matthew McConaughey, a celebrated actor and author, will share his best-selling book, Just Because. The book is filled with humor and serious reflection and will give students (and adults too!) important opportunities to talk and express their feelings about real life and those just because experiences. Positive life lessons and creative drawing activities will launch Crayola Creativity Week with an unforgettable experience!
Supplies needed: Computer or phone access to play video, a variety of Crayola art tools, plain paper or printed Thinking Sheets, copy of the book Just Because (optional)
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Today’s Downloadable Planning Guide:
Today’s Giveaway:
Today’s Prize Pack is color-filled! 100 educators will win 10 copies of Just Because, including one author-signed copy and $250 in Crayola art supplies!
Sign up for a free 2-month premium trial and download the audiobook version of Just Because, today’s featured book, at www.Audible.com/Crayola
DAY 7: Connecting Past and Future
Our Featured Guests:
Fashion Editor Eva Chen & Illustrator Sophie Diao
Lucky Magazine’s youngest ever editor-in-chief, and current head of Fashion & Partnerships at Instagram, Eva Chen, will inspire kids to explore their culture, imagine their future, and think about their personal history and the experiences of their loved ones. She’ll share the story of I Am Golden, a loving, impactful tribute to the ways children of immigrants can serve as bridges and sources of light for their communities, and it’s follow-up We Are Golden, filled with short stories about changemakers throughout history. Then illustrator Sophie Diao will show kids how to draw a personal life map and illustrate a changemaker that inspires them!
Supplies needed: Computer or phone access to play video, a variety of Crayola art tools, plain paper or printed Thinking Sheets, copy of the books I AM GOLDEN and WE ARE GOLDEN (optional)
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Today’s Downloadable Planning Guide:
Today’s Giveaway:
Today’s Prize Pack includes Crayola Musical Accessories (Headphones, Earbuds, Pencil Case Speaker and more), a Crayola Art Buddy Backpack, a copy of the book Music is in Everything by Ziggy Marley, a vinyl copy of the More Family Time album by Ziggy Marley, a KIDZ BOP record player, $250 in Crayola products and 5 Crayola Creativity Week T-Shirts!
DAY 6: Finding Music Everywhere
Our Featured Guests:
Musician Ziggy Marley & Illustrator Ag Jatkowska
Tap your feet, clap your hands and get ready to celebrate music’s many forms! From singing and sounds of instruments to ocean waves and laughter, music is yours to discover everywhere you go. Invite families to join the fun of Creativity Week alongside Grammy-award winning musician Ziggy Marley and his son Isaiah as they remind us that music can be found everywhere and be made with anything—from the sounds of nature to objects around the house. Then create your own percussion patterns and draw the sounds of nature alongside illustrator Ag Jatkowska!
Supplies needed: Computer or phone access to play video, a variety of Crayola art tools, plain paper or printed Thinking Sheets, copy of the book MUSIC IS IN EVERYTHING (optional)
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Today’s Downloadable Planning Guide:
Today’s Giveaway:
Today’s Prize Pack includes Crayola Musical Accessories (Headphones, Earbuds, Pencil Case Speaker and more), a Crayola Art Buddy Backpack, a copy of the book Music is in Everything by Ziggy Marley, a vinyl copy of the More Family Time album by Ziggy Marley, a KIDZ BOP record player, $250 in Crayola products and 5 Crayola Creativity Week T-Shirts!
DAY 5: Writing Your Story
Our Featured Guests:
14-year-old actress, Avatar: The Way of Water & Musician Trinity Bliss, & Author Lisa Ann Scott & Illustrator Sue Cornelison
Our actions and words shape the people we are.
Join 14-year-old actor from AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER and musician Trinity Bliss as she shares her songwriting process and illustrates lyrics that tell her personal story.
Hear THE STORY OF YOU from author Lisa Ann Scott, reminding kids that every action they take and decision they make is writing their life story, before drawing themselves as the stars of their stories alongside illustrator Sue Cornelison.
Supplies needed: Computer or phone access to play video, a variety of Crayola art tools, plain paper or printed Thinking Sheets, copy of the book THE STORY OF YOU (optional)
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Today’s Downloadable Planning Guide:
Today’s Giveaway:
Today’s Prize Pack includes A copy of the book The Story of You, a hand-painted Martin Guitar, Boomwhackers, Congas, a Drum Kit, a Glockenspiel, Hand bells, a Rainstick, $500 in Crayola products, and 30 Crayola Creativity T-Shirts!
DAY 4: Seeing Our Strengths
Our Featured Guests:
13-Year Old Actor and Author, Mia Armstrong, & Illustrator, Alexandra Thompson
Masterpieces are the works we create and the people we become . Today, 13-year-old actress and author Mia Armstrong will read her book, I Am a Masterpiece, an empowering story about inclusivity and growing up with Down Syndrome, something Mia refers to as her superpower, allowing her to see things in a unique way. Through Mia’s storytelling, students will be reminded that they are all masterpieces, as they create their own untraditional self-portraits and superhero capes alongside illustrator Alexandra Thompson.
Supplies needed: Computer or phone access to play video, a variety of Crayola art tools, plain paper or printed Thinking Sheets, copy of the book I AM A MASTERPIECE (optional)
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Today’s Downloadable Planning Guide:
Today’s Giveaway:
Today’s Prize Pack includes an exclusive collection from Kohls and Crayola including a Modern Mug in ‘Stripes’, Colors of Kindness Stickers, Oversized Squishy Pillow, Doodle Pencil Pouch, Kohls Little Words Project and Crayola ‘Create’ Beaded Keychain, Plush Throw Blanket in Navy Crayon, Luggage Tag in ‘Lime’, 30 Crayola Creativity Week T-Shirts, and $500 in Crayola products!
DAY 3: Wishing Upon Stars
Our Featured Guest:
NASA Astronomers, & Illustrator, Louise Pigott
Join NASA scientists Dr. Hashima Hasan, Dr. Begoña Vila, and Dr. Prabal Saxena as they share fun facts about stars, space, and telescopes.
Then join fellow space admirer and illustrator Louise Pigott with a read aloud of ALWAYS LOOKING UP: NANCY GRACE ROMAN, ASTRONOMER—a biography of Nancy Grace Roman, known as the “mother of the Hubble” and the first Chief of Astronomy at NASA. Students will be reminded that while there may be challenges along the way, you should do what you love and keep looking up. They’ll want to reach for the stars as they draw their own telescope and a sparkling celestial scene.
Supplies needed: Computer or phone access to play video, a variety of Crayola art tools, plain paper or printed Thinking Sheets, copy of the book ALWAYS LOOKING UP (optional)
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Today’s Downloadable Planning Guide:
Today’s Giveaway:
One Grand Prize Winner will receive:
StarSense Explorer 150mm Smartphone App-Enabled Tabletop Dobsonian Telescope
Tripod for StarSense Explorer Tabletop Dobsonian Telescope
Observer's Map of the Moon
Celestron Sky Map
Night Vision Flashlight
Eyepiece and Filter Kit - 1.25"
A copy of the book Always Looking Up
$500 in Crayola products
30 CCW t-shirts
Two Runner-Up Winners will receive:
StarSense Explorer DX 130AZ Telescope
A copy of the book Always Looking Up
$500 in Crayola product
30 CCW t-shirts
DAY 2: Leaping Toward Dreams
Our Featured Guests:
Principal Ballet Dancer, Misty Copeland, & Illustrator, Christopher Myers
Leap into creativity and the joy of dance with Misty Copeland, a gifted ballerina who was appointed as a soloist with the American Ballet Theater at the age of 24. Misty will share how self-confidence, hard work, and dedication allowed her to become a Firebird. Then students can create alongside artist Christopher Myers as he shows how to create Misty’s iconic Firebird performance through drawing and paper collage art.
Supplies needed: Computer or phone access to play video, a variety of Crayola art tools, plain paper or printed Thinking Sheets, copy of the book FIREBIRD (optional).
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Today’s Downloadable Planning Guide:
Today’s Giveaway:
Today’s Prize Pack will make you leap for joy. With a collection of Zumba merchandise (scrunchie set, headband, socks, a ‘Dance Outside the Line’ t-shirt, a ‘Dance in Color’ t-shirt), copies of the books Firebird, That’s Not My Name, The Circles All Around Us, and My Papi Has a Motorcycle, 30 Creativity Week T-Shirts, and $500 in Crayola Products!
DAY 1: Cooking Connects Cultures
Our Featured Guest:
Chef and TV Personality, Eric Adjepong
It’s going to be a delicious start to Crayola Creativity Week, as chef and celebrated Food Network TV personality Eric Adjepong shares his book, Sankofa: A Culinary Story of Resilience and Belonging. Students will learn more about Eric’s Ghanian culture and growing up in New York City as a first generation American and be inspired to create alongside him as he illustrates jollof rice and the Sankofa bird. Tempt your learners’ appetites for creativity and the joy of food to connect us all!
Supplies needed: Computer or phone access to play video, a variety of Crayola art tools, plain paper or printed Thinking Sheets, copy of the book SANKOFA (optional)
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Today’s Downloadable Planning Guide:
Today’s Giveaway:
Today’s Prize Pack is filled with tantalizing treats, including the book Sankofa by Eric Adjepong, the book Crayola Cooking with Color, Crayola dishware, 30 Crayola Creativity Week T-Shirts, and $500 in Crayola Products.
Weathering Emotions
Our Celebrity Creators:
Meteorologist, Dylan Dreyer & Illustrator, Rosie Butcher
Today’s forecast? It’s going to be a fun, creative day, as TODAY Show co-host and meteorologist Dylan Dreyer connects emotions and weather with vocabulary used to describe both, such as sunny, turbulent, stormy, and calm. Illustrator Rosie Butcher will engage kids and adults alike in creating a cloud character whose personality and appearance are based on science (like ‘Nimby’— Nimbus—from Dylan’s book Misty the Cloud) and using layered art materials to create a weather scene.
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Today’s Giveaway:
Thanks to our friends at Khan Academy Kids, today’s Prize Pack is filled colorful items kids will love. The winner will also receive a Creativity Week T-Shirt, posters, stickers, and more to keep the fun, discovery, and energy of Creativity going all year long!
Self-Confidence and Student Voice
Next: Weathering Emotions
Our Celebrity Creators:
Hip-Hop Star, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels & Illustrator, Tristan Tait
Music and art make a great combination for learners of all ages…and families too! Join cofounder of the legendary hip-hop group Run DMC, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, as he inspires kids to use their voices to build confidence and express themselves. Create illustrated dream poems and cartoon doodles of your best self alongside illustrator Tristan Tait. Then share photos of students’ work online to have a chance to see their artwork in a KIDZ BOP music video!
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Today’s Giveaway:
This is a Prize Pack that moves and grooves. It features KIDZ BOP apparel, must-haves that glow, Crayola favorites for all ages, a Creativity Week T-Shirt, and more!
Keys to Kindness
Next: Self-Confidence and Student Voice
Our Celebrity Creators:
Child Actor & Artist, Winslow Fegley
Hear cast members and filmmakers from Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile read the book that inspired the movie, The House on East 88th Street, by Bernard Waber. Then join 13-year-old actor and artist Winslow Fegley, who plays Josh Primm in the musical film adaptation of Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile, as he helps us all learn to embrace change by cooking up creative solutions and illustrating the keys to kindness that can lead us to unexpected friendships.
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Today’s Giveaway:
Today’s Prize Pack features copies of the book, The House on East 88th Street, by Bernard Waber, Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile merchandise, and Blu-rays from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, along with a chorus of Crayola products, a Creativity Week T-Shirt, posters and more!
Today’s the Day for the Crayola Creativity Week Livestreamed Assembly Event
2 pm ET
It’s a celebration for kids, teachers, families, and everyone who loves creativity!
Join us for the premiere of a brand new Dance Along from KIDZ BOP, celebrate with students around the world, be inspired by student-created artwork, PLUS hear special messages from Olympic Champion and 3-time World Champion, Nathan Chen, 13-year-old actress Lyric Hurd, who plays Trudy in the movie Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile, and special NASA guests!
Language and Laughter
Next: Keys to Kindness
Our Celebrity Creators:
Comedian and Impractical Jokers Star, James “Murr” Murray & Comedy Writer, Carsen Smith
It’s a day to giggle, guffaw, grin and laugh along with comedian and Impractical Jokers star, James “Murr” Murray, and comedy writer, Carsen Smith. As they share their book, Area 51 Interns: Alien Summer, kids will get the joke and have a great time playing with language and using humor to spread joy and connect with one another. Watch for big smiles as students learn to create illustrated idioms and work together on collaborative improv art. Have some big fun and enjoy the fourth day of Creativity Week!
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Today’s Giveaway:
Today’s Prize Pack is all kinds of fun. The winner will receive a brand new 10th generation 64GB 10.9” iPad Pro and a one-year subscription to the Crayola Create & Play app, plus a colorful collection of Crayola products, a Creativity Week T-Shirt, and more!
Dancing with Traditions
Next: Language and Laughter
Our Celebrity Creators:
Professional Indigenous Dancer, Ria Thundercloud & Illustrator, Kalila J. Fuller
Author Ria Thundercloud and illustrator, Kalila Fuller, will share their book, Finding My Dance. As students hear Ria’s story, they’ll be moved to connect culture, identity, and self-expression. From pow wows to traditional regalia, Ria will captivate students with her remarkable journey. Then they can draw and illustrate nature-inspired patterns and dance poses, making their art dance on paper with Kalila J. Fuller!
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Today’s Giveaway:
Today’s Prize pack is brimming with must-read books for your students from Penguin Random House and yes, it also includes lots of your favorite Crayola products, a Creativity Week T-Shirt, posters and more!
Building Dreams and Community
Next: Dancing with Traditions
Our Celebrity Creators:
Broadway Star, Ali Stroker & Illustrator, Gillian Reid
Ali Stroker, actress, singer, and first wheelchair-using actor to appear on Broadway and win a Tony Award, is in the spotlight today, alongside illustrator, Gillian Reid. Ali has a special message for students today. As she’ll tell us all, you can go after your dreams with the help of a supportive community, You don’t have wait. And yes, you can start today! Ali and Gillian will share their book, Ali and the Sea Stars, inspiring students to put on a play, illustrate dramatic facial expressions, and reach for the stars!
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Today’s Giveaway:
Start the applause for Today’s Prize Pack. It’s filled with a collection of social-emotional learning and drama items from School Specialty, along with a start-studded lineup of Crayola products, a Creativity Week T-Shirt, and more!
DAY 1: Endless Possibilities
Our Featured Guests:
NASA astronauts, scientists, and engineers and Illustrator and former NASA Intern Shane Tolentino
It’s going to be a spectacular launch, as NASA astronauts, scientists, and engineers read You Are Going, and your students are fascinated by the awesome possibilities of a STEAM career at NASA. Our guest space explorers are part of the team making the Artemis mission possible. Launch learners’ creativity with an idea web connecting their current interests to future careers. Inspire them to illustrate what it might be like to stand on the and look up…at the Earth!
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Today’s Giveaway:
Today’s Prize Pack is filled with space-themed merchandise, your favorite Crayola products, a Creativity Week T-Shirt, and an out-of-this-world opportunity to send your students’ artwork to space!
Just Two Weeks Until Crayola Creativity Week!
Just Two Weeks Until Crayola Creativity Week!
Crayola Creativity Week Starts in Just 20 Days!
Crayola Creativity Week Starts in Just 21 Days!
100 Days of Colorful Giveaways Is Underway
Each day leading up to the start of Crayola Creativity Week (now until Jan. 23rd) we’ll select one registrant at random to win supplies for their celebration. Sign up to participate for free today!
Read Along, Draw Along
Charlotte and the Nutcracker, 7 PM ET
Take some time for magic this holiday season! Join writer and 13-year-old ballerina Charlotte Nebres in a read aloud of her picture book autobiography on how she made ballet history, CHARLOTTE AND THE NUTCRACKER. Then grab your art supplies and draw along as she creates two magical scenes from the story.