The Day the Crayons Quit Coloring Pages and Free Printable Activities
These free The Day the Crayons Quit coloring pages and activity sheets include printable coloring sheets, story-sequencing activities, writing prompts, crayon-themed worksheets, a storytime poster, and classroom activities inspired by the books by Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers.
Download one coloring page for a quick quiet-time activity or print the complete PDF activity bundle for storytime, homeschool lessons, classroom reading centers, rainy afternoons, and screen-free family fun.
The Day the Crayons Quit Free Printables
This collection gives parents, teachers, librarians, and caregivers several ways to continue the fun after reading The Day the Crayons Quit. You can print a simple coloring sheet, use the storytime poster for a library or classroom event, or download the larger activity PDF filled with reading, writing, and color-based activities.
The complete activity bundle includes pages that invite children to identify colors, sequence events from the story, compare crayon characters, write letters, discuss how the crayons feel, graph favorite colors, and create their own colorful drawings.
Some pages are simple enough for younger children to enjoy with help, while the writing, comprehension, and persuasive-language activities work especially well for elementary-age students.
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What Is Included in the Printable Activity Collection?
You do not have to print every PDF to enjoy these activities. Choose the page or packet that fits the time you have and the age of your child or students.
- A printable crayon storytime poster
- A seven-page coloring activity packet
- A 20-page activity and worksheet bundle
- Color recognition and tracing practice
- Story-sequencing worksheets
- Crayon character comprehension questions
- Compare-and-contrast activities
- Favorite-color graphing practice
- Letter-writing and creative-writing prompts
- Cause-and-effect activities
- A special storytime activity sheet
- An educator’s guide for kindergarten through fifth grade
Why You’ll Love These Coloring Pages and Activities
The Day the Crayons Quit is one of those books that almost begs for a box of crayons to be sitting nearby. Each crayon has a distinct personality, a complaint, and a point of view, which makes the story especially useful for creative writing, reading comprehension, feelings discussions, and imaginative art.
These printable activities are helpful because they can be used in several different ways:
- At home: Print a coloring page for quiet time, a rainy afternoon, or an after-school activity.
- In the classroom: Pair the worksheets with a read-aloud lesson about feelings, persuasive writing, or point of view.
- During homeschool: Use the activities for reading comprehension, handwriting, color recognition, graphing, and creative writing.
- At the library: Print the storytime poster and coloring sheets for a book-themed event.
- At a book party: Set up a crayon station where children can color, write letters, and design their own crayon characters.
How to Download The Day the Crayons Quit Coloring Pages
Choose the printable you would like to use, click the linked title, and open the PDF in your browser. From there, select the print icon or download the file to your computer for later.
For the clearest result, print the coloring pages on standard white printer paper. Use cardstock for the storytime poster, badges, or any page you want to display or reuse.
Printable Storytime Poster
Use this printable poster to announce a crayon-themed storytime at school, the library, a bookstore, or home. It includes spaces to add the date, time, and place.
Download the Free Crayon Storytime Poster
Seven-Page Crayon Coloring Packet
This printable PDF includes crayon-themed coloring activities that children can complete after reading the book. It is an easy option when you want several pages without printing the larger lesson bundle.
Download The Day the Crayons Quit Coloring Pages
Design Your Own Crayon Badge
Invite children to choose a favorite crayon, design a badge, and explain why that color deserves special recognition. This works especially well as a simple follow-up discussion after storytime.
About The Day the Crayons Quit
These are picture books, and while one of my children loudly declared that he was far too old for picture books, I still found him sitting on the floor reading through The Day the Crayons Quit and The Day the Crayons Came Home.
That is part of their charm. They look simple, but the personalities, complaints, illustrations, and humor keep pulling readers back in.
Written by Drew Daywalt and illustrated by Oliver Jeffers, The Day the Crayons Quit begins when Duncan opens his crayon box and discovers letters instead of crayons. Every crayon has something to say, and they have all reached the same conclusion: they quit.
Beige is tired of playing second fiddle to Brown. Blue needs a break from coloring all that water. Pink would simply like to be used. Green is content, but Orange and Yellow are no longer speaking to each other.
Poor Duncan only wants to color. Now he must find a colorful solution that makes every crayon feel heard.
The Day the Crayons Quit Activities PDF
The larger bonus PDF is the best choice when you want more than a single coloring sheet. It contains 20 pages of activities that can support a complete book lesson or several days of reading-center work.
Children can trace and identify color names, put story events in order, write letters, compare two crayons, graph favorite colors, describe how different crayons feel, identify evidence from the story, discuss each crayon’s complaint, and create a drawing using Duncan’s colors.
Download the Free 20-Page Activity Bundle
Individual The Day the Crayons Quit Activity Sheets
Only need one page? These individual downloads are convenient for storytime, quick classroom activities, or an afternoon coloring break.
Special Crayon Storytime Activity Sheet
Use this page to add a creative activity to a crayon-themed read-aloud or library event.
Download the Special Storytime Activity Sheet
Printable The Day the Crayons Quit Coloring Sheet
This printable coloring PDF is an easy choice for children who want to color the crayon characters after the story.
Download The Day the Crayons Quit Coloring Sheet
Perfect With a Back-to-School or Read-Aloud Lesson
These free printables are especially useful for back-to-school reading centers, Read Across America activities, library storytime, indoor recess, summer reading, and lessons about feelings or persuasive writing. Set out a fresh box of crayons, read the story together, and let each child choose the worksheet that fits the lesson.
Free Educator’s Guide for Grades K–5
Teachers and homeschool families can also download the educator’s guide, which is designed for kindergarten through fifth grade.
The guide includes lesson ideas connected to opinion writing, persuasive writing, text evidence, sentence completion, decision-making, and communicating a point of view. It can be used with both The Day the Crayons Quit and The Day the Crayons Came Home.
Download The Day the Crayons Quit Educator’s Guide
Tips for Printing the Coloring Pages
- Open the PDF before selecting print rather than printing directly from the web page.
- Choose “fit to printable area” if any part of the page is being cut off.
- Print coloring sheets on regular white printer paper.
- Use cardstock for posters, signs, badges, or pages children may handle repeatedly.
- Select black-and-white or grayscale printing when a worksheet does not need color.
- Print only the page numbers you need when using the larger activity bundle.
Creative Ways to Use the Printable Activities
Write a Letter From a Crayon
Ask each child to choose a crayon color and write a letter to Duncan. What does the crayon love to color? What does it wish Duncan would stop coloring? What would make that crayon feel appreciated?
Create a Class Color Graph
Let children vote for their favorite colors and record the results on the printable graph. Younger children can practice counting, while older children can compare totals and write statements about the results.
Design a New Crayon Character
What might happen if a silver, turquoise, neon green, or glitter crayon joined the story? Children can draw the character, name it, and invent a complaint or request.
Set Up a Coloring Invitation
Place the coloring pages on a table with crayons sorted into jars or small containers. Add a copy of the book nearby and let children revisit the characters as they color.
Make a Classroom Display
Hang finished coloring pages together beneath a heading such as “Every Crayon Counts.” Add children’s letters or favorite-color statements to create a bright book-themed bulletin board.
What Children Can Learn From These Activities
Coloring is certainly part of the fun, but these printable activities can support several early-learning and elementary skills.
- Fine-motor control and pencil grip
- Color recognition
- Reading comprehension
- Story sequencing
- Cause and effect
- Comparing and contrasting
- Identifying character feelings
- Using evidence from a text
- Opinion and persuasive writing
- Graphing and interpreting information
- Creative expression
Frequently Asked Questions
Where can I find The Day the Crayons Quit coloring pages for free?
You can download the free seven-page coloring packet from the link near the top of this post. There is also a larger 20-page PDF with coloring, writing, comprehension, graphing, and story-sequencing activities.
Are The Day the Crayons Quit printables free?
Yes. The coloring pages, activity sheets, storytime poster, bonus activity PDF, and educator’s guide linked in this post are free to download and print.
Is there a printable The Day the Crayons Quit coloring sheet?
Yes. You can download the individual coloring activity sheet or print the complete seven-page coloring packet.
What is included in The Day the Crayons Quit activities PDF?
The 20-page activities PDF includes color tracing, story sequencing, letter writing, compare-and-contrast work, favorite-color graphing, character feelings, text-evidence questions, cause and effect, and drawing prompts.
What ages are these activities for?
Younger children can enjoy the coloring and color-recognition pages with help. The reading, writing, comprehension, and persuasive-writing activities are best suited to elementary-age children. The educator’s guide is designed for grades K–5.
Can teachers use these printables in the classroom?
Yes. They work well for read-aloud lessons, literacy centers, story sequencing, opinion writing, persuasive writing, color recognition, and discussions about feelings and point of view.
What should I do if the printable PDF does not open?
Click the linked title to open the PDF in a new browser tab. If it still does not appear, download the file first and open it with a PDF reader before printing.
Can I use these activities without owning the book?
Children can enjoy the coloring sheets on their own, but the comprehension, sequencing, character, and writing activities will make more sense after reading the book.
Final Thoughts
The Day the Crayons Quit turns a familiar box of crayons into a funny, imaginative lesson about feelings, fairness, communication, and creativity. These free coloring pages and printable activities give children another way to explore the story while practicing useful reading, writing, art, and thinking skills.
Print one page for a quick afternoon activity or use the complete bundle to build an entire crayon-themed lesson. Either way, keep plenty of colors nearby. These crayons have already quit once, and we would hate to give them another reason.
Disclosure: I received copies of The Day the Crayons Quit and The Day the Crayons Came Home in exchange for the original post. All opinions are my own. This post may contain affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.