About World Kids Colouring Day
For 18 years, World Kids Colouring Day has been inspiring kids around the world to express themselves creatively while doing good. What began as a simple colouring activity has now become an international initiative that connects children across borders through colour, imagination and joy.
In 2026, World Kids Colouring Day will celebrate creativity with a theme that kids immediately understand and love. ‘Football, Friends & Colouring Fun’ form a universal language that brings people together and creates moments of happiness full of movement, community and creativity.
The theme for 2026: ‘Football, Friends & Colouring Fun’
Football is played and loved all over the world. It stands for team spirit, fairness and friendship. Combined with colouring, football becomes a powerful way for children to express their feelings, ideas and stories without words.
Children can paint football matches with friends, cheering fans, playful moments on the pitch or their very own colourful football world. Each picture shows joy, imagination and the special moments that connect us all.
🎉 WHAT YOU CAN WIN FOR YOUR SCHOOL 🎉
The top 3 schools with the most entries will each win a STAEDTLER prize package valued at $500 RRP. 🎁🏆
Participation for 2026 is closed.
Making an impact together!
Colouring & doing good
Education empowers girls
Some children can go to school every day. Others cannot, even though they would love to learn. In Malawi, many girls grow up in families where attending school is not a given. Long journeys to school, a lack of learning materials or inadequate sanitary facilities often make learning very difficult.
Education changes lives. When girls go to school and graduate, they gain knowledge, self-confidence and new perspectives. Education protects girls from early marriage, early pregnancy and poverty. It gives them the opportunity to shape their own lives.
That is why STAEDTLER, together with Plan International Germany, supports the project Education empowers girls in Malawi. The project helps girls stay in school.
By participating in World Kids Colouring Day, children help other children. Every picture and every participating product supports projects that give girls a future through education. Education opens doors; it is the first step out of poverty, the beginning of equality and the foundation of every future.
Ready to make the world colourful
Grab your pencils, gather your friends and let your imagination run wild. Paint colourful football moments full of fun, friendship and colour and help create a better future for children worldwide.
Join in World Kids Colouring Day 2026 and paint the world colourful together.
