The kind of month your whole school remembers.
A few weeks of wonder that bring students, teachers, and families together — and leave your building feeling like a place everyone wants to be.
Color it to life
A child colors a Doodle and makes it their own.
Off they go
They head to lunch, on to class, or home for the night.
It gets up to something
While they're away it comes to life — mischief, an adventure, a note.
They race back
Just to see what it did — and a new challenge sends them off again.
Why it works
That pull — "I can't wait to see what my Doodle did" — is the most valuable thing a school can have: kids who genuinely want to be there. When children feel connected and excited, they show up more, try harder, and treat each other better. A happier school isn't just nicer. It's stronger.
Easier than you'd think
No training, no curriculum, no year-long commitment — just reusable characters, a simple guide, and a few weeks of joy. And it can pay for itself: a local business can sponsor it, and the adoption celebration helps fund next year.
Worth saying plainly: this is one of the most impactful — and most fun — research-based activities a school can run.
Programs that build these social and emotional skills lifted achievement by the equivalent of 11 percentile points across 213 studies of 270,000+ children. The largest randomized trial in arts education (10,548 students) found better attendance, more kindness, and fewer behavior problems.
Durlak et al., 2011 (n=270,034) · Bowen & Kisida, 2019 (RCT, n=10,548) · Farrington et al., 2019. Built on evidence-tested methods.
A fresh theme every year — Under the Sea · Safari · Dinosaurs · Space · Farm · Robots · Storybook
Let's bring it to your school.
Low cost — and maybe free if we line up a local sponsor. Just give us your details, and we'll make it happen.
Bring the joy and excitement to your school or library