29 Jul A simple crown craft to help children talk about safety
Queensland Child Protection Week is marking its 40th anniversary in 2026 with a simple but meaningful craft activity families, schools and early learning centres can do together.
This year’s art project is Make A Crown. Children decorate and wear their own paper crowns, adding the names of people and places that help them feel safe, supported and listened to.
The idea is deliberately child-friendly. Crowns remind children that they are precious, unique and have a voice that matters. But the activity also opens the door to an important conversation: Who are the trusted adults you could talk to if you felt worried, scared or unsafe? Where do you feel safe? What helps you feel heard?
Queensland Child Protection Week runs from 6–12 September 2026 and shares the wider message that protecting children is everybody’s business. The national theme this year is Every Conversation Matters, Shifting Conversation to Action, encouraging adults to move beyond awareness and take practical steps that help children grow up safe and supported.
The crown project is easy to run at home, in a classroom, at playgroup or as part of a community event. Families can download the template, gather colouring pencils or pens, scissors and glue or sticky tape, and use the activity as a gentle way to talk about safety networks.
Parents might like to ask children:
Who makes you feel safe?
Which adults could you talk to if you had a worry?
Where do you feel calm, happy or protected?
What would you do if you needed help?
For younger children, the answers may be simple: Mum, Dad, Grandma, a teacher, a neighbour, the library, school, home or a friend’s house. For older children, the activity can become a chance to talk about having more than one safe adult, including someone outside the immediate family.
Although Queensland Child Protection Week is not until September, organisers are encouraging schools, early learning centres, libraries, playgroups and families to start planning now. The free Make a Crown activity is designed to be simple enough for home, but also useful for classrooms and community displays, giving children time to think about the people and places that help them feel safe.
Queensland Child Protection Week 2026 Art Project:
https://childprotectionweek.org.au/art-project/
Or download the craft activity here.
Queensland Child Protection Week:
https://childprotectionweek.org.au/
