Back to School Challenge – Week 4: #creatsybackpack
113 entries. One backpack mockup. Seven days.
For our grand finale, we asked you to pack your style! And you guys turned a simple backpack into a roaming mood board covered in patterns, patches, stickers, and pins. We’re keeping the packing theme across sections, so each category feels like loading a new compartment with color and character.
How to browse: Click any image to jump to the artist’s page and explore more of their work. We promised to feature everyone; if your piece hasn’t landed here yet, give us a nudge and we’ll add it. First bell’s ringing – zip up, shoulder straps on, and let’s see what you carried into Week 4.
Pack Your ABCs
Kick off week four by packing the essentials! This set rounds up classroom classics – alphabets and lettering, spiral notebooks and storybooks, crayons and colored pencils, bubbling test tubes for science, building blocks for play, alarm clocks for on-time arrivals, pep-talk stickers, and even balls and stopwatches for PE. Palettes swing from candy brights to calm pastels, with checks, stripes, and playful icons tying everything together. And for the spooky at heart, there’s even a supernatural set – moody stripes, ghoulish notes, and winks to a certain famously deadpan heroine – perfect for anyone who likes homeroom with a hint of Halloween. Zip the backpack, pin on a charm, and you’re officially cool for school!
Pack Your Greenery
This section blossoms with every kind of botanical you can imagine: tiny ditsy florals, painterly meadows, bold folk blooms, graphic petals, and vintage bouquets. Colors span soft blush and sage to punchy corals, mustard, and midnight blue, so you can match your notebooks, planners, and pencil cases to any vibe. Plants aren’t just petals, either – there are lush jungle leaves, modern palm fronds, trailing vines, desert-ready cacti, and even seaweed motifs for a coastal twist. Mix large statement florals with tidy coordinates, pair leafy patterns with stripes or checks, and let your backpack look like it just strolled out of a greenhouse. If you’ve been waiting for a sign to go full bloom this semester – this is it.
Pack Your Hearts & Rainbows
Romantic, cheerful, and unapologetically sweet – this pack is all about color and kindness. Think candy-bright arcs (chunky, sketched, and stripey), heart-sprinkled patterns, and retro notebook vibes that turn every cover into a mini celebration. Pair the rainbows with love-note doodles, match them with checkered or striped backpacks, and pin on a heart or two for extra charm. Perfect for planners, spiral notebooks, pencil sleeves, and sticker sheets – anything that could use an instant “aww” and a full-spectrum lift. If your school day needs sunshine on demand, this is the set to zip into your bag!
Pack your Lunch
Snack time, study time – same bag! This week’s backpacks came stuffed with brain fuel: crisp apples for teachers’ pets, strawberry fields for daydreamers, cupcakes for the sweet-toothed scribblers, and scoops of ice cream for anyone riding the A+ chill. We spotted lunch-table legends too – sushi bento doodles, twirly spaghetti, pizza hearts, and a few patterns straight from the cafeteria line. Bold checks, sprinkles, polka dots, and wavy stripes turned every bite into a mood board, so your notes look as delicious as they read. Pick your flavor and pack it up – these designs make every break a treat and every page a picnic.
Pack Your Mushrooms
Are you full? Perfect – zip up a pocket for the forest, because this stop is all about fungi. Think storybook toadstools, spotted caps, dainty chanterelles, tiny spores and stems nestled among autumn florals, leaves, and fluttering forest friends. Palettes swing cozy and woodsy – cranberry, mustard, moss, cocoa – with folk-art frames, gingham, and retro accents for extra charm. Some designs feel like a field-trip worksheet; others like a woodland fair – either way, they’re ready for biology class notes and daydreamy doodles. Pop them on notebooks, planners, and pencil cases, then stash them in your backpack for instant creativity on the go.
Pack Your Art Class Notes
Time for a dose of studio magic! In this backpack, we’re tucking in designs that feel like an art lesson on the go – bold abstracts, retro curls that sway like vinyl grooves, crisp geometric lines that snap into rhythm, and soft painterly smudges for that gallery-wall vibe. It’s sketchbook-meets-homeroom: eye-catching patterns that turn every notebook, planner, and pencil case into a mini masterpiece.
Pack Your Postcards
Time to stamp our passports! This set is for day-dreamers and weekend wanderers – lighthouse paths, boardwalk huts, sandy beaches, city scooters, and scenic roads all tucked neatly into your backpack. Think of it as a travel diary you can carry to class: grids like maps, waves like the shoreline, and little vehicles ready to roll into your next doodle. Vacation vibes optional; curiosity required.
Pack Your Stardust
And since our road trip already has momentum, let’s take a quick detour past the Milky Way and pack the stars too! This set beams with constellations, crescent moons, cheerful comets, tiny rockets, zodiac doodles, and whole mini-solar systems sprinkled across notebook covers. Pair them with gridded or checked pages, zip them into your backpack, and you’re ready for stargazing between lessons. Shoot for A+ and leave a trail of glittering galaxies in the hallway!
Bring Your Friends
Don’t forget to bring your study buddies – big, small, feathered, and fantastical! This pocket of the challenge skipped the pet carrier and went straight for pure pattern joy: curious cats and loyal pups, bouncy bunnies and busy bees, swooping swallows, dapper ducks, and a very charming cowboy snake. We even spotted butterflies and ladybugs sneaking in, plus bats lending a whisper of spooky season for extra-credit vibes. And yes, unicorns made the attendance list too – because a little classroom magic never hurt anyone.
That’s a Wrap!
And that’s a wrap on our backpack grand tour! From school supplies and blooming botanicals to hearts, snacks, fungi, abstracts, travel vibes, star maps, and a whole parade of animal pals – you packed this week with color and character.
Thank you for filling our feed with 113 brilliant entries and for carrying the challenge spirit all the way to the final bell.
Keep your backpack zipped with ideas!