Bellen Woodard may be young, but she’s already being praised as an inspiration across the world. At just nine years old, Bellen has made a name for herself by launching her “More than Peach” project, where she creates art kits that have packs of Crayola’s Multicultural crayons inside – emphasising how the peach crayon is not the only “skin-colour” crayon option. Bellen’s inspiration for “More than Peach” stemmed from her own encounter with her third-grade classmates at a school in Loudoun County, Virginia. “My friends were asking for the ‘skin-colour’ crayon,” she recalled, noting that she knew they meant the peach crayon – a colour that did not reflect her own skin tone. Bellen decided that the next times her classmates ask for the skin colour crayon she would ask them which colour they want because it could be any number of beautiful colours. So Bellen followed through with her plan the next time her classmates asked for the “skin-colour” crayon. Her response not only shifted her fellow students’ thinking, but also that of their third-grade teacher. Realising how much of an impact she had in her classroom, Bellen decided to spread her message by helping other students around the country through an art kit project. The “More than Peach” project is a special art kit that includes a sketchbook, a personalised postcard, a box of crayons or coloured pencils and a box of Crayola’s Multicultural crayons or coloured pencils. In addition to the peach colour, the multicultural box also includes apricot, burnt sienna, mahogany, sepia and tan-coloured crayons.