Set up March with me using our Three Little Pigs subscription theme, featuring a storybook-style cover and cozy weekly spreads that walk through the fairy tale from start to finish! This post is all about ideas and inspiration for using the Three Little Pigs collection in your own journal, based on some spreads I made in the latest YouTube video plus a few amazing layouts from our community. You can follow along spread-by-spread or just pick out your favourite details to try this month.

🖊️ Tools Used

For these March spreads, I used:

• Tombow Dual Brush Pens
  
  • 947 (dark brown)
  • 992 (light brown)
  • 977 (medium brown)
  • 020 (light yellow)
  • 761 (soft pink)
  • N75 (cool gray)
  • 451 (light blue)
  • 192 (green) 
• Tombow MONO Drawing Pens: sizes 1, 3, and 5 for outlines and borders
• Dot grid spacing sheet for measuring and spacing
• Acrylic white paint marker for highlights and corrections
• Pencil, ruler, eraser, scissors, craft knife, tweezers, glue tape,
• Three Little Pigs ultimate subscription
• Three Little Pigs Journaling Extras Sticker Set

📚 Storybook Cover + Monthly Grid

The first spread turns your journal into a little storybook: a faux “book cover” for Three Little Pigs on the outside and a full March monthly grid hidden inside. To make the cover, I measured a large rounded rectangle a few dots in from the edge and cut it out like a big Dutch door, so it flips over the next page. I colored the “book” in layered browns to mimic wood, added a double inner border, and drew two green bookmark ribbons peeking out the bottom. In the center, I sketched and cut an oval window, then built a tiny forest scene with stickers from the sticker sheet. 

For the title, I layered one of the March headers over the top of the “book” and added the logo sticker near the bottom like an author name. A soft gray shadow along the outer edge of the cover helps it pop off the page and really sells the illusion of a chunky storybook inside your journal. On the inside page, I drew a 5×5 monthly grid to fit a Monday-start March, rounded the corners to match the cover, and added day-of-week stickers on a simple blue background. 

🌀 Simple Weekly with Story Circles

The third weekly is a faster layout that still feels special, built around a row of circular stickers from the variety pack. I divided both pages into four horizontal sections using the grid sheet, added a strip of patterned washi along the bottom, and then used the circles as anchors for each day’s header. March gets a cozy layered title at the top using decorative header stickers, while each daily section stays open and flexible for tasks or memory-keeping. Because the boxes are tall and clean, you don’t even need extra lines - just drop in your to-dos and appointments next to each little scene.

If you want to see all the spreads I set up with this theme (and watch how they come together), pop open the Three Little Pigs Journal With Me video for the full walkthrough.

 Your Three Little Pigs Spreads That Inspired Us!

Our community absolutely enjoyed the Three Little Pigs theme too. You turned houses of hay, wood, and brick into some truly magical pages. Below, you’ll find a few of the standout spreads we’re featuring from the Facebook group, each with its own twist on the fairy tale and plenty of details you can borrow for your own March setup.

Anna Trip - Anna built her whole weekly right into the brick house, and it’s such a clever way to use the Three Little Pigs theme. Each day sits inside its own “window” with a little pig peeking out, while the giant pig drawing popping in from the corner makes the spread feel like a cozy storyboard for the week.

Luna Marie - Luna turned her trackers and mood log into a full mini scene, with the wolf and pigs running along a grassy border at the bottom of the page. The mix of cloud-shaped tracker boxes, ladder-style habit charts, and little pig faces marking “good,” “bad,” and “great” moods makes this spread super functional and cute.

Jocelyn Levengood - Jocelyn turned her reading journal into a clever little mash‑up by pairing Animal Farm with the Three Little Pigs stickers. We love how the pink and black color palette, quote boxes, and tiny pigs tucked between the artwork make this review spread feel both literary and playful at the same time.

Jah Love - We love how Jah turned the Three Little Pigs sticker sheet into functional tabs, with each pig and house peeking out from the edge of the planner. It’s such a smart way to mark important days while keeping the stickers lined up along the side of the pages like a tiny index.

Wendi Henderson - Wendi went full storybook with her setup, turning the Three Little Pigs journaling card from the subscription into a clever side flap so when you “open the book,” it reveals her End of Month Review tucked underneath. We love how she carried the village artwork across into a mood tracker and March cover, creating a little path of pigs, cottages, and the wolf that you can follow all the way through the month.

Keep the Fairy Tale Going

All the stickers and kits used in these spreads are part of the Three Little Pigs collection and March Ultimate subscription, so you can recreate these pages or mix and match pieces to fit your planner style. If you’d like to share what you make, come hang out in our  Chubgirl Planner Group on Facebook, where everyone swaps ideas, asks questions, and cheers each other on.

Here’s to a March full of cozy piggies, crafty houses, and spreads that feel like a little storybook every time you open your journal.