Can you believe it’s the 16th year Dot Day has been celebrated? Yes, time DOES fly! And I can tell you, in my world, it often feels like it flies at light speed! That’s why this is a “write on the fly” post about this year’s Dot Day (it’s been on my To-Do list for two weeks and squeezing it in, at that! Oh, well. Honestly, I’m just glad we found time to celebrate it at all! Yep, that’s the way things are going 🤪
Considering all that, this year’s post will basically be “the basics”…getting right down to business. I’m sure you won’t mind since my bet is your life flies by pretty fast too!
My grandgirls, Charlotte who is now 8 and Nora is 4 1/2 (can you believe it?!) are more creative than ever and continue to impress me 🎨 Charlotte had her idea brewing before hand so tackled hers as soon as we sat. Nora had recently done a beautiful drawing of a sunset, so that’s what she decided on. I’d found some colorful tissue and mylar so that was incorporated, and a Dollar-Store Hawaiian lei had broken the day before so the loose flowers were a perfect tool ✂️🌸👌
I cut paper strips for Nora to use as cirrus clouds, she decided the grass would be “silhouette” black and had a ball doing it…
And I was really impressed when Charlotte noticed that the petals of the lei flowers resembled seashells!
As for mine, I couldn’t stretch my creative brain to go beyond a simple hand-painted version of my “official” 2025 Dot…
So there you have it! Our little celebration of one of my favorite days of the year😃😁👏
And, as always, I will happily mention the interviews I got to do with Peter and Paul Reynolds, and Terry Shay, plus share the links to our previous Dots:
2014 … Terry Shay … 2015 … 2016 … 2017 … 2018 with Peter and Paul …. 2019 … 2020 … 2021 … 2022 … 2023 and 2024. Happy Belated Dot Day, everyone!
P.S. I hope, at some point, I will complete and intended post on the Princeton Children’s Book Festival. We’ll see!
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