International Dot Day

By Beth | September 13, 2012 |

Every year on September 15th-ish, there is a wonderful celebration of creativity known as International Dot Day, based on the equally wonderful picture book by Peter H. Reynolds, The Dot. This year, over 500,000 — yes, over HALF A MILLION — people, mainly children in classrooms, are participating in Dot Day. Some are Skyping with each other to Connect The Dots. Many well-known authors and illustrators have contributed Dots to the Celebri-dots website — do browse around the site and see the fabulous Dots they have made.

FableVision and International Dot Day “Ambassador” Terry Shay, along with Pat Tilton of the truly excellent blog, Children’s Books Heal, have challenged people in the blog world, writers, illustrators, book reviewers, anyone involved in the kidlit blogosphere, to participate in International Dot Day by creating a Dot and posting it on our blogs. We’re not to be intimidated, thinking we’re not artists — this is a way for all people to release their inhibitions and get creative, drawing, painting, creating a Dot of some sort.

Click the magic words to see my CREATIVITY DOT!

CREATIVITY DOT

by Beth Stilborn

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27 Comments

  1. Patricia Tilton on September 13, 2012 at 7:34 am

    Beth, I love you Dot. I’m looking forward to what others post. Thanks for the mention. Will link to your blog tomorrow when I post. Your dot was very creative!



    • Beth on September 13, 2012 at 5:04 pm

      Thanks, Pat! I thought of this one night just before going to sleep!



  2. Angela Brown on September 13, 2012 at 7:38 am

    That is a wonderful dot indeed, Beth. Excellent job 🙂



    • Beth on September 13, 2012 at 5:04 pm

      Thanks, Angela!



  3. Joanna on September 13, 2012 at 8:31 am

    Spot on! Love it Beth, very creative!



    • Beth on September 13, 2012 at 5:05 pm

      Thanks, Joanna! It was fun to figure out how to make it work.



  4. Rob-bear on September 13, 2012 at 9:34 am

    That is an awesome dot! Way to go, Beth.

    Some of us make dots, and some of us are just dotty.



    • Beth on September 13, 2012 at 5:06 pm

      I’m rather dotty a lot of the time, Rob-bear! Thanks!



  5. Margaret Almon on September 13, 2012 at 9:57 am

    Love your exercising dot! I hadn’t heard about International Dot Day–what a cool idea. I was one of those people who thought I couldn’t draw and it was exciting to discover that I could!



    • Beth on September 13, 2012 at 5:07 pm

      Thanks, Margaret. You are so very artistic that it’s hard for me to imagine that there was a time when you thought you couldn’t draw! You’ll notice that only part of my human shows in my dot — there’s a good reason for that! 😉



  6. Susanna Leonard Hill on September 13, 2012 at 10:47 am

    This is FABULOUS Beth! I love it!



    • Beth on September 13, 2012 at 5:14 pm

      Thanks, Susanna! It was fun to make. I pondered doing a matched set, the second one being “Unleash your creativity” but thought it might be a bit beyond my skills to draw the creativity-dog frolicking about unleashed. 😉



  7. Heather Newman on September 13, 2012 at 5:28 pm

    I love your creativity dog and his lit up tail! Thanks for sharing your beautiful dot, Beth.



    • Beth on September 13, 2012 at 5:31 pm

      Thanks, Heather! It was fun to do (once I figured out how to leave the person out of the picture for the most part! lol)



      • Heather Newman on September 14, 2012 at 4:03 am

        Lol! Creative editing for your creativity dot!



  8. Erik This Kid Reviews Books on September 14, 2012 at 5:26 am

    AWESOME DOT! 🙂 I’m going to post mine later today or on Saturday 😀



    • Beth on September 14, 2012 at 12:19 pm

      Thanks, Erik! I’m looking forward to seeing your dot!



  9. Cathy Ballou Mealey on September 14, 2012 at 5:39 am

    Woof! Dot dog in action. Love it Beth!



    • Beth on September 14, 2012 at 12:19 pm

      Thanks, Cathy!



  10. Cap'n S on September 14, 2012 at 6:53 am

    What a neat idea! Yours is very cute 🙂
    I had to go to the Connect the Dots link before I really understood the point of the dot thing. We’re good now!

    (if you can do something pirate-related for next Wednesday [Talk Like A Pirate Day], that would be cool!) Any good pirate picture books out there?



    • Beth on September 14, 2012 at 12:20 pm

      Glad you got Dot Day figured out!

      There are some really cool pirate picture books out there, but unfortunately, my Wednesdays are booked solid until December. Will I have to walk the plank? ;(



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  13. Pam on September 15, 2012 at 4:34 pm

    This is a dotsterpiece akin to Van Gogh-get-it-boy! Love this, Beth! There’s nothing better than a dog, whose “Y” shaped tail sprouts orange flowers!! Great job, lady!



    • Beth on September 15, 2012 at 4:36 pm

      “Van Gogh-get-it-boy!” LOVE that, Pam! Thanks!



  14. Robpixaday on September 16, 2012 at 11:38 am

    Ha!!!! Your dot ROCKS!!!!!!!! Brilliant!!!!!
    And what a wonderful idea DOT DAY is!



    • Beth on September 16, 2012 at 6:11 pm

      Thanks Robbbbbbbin! It was such fun to do this dot (although I kind of wish I could have done a creative cat… maybe next year.) Dot Day is a fabulous thing!