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Uncle Paul's book of Doodle Dents

Jun 09, 2021
The most frequently asked question we get is “Can we have more Doodle Dents designs please?” After that, it's
“How do you create such fun, imaginative designs?” The answer to this is quite simply, we harness the magic from the imagination of children. For people new to Doodle Dents, you might like to read our back story, 'What makes Doodle Dents so Special?', and meanwhile, in the case of Uncle Paul’s Book of Doodle Dents, here’s how  we did it – it's really rather fun…

Ingredients:

• 1 x Inventor of Doodle Dents (Violet)

• 2 x Chief Doodlers (Bertie & Immy)

• 1 x Uncle (Paul)

• 1 x Topic – ‘My favourite things’ 

• Some paper & pens

Uncle Paul, being Uncle Paul (and for those who know him will totally understand what I mean), made a grand entrance in his favourite fancy dress costume. This immediately set the scene and translated into ‘animals’, and in particular the more exotic, tropical and jungle animals. After the inevitable outfit swapping and running around the garden, the serious part begins – how do we Doodle Dent this favourite thing and what should it look like? 


The team grab their pens and paper and get to work… what is the focal point? Well, in this case it’s obvious – the bird! What does it look like? What other characters should feature? What are their characteristics. After much discussion, giggles and inspiration, we are left with wonderful themes! 

The next bit involves some serious & specialist print and design work, which we won’t bore you with, but equally must be acknowledged as a crucial part that makes Doodle Dents possible for the children (and you, secretly)!


So in the case of Uncle Paul’s Edition, the four fabulous designs include:

(1) The Animal Kingdom


Bring to life animals from around the world, with bright tropical birds, African animals,  slithering snakes, friendly frogs and cheeky monkeys! 


There are four sheets of The Animal Kingdom in Uncle Paul's Book of Doodle Dents, making it perfect to experiment with different colours and share with friends and family.


(2) The Space Adventurer 


Capture the sense of adventure & let your imagination blast off out of this world! Look back on Earth, dodge Saturn, say hello to the friendly space folk and wave at the moon.


There are also four sheets of The Space Adventurer in Uncle Paul's Book of Doodle Dents - excellent!


(3) Wonderous Wizardry


Everyone loves a wizard. Magic and mystery. Mix up a spell, play a joke on the witch, chat to the pumpkin and chase away the rat! 


With four sheets of the Wonderous Wizardry in Uncle Paul's Book of Doodle Dents, see whether different colour variations spark the imagination to think of different spells...

(4) Feel the Beat, Street Dance! 


Put on your dancing shoes, turn up the music and rock the world!


Also with four Feel the Beat, Street Dance sheets in Uncle Paul's Book of Doodle Dents that makes 16 Doodle Dents sheets. With each one taking on average 45 minutes to complete, that's 12 hours of uninterrupted, calming, creative fun. 


We had a LOT of fun bringing this book to life and we hope, as per the idea of Doodle Dents, it provides you and your children, hours of uninterrupted, calming, creative fun. 

Doodle Dents - creative calming art for children

Oooh - I remember Doodle Dents, take me to the shop, please!

07 Nov, 2022
Doodle Dents - remember us - a fabulous unique, creative & mindful way of doing art. Ideal presents for children.

Celebrating 2 years of Doodle Dents

01 Oct, 2021
I can't quite believe it has been TWO years since we launched Doodle Dents. What were you doing two years ago today and could you ever have imagined what was in store, for us all? I certainly didn't. I had just launched Doodle Dents and on this exact day two years ago became a "MAMIL" (middle-aged man in lycra), as I embarked on a two wheeled fundraising trip from Lands End to John O'Groats. Little did I know that I would be cycling through cities, towns and even remote hamlets where people would be enjoying Doodle Dents!

New range of Doodle Dents - out now!

09 Jun, 2021
Not one but TWO new Doodle Dents products! We have just released Uncle Paul’s book of Doodle Dents and Granny & Grandpa’s handy pocket edition . Uncle Paul’s book of Doodle Dents is an A5 sized booklet, meaning your children can add to their portfolio of existing Doodle Dents, whilst Granny and Grandpa’s book comes in the new, smaller, handy pocket sized book, which can be easily taken absolutely anywhere and everywhere. Uncle Paul's book of Doodle Dents is themed around 'favourite things' (including exotic animals, spaceships, wizards and street dancers), whilst the pocket book is themed around 'cool types of transport' (from planes, trains and automobiles - plus horseback too), which is fitting as the pocket book is perfect for whichever mode of transport you embark when heading out!

THANK YOU EVERYONE

21 Dec, 2020
THANK YOU, thank you, THANK YOU to everyone who ordered a Doodle Dents Special Christmas Bundle. We promised to give a Doodle Dents booklet to the children of KIDS ON TRACK charity for every Christmas Bundle bought and here we are! On the left is Digby (a total legend), from KIDS ON TRACK, who was in charge of distributing the Doodle Dents booklets, because it was not possible to do so in person due to the on-going Covid challenges. It was an absolute pleasure to meet Digby, deliver the extra Doodle Dents booklets and hear how he and the team at Kids On Track were working hard putting all the Doodle Dents booklets into special packs with other goodies to be delivered to all the children this week before Christmas. KIDS ON TRACK said: " We are so incredibly grateful to the amazing team at Doodle Dents for their wonderful contribution to the KOT children. A very very popular Christmas present!! Once again so many thank yous and a Happy Christmas to you all 🎄👍🏻" W e believe that Doodle Dents should be enjoyed by every child, in every household, and we have been genuinely humbled by everyone's generosity, we could not have delivered this particular initiative without you. So once again, a huge thank you. Merry Christmas and happy New Year.

Happy first birthday to Doodle Dents!

25 Sep, 2020
Celebrating 1 year and meet the team behind Doodle Dents. A year ago today, I nervously unveiled a pull up banner and set up our first ‘market stall’ at the Farleigh School Macmillan fair in front of a few hundred people. This was it, time to showcase our completely unique concept to the real and unforgiving consumer! Agghh!

What makes Doodle Dents so special?

03 Mar, 2020
What makes Doodle Dents so special? For you, it might be: - the look of pride on your child's face when they have completed their Doodle Dents? - the quality time you spend together whilst doing Doodle Dents? - the extra 40 minutes peace and quiet when your child is concentrating on doing their Doodle Dents? - or maybe, your own mindful experience doing a Doodle Dents yourself ??? Of course, all of those are excellent reasons, but for us it is the genuine passion and process behind the scenes that makes Doodle Dents so special. Let me explain. The genuine passion comes from discovering something that hadn't been done before and seeing how much joy it can bring to so many lives. The idea was inspired by my daughter, Violet, and it's important to me that our children are still involved with Doodle Dents every step of the way. I recently had the pleasure of showing them around the factory when the recent production run was in full swing. A proud moment for us all - to see what we have created, as well as a n education for them. They had so many questions, were super excited and somewhat amazed to see how it all came together; their inspired concepts and designs being manufactured and produced en masse. We saw big machines, small plates, varying paper stocks, production, cutting, trimming & collation techniques, the important finishing touches and millions of 'dents' - each stage equally as important to ensure each and every Doodle Dents product is just right. A big thank you to Mark, who hosted us, keeping us warm, watered and fed during a cold winter morning ( and sorry the kids ate all the biscuits)!

Other creative ways to enjoy Doodle Dents

By PAR002_123 • 14 Feb, 2020
Well done Doodle Dents users! The feedback and creativity that fellow 'Doodle Denters' over the last few months has been phenomenal. So much so that we needed to share these wonderful other ways to enjoy Doodle Dents. The original idea of Doodle Dents was to create a fabulous picture by filling in the dents, but these wonderful pictures show Doodle Dents taking on a whole new level of creativity. A huge thank you to those who shared these - particularly our babysitter who deliberately left her Doodle Dents creation (pictured top left) on the coffee table for us to see!
Doodle Dents goes to School

Doodle Dents goes to School

By PAR002_123 • 28 Jan, 2020
Doodle Dents goes to School. "The silence and concentration is deafening 😊 – they are LOVING Doodle Dents!” Mrs Litchfield, Copthorne Prep School.

From London to Devon...

By PAR002_123 • 22 Dec, 2019
From London to Devon, Doodle Dents enjoyed touring the South of England whilst spreading the joy of this new mindful format of art - Doodle Dents, whilst raising hundreds of pounds for various charities. It’s been a joy to see the children (and some adults!) enjoying Doodle Dents and a pleasure contributing to school fundraisers and community fairs this Christmas. A big thank you to all those who hosted.

Doodle Dents raises £2,000 for charity

By Christopher Golding • 22 Oct, 2019
A HUGE thank you everyone who kindly donated to Piggles Trust, raising almost £2,000, as Founder of Doodle Dents cycles from Lands End to John O Groats (LEJOG), unsupported across the 1,150 mile cycle network during probably the wettest fortnight this year! It was an experience of a lifetime, and privileged to have had the opportunity to do it. Thank you to everyone who donated and for the motivating messages along the way - and of course, legend Tom Clark, who cycled it with me. I couldn't have asked for a more awesome amateur cyclist to share the journey in becoming such a fine tuned athlete as a result of doing so! Finally a special thanks to my wife, Emily, for all her support and holding the fort and juggling home life (involving 3 young children), her own job and all the many orders off the back of our Doodle Dents launch. Those who haven't already, but may kindly wish to sponsor, please visit: https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/ChristopherGolding . For more information on Piggles Trust, please visit: https://pigglestrust.org/ .
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