Get Creative with International Dot Day Activities

International Dot Day is an international holiday celebrated by both children and adults. Dot Day is a day to connect, collaborate, and create. Teachers and students around the globe participate in the celebration by writing, drawing, painting, and making works of art in the classroom.

We’ve put together the perfect Dot Day activity for you to share with your students. This worksheet presents your upper elementary school students with a challenge to turn a series of 28 blank circles into as many unique objects as possible within a five-minute time frame.

This activity encourages students to think outside the box (or circle) and use their imagination to make something simple into a creative masterpiece.  Check out the challenge in action!

Classroom Alternative Activities

In addition to celebrations around Dot Day, use this worksheet as an activity for:

• Indoor Recess
• Classroom Brain Break
• Introduction to Art Class

Easily Download & Print

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Turn this teaching resource into a sustainable activity by printing on cardstock and slipping it into a dry-erase sleeve. Students can draw their pictures with a whiteboard marker, erase, and play again and again!

More Dot Day Fun

Don’t stop there! We’ve got more dot day activities your students will love! 

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International Dot Day Creativity Challenge - Primary

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Kandinsky Trees - Circle Art Activity

Create seasonal trees in the artistic style of Wassily Kandinsky with a fun Dot Day Art Project!