
World Afro Day
Stop damaging your hair for outdated beauty standards, and celebrate the afro. Get involved in Afro Day in schools, or attend a World Afro Day event around the world.
September 15 brings 19 national days, led by World Afro Day, with International Dot Day and Make a Hat Day offering a hands-on case for showing your style.

Stop damaging your hair for outdated beauty standards, and celebrate the afro. Get involved in Afro Day in schools, or attend a World Afro Day event around the world.
Give your hair a little unhurried attention before the day gets busy. If Afro-textured hair is part of your life, choose a style that makes you feel at home in your own reflection, then take a photo in good light if you want a record of it. If it is not, use the occasion to notice and challenge casual comments about natural hair rather than treating another person’s texture as a costume or a curiosity. The official World Afro Day resources are a useful place to find material for a thoughtful conversation with family or classmates.
For International Dot Day, set a timer for 20 minutes, take a sheet of paper and make one dot near the center. Turn it into something: a planet, a flower head, a face, a pattern of connected circles. Pens, crayons, paint, and even a coffee-stained fingertip will do. The point is to begin before you feel ready, so leave the first attempt intact and date it in a corner. Put it on the refrigerator, your desk, or a window where somebody will see it.

Based on Peter H. Reynold’s book “The Dot”, Dot Day is all about getting creative and letting your inspiration guide you to craft and create new things.
For Make a Hat Day, make a hat from what is already around: a paper grocery bag, a cereal box cut into a band, newspaper strips, tape, and markers. Measure a strip around your head, overlap it by an inch, and tape it into a ring before adding a brim, ears, a ribbon, or whatever suits the drawing you made. Wear it for a quick walk or a photo. An hour is plenty, and the slightly crooked version is usually the memorable one.

Felting, knitting, crocheting, or sewing: whatever your preferred method, give it a go and make a hat for yourself, as a gift, or to donate to those in need.
Before dinner, pick one piece worth keeping, either the day’s dot drawing, a photograph, or a print you already love, for National Custom Framing Day. For a no-cost display, tape it to a clean piece of cardboard with a two-inch border and clip it to the wall. For a permanent frame, measure the artwork’s width and height, then bring those numbers and a phone photo to a local frame shop. Ask for a simple black or natural-wood frame and a white mat, which keeps the focus on the work.

National Custom Framing Day is a special occasion dedicated to celebrating the art of custom framing. Custom frames add beauty and protection to cherished artworks and photographs. They come in various styles, shapes, and colors, enhancing any space where they are displayed. This day emphasizes the creativity and craftsmanship of…

Stop damaging your hair for outdated beauty standards, and celebrate the afro. Get involved in Afro Day in schools, or attend a World Afro Day event around the world.

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Based on Peter H. Reynold’s book “The Dot”, Dot Day is all about getting creative and letting your inspiration guide you to craft and create new things.

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Felting, knitting, crocheting, or sewing: whatever your preferred method, give it a go and make a hat for yourself, as a gift, or to donate to those in need.

National Custom Framing Day is a special occasion dedicated to celebrating the art of custom framing. Custom frames add beauty and protection to cherished artworks and photographs. They come in various styles, shapes, and colors, enhancing any space where they are displayed. This day emphasizes the creativity and craftsmanship of...

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