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26/05/2026

Happy Doodles turns ONE this summer, and we’re marking it with a couple of pop-up specials. 🎉🖍️

Wed 5 August & Wed 19 August | 10-11.30am

Three creative stations for children to explore:
✏️ Doodling for emotions
🌈 Rainbow creating
📦 Make & build (junk table!)

No art skills. No pressure. Just crayons, colour, and a bit of summer magic and core memory making 🥰

Book on Classhoppa, links in bio. Would love to see you there! 🌈

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22/05/2026

I wasn’t expecting this today… 🥹

Happy Doodles has been nominated for a BBC Radio Humberside Make a Difference Award 2026 ❤️

To whoever nominated me you’ve completely made my day! Thank you so much, it means more than I can say.

The nomination described Happy Doodles as a safe, welcoming space where children are encouraged to express themselves freely through creativity, and that’s everything. That’s exactly what I set out to build. Hearing it reflected back like that is everything.

A panel of judges will be shortlisting 32 finalists, announced live on BBC Radio Humberside this summer. Fingers crossed everyone! 🤞

But whatever happens, I’ll keep helping others with their emotional wellbeing through creativity as I know just how much it helps 🖍️🥰

18/05/2026

This week is Creativity and Wellbeing Week 🎨 and I’m honoured to have been invited by Culture, Health and Wellbeing to share the story of Happy Doodles as part of it.

This year’s theme is Critical Hope, and it’s one that feels very close to what Happy Doodles is all about.

I believe real hope isn’t passive. It’s not telling someone it’ll all be okay. It’s handing them a pen and saying: your marks matter. You can say something without words. You’re not broken.

Happy Doodles is a creative wellbeing programme based in East Yorkshire that uses simple, low-pressure doodling to help people recognise, name, and express their emotions. No art experience needed. No right or wrong. Just you, some crayons, and a page.

I’ve written about where the programme came from, what it’s been teaching me, and how a single mark on a page can be a quietly radical act, especially in a city like Hull, where mental health need is significantly above the national average.

You can read the full story through the link in my bio!

10/05/2026

Behind every great arty party is a mum with a paintbrush and a vision 🎨❤️ So proud of this birthday setup for my girl, every detail was chosen and made with love.

This is exactly what I can do for families across East Yorkshire! Happy Doodles birthday parties are:
🎨 Custom to YOUR theme, complete with hand painted signs, packed with thoughtful art materials, delivered with lots of care and love ❤️

Looking for a unique party activity? I’d love to help! Drop me an email at [email protected] with your ideas, dates and venue.

08/05/2026

Can I let you in on something? The most productive thing your team might have done today is… doodle. 🐙

I know, I know, it sounds counterintuitive. But there's a reason so many of us scribble in the margins of our notebooks. It helps us think, decompress, and just breathe for a moment.

That's the whole idea behind Happy Doodles.
I'm currently looking for corporate teams to work with, whether that's a lunchtime session, an away day activity, or a regular wellbeing touchpoint for your people 🖍️

If you lead a team or work in people & culture and you're curious, I'd genuinely love to have a conversation.

To learn more about what I’m building:
https://happydoodles.uk

I’m Jodie Smith, an Author, Illustrator, Designer and Founder of Happy Doodles based in East Yorkshire ☺️

Who do you know that needs a bit of this child like care free energy right now? Tag them below! 👇😊

01/05/2026

Another exciting meeting at Monocle ☕ and some big news to share alongside it...

Happy Doodles now has its own corner of the internet! ✏️Link in bio 💻

Happy Doodles is a creative wellbeing method I’ve developed from lived experience, as a mum who used doodling to get through postpartum psychosis, bipolar disorder, and neurodivergence, strengthening my bond with my daughter doodling alongside me. It started at my kitchen table with us side by side, it’s now being piloted in Hull primary schools 🌟

The idea is simple: doodling first, talking later.

No art experience needed. No clinical referral. No right or wrong way to do it. Just paper, something to doodle with, and permission.

It can work across ages and settings, children in schools, home-educated kids, adults on long waiting lists for support, or in the community, elderly residents in care homes, perinatal mothers, neurodivergent people, community groups. Wherever people are struggling to put feelings into words, or simply seeking connection, Happy Doodles can help. ✏️

I’m currently exploring setting up as a CIC, preparing a National Lottery application, and beginning to connect with schools, universities and cultural education partners.

If any of that sounds like it overlaps with your work, or if you’re interested in being a pilot partnership I’d love to hear from you. 💛

📧 [email protected]
🌐 happydoodles.uk (link in bio!)

26/02/2026

Big dreams need brave asks 🌟
I’m on a mission with Happy Doodles to create art that supports emotional wellbeing and creativity for children and families, and I’d love your support 💛
If you believe in what I’m building, or if you’ve been to any of my workshops previously, a nomination for the Yorkshire Tots to Teens Awards would mean so much.
Every nomination helps this vital work reach more people ✨
It only takes a minute, and you’ll be entered into a Yorkshire Days Out prize bundle too!

To nominate (before the deadline on the 2nd March) please click the link in my bio or pop me a DM and I will send you the link directly 🫶

Thanks so much!

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6 Ferriby Road
Hessle
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Website

https://happydoodles.uk/

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