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Polka Dot Dragon Lantern Festival 2026 šŸø

This yearā€™s Lantern Festā€™s theme was Swamp and months ago when we were first told I INSTANTLY had an idea and asked my friend Felicity if she wanted to join me! Then we didnā€™t build anything till probably 2 weeks before the festival because we are goobers!

We both got our hands on cardboard, paints, glue and of course lights. I went down to the costume shop and rented a jacket and some vests. Felicity made our glowing umbrellas (it was scheduled to rain and that it did). So via lots of tape , a few YouTube and Pinterest tutorials Frog and Toad came to be! Our label on the Pamphlet said we found fireflies and we were supposed to be ambient down at lakeside and technically we were for the matinee but then the rain started and did not stop so we took shelter under a overhang by the entrance to lakeside park and danced to the music!

We were also at the parade on February 6th and oh my goodness it was so cool to see so many peoples lanterns big and small! Herons, cranes, frogs, bugs, geese and their goslings, a moose and more! The Moving Mosaic Samba Band led us from Hall st all the way to the end of Baker st by the Art Therapy School! They also came and preformed down at Lakeside on February 7th.

Despite the weather on the 7th so many and I MANY people showed up! Hundreds I think and it was amazing to see. Thank you to everyone that came out to enjoy the Polka Dot Dragon Lantern Festival this year!

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šŸ®Polka Dot Dragon Lantern Festival 2025šŸ§ā€ā™€ļø

February 7th and 8th. This yearā€™s theme was cross pollination! Also this year I partnered up with my friend and we were mobile art installations instead of stand still ones like Iā€™ve done in previous years.

My friend Aloria and I were Dandelion Faeries, Aloria made the skirts and I made each of us staffs of dandelion’s going to seed. Unfortunately this February was extra chilly so Aloria only joined me for the parade and I rode solo the second night and it sure was cold but there was some very cool installations!

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šŸ®Polka Dot Dragon Lantern Festival 2024 šŸ³

I am doing a bit of a catch up in Blog Posts so bear with me!

The Polka Dot Dragon Lantern Festivals theme this year was Deep Sea Dreamlife, I decided to build two cardboard Whale Sharks! I used cardboard from my workplace , a lot of paint, tape and a lot of late nights. Between three people we managed to shape and paint these whales! Originally I only wanted to do one but then I suddenly had two in my home! The second whale was a bit bigger and I didnā€™t finish painting it till about 30 minutes before we had to be Lakeside Park to set up.

The final set up looked beautiful! The whales hung by fishing wire in my tent with glowing lights and I had gotten those round lights that make it look like there is water on the ceiling. I also had whale sounds playing it was all quite magical and everyone absolutely loved them!