Dots and Doodles

My daughter and I dropped in Dots and Doodles one afternoon and it was a chilly reception. Not just because it was a winter day in 2016, but we were greeted with not a smile nor friendly «hello!», nor a quick, «Ladies, is this your first time here?». Because if the employees asked this of us my elementary school-​aged daughter and I would have said a yes. I yearned for instruction.
This is unfortunate, too. I felt like we were bothering them for wanting to paint something and give them our money. We were not properly informed of what to touch and what not to touch in the room.
My daughter was spoken to in a firm way — I won’t say scolded, but here, I wrote it… when she painted her canvas mostly white and the helper was miffed that we did not know (not told. This is my first painting rodeo, Doodles!) that the white was for mixing with other colors, not using on its own. So she had the Doodle worker’s dark pencil showing through the painting… total bummer.
Is Dots and Doodles crying out for The Profit show to come swoop in and save them before they go under? Is Dots and Doodles just a birthday party place just as BounceU is a birthday party place (mainly)? Unilocal writers, unite!

Lots of great things for kids! Super friendly staff! You have the opportunity to show up and do a craft. Good prices. I highly recommend it for kids who like to paint and do crafts. I going back for gift frames to have my daughter paint for family.