Pinky Dinky Doo

Yeseroonie! Positoonie! Perhaps you know this expression from Noggin’s program, Pinky Dinky Doo program. Pinky is a precocious seven year old girl who loves to tell stories, sing songs, draw pictures, and speak big words. She is helpful and kind to her little brother, Tyler, and her pet, Mr. Guinea Pig. I know she has taken the preschool world by storm, and so you may find your little kid asking for a Pinky Dinky Doo party.

The basic premise of the show is that Pinky helps her little brother, Tyler, peacefully solve his problems by thinking of a great story. Together, they sing a silly song and head over to the story box. Here’s where Pinky doodles pictures on the box with chalk to bring her story alive. Mr. Guinea Pig heralds the use of key words throughout the program with his trumpet as well. The final dilemma is always solved by “thinking big” and her head grows bigger and bigger like a balloon when this is happening. Finally, it comes right out!

For your party, you can make it educational for your guests as well. Although there are no thematic party materials and ware for the theme, you can certainly use different shades of pink for your decorations, I.e. balloons, streamers, and table ware. Place jars full of pink gummies, lollipops, and other candies on to the party table as well. Hang a banner that welcomes them to Pinky Dinky Doo’s Place. Use pink and draw the characters onto the banner.

There are many printables from Noggin’s site. You can have the kids color in pictures as an opening activity.

Since Pinky has such shocking pink hair, you can provide pink hair wigs to the kids to wear during the party, and to take home as a goody.

Pinky loves to solve problems, such as being frustrated at not being able to do something. Think up several of these types of scenarios, and tell the kids each one. Afterwards, provide chalk and butcher paper and have the kids imagine the solution. You can do this on the floor in an open space, on a table covered with the paper, or take several large appliance boxes and make them into Pinky’s “Story Box” where the kids can go in and draw on the cardboard walls. Ask the kids to act out there solution. Provide them with a big balloon, like what happens to Pinky, to tell their “BIG IDEA!” They can do this in teams as well.

Have the kids sing the familiar song when the big idea comes out:

If I have a problem,
just don’t know which way to go,
I think and think and think and think,
and suddenly I know!

Other ideas for the party include:

• Play Hot Balloon, like Hot Potato
• Play Pin the Pink Hair on Pinky.
• Have a bunch of giant words cut out, like frustrated, scrumptious, gargantuan, etc. and have each kid choose a word and act it out. The others must guess the word. You can help out the one who needs to act it out if they don’t know what it means.
• Play the Pinky Show and have the kids dance to her silly song.
• Place a bunch of items out on a table and have the kids sort them by purpose, i.e. something to eat, something to drink, something to wear, something to watch, something to write with, etc.
• Ask the kids if they want cake and have them answer, “Yea a Rooney, Positooney” (Pinky Dinky Doo Speak!)

Make all sorts of pink foods for this party. Also, Pinky likes cupcakes, so make a batch, use pink frosting, and have the kids decorate their tops with pink candies.

Send the kids home with a bright pink wig, small word book, sidewalk chalk, and a small musical instrument, like a kazoo.

Positooney (and educational) fun!