Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Celebrate February!

While cleaning my files I found a folder full of fun and silly reasons to make your day a special day ... things to celebrate ... every day ... any day.   I remember having some fun with these years ago, using some of these ideas for a while before forgetting about them. I've found a few more to add to them.  Some of these are quite ridiculous, but several are great for family fun, for preschool fun, for party fun, or just for fun!
Happy Celebrating!

February
 
Birthstone is Amethyst (meaning Sincerity)
Flower is Violet, Primrose

 
- Creative Romance Month
- Nat'l Dental Month
- American Heart Month
- International Friendship Month
- Nat'l Hot Breakfast Month
- Chocolate Lover's Month
- Potato Lover's Month
- Canned Food Month
- Avocado and Banana Month
 
- 2nd week is Boy Scouts Week and Nat'l Hero Week and Nat'l Pancake Week and Celebration of Love Week and Jell-O Week
- 4th week is Second Honeymoon Week 
 
- 1st Friday is Wear Red Day and Bubble Gum Day
- 1st Saturday is Ice Cream for Breakfast Day
- 2nd Monday is Clean Out Your Computer Day
- Presidents Day is 3rd Monday
 
1
- Nat'l Freedom Day
- Skippy Peanut Butter created 1933
- Nat'l Cake Pop Day

2
- Groundhogs Day
- Crepe Day
- Heavenly Hash Day

3
- Nat'l Carrot Cake Day
- Elmo's Birthday (Sesame Street character)

4
- Nat'l Popcorn Day
- Thank a Mailman Day
- Nat'l Stuffed Mushroom Day

5
- Peter Pan Day (movie released in 1953)
- Nat'l Weatherman's Day
- World Nutella Day
- Nat'l Chocolate Fondue Day

6
- Nat'l Frozen Yogurt Day
- Nat'l Chopsticks Day

7
- Charles Dickens Birthday (b1812)
- Pinocchio Day (released in 1940)

8
- Fly a Kite Day
- Boy Scouts founded in 1910

9
- Hershey's Chocolate founded 1894

10
- Umbrella day
- Chinese New Year
- Nat'l Cream Cheese Brownie Day

11
- Thomas Edison's Birthday (b1847)
- Make a Friend Day
- Nat'l Peppermint Patty Day

12
- Abraham Lincoln's Birthday (b1809)
- Nat'l Lost Penny Day
- First Public School Started in 1635

13

14
- Valentine's day
- Ferris Wheel Day
- Read to Your child Day

15
- Nat'l Gumdrop Day
- Nat'l Hippo Day

16
- Nat'l Almond Day

17
- Random Acts of Kindness Day (shouldn't this be everyday?)

18
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn published in 1885
 
19
- Prize inserted into Crackerjacks box for the first time in 1913
- Nat'l Chocolate Mint Day

20
- Nat'l Cherry Pie Day

21
- Nat'l Pancake Day

22
- George Washington's Birthday (b1732)

23
- Nat'l Banana Bread Day

24
- Nat'l Tortilla Chip Day

25
- Nat'l Chocolate Covered Nuts Day

26
- Tell a Fairy Tale day
- Nat'l Pistachio Day
 
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- International Polar Bear Day

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- Nat'l Chili Day

29
- Leap Year (every four years)