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 and thought they'd be a fun addition to the blog. 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!
May
Birthstone is Emerald, agate (meaning Love, Success)
Flower of the month is Lily of the Valley, Hawthorn
- Nat'l Bike Month
- Nat'l BBQ Month
- Nat'l Salad Month
- Date Your Mate Month
- 1st week is Nurse's Week - Wednesday of that week is Nat'l Nurses Day
- Tuesday of the first full week is Nat'l Teachers Day
- 1st Friday is Space Day
- 2nd Sunday is Mother's Day
- Last Monday is Memorial Day
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- May Day
- Mother Goose Day
- Cheerios released in 1941
- Save the Rhino Day
- Mr. Potato Head released in 1952
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- Brothers and Sisters Day
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- Sun Day (began in 1978 dedicated to increase our awareness of solar energy)
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- Nat'l Bird Day
- Nat'l Candied Orange Peel Day
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- Cinco De Mayo
- Kodomo no Hi, Children's day in Japan
- Nat'l Hoagie Day
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- John Deere produced the first steel plow in 1833
- Beverage Day
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- Johannes Brahms Birthday (b1833)
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- No Socks Day
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- Lost Sock Memorial Day
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- Nat'l Clean Up Your Room Day
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- Flush Toilet patented (1792)
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- Frog Jumping Day
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- Motorcycle Day
- Nat'l Buttermilk Biscuit Day
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- Nat'l Chocolate Chip Day
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- Wear Purple for Peace Day
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- Nat'l Cherry Cobbler Day
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- No Dirty Dishes Day
- Visit Your Relatives Day
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- Pick Strawberries Day
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- Buy a Musical Instrument Day
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- Lucky Penny Day
- World Turtle Day
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- Ralph Waldo Emerson's Birthday (b1803)
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- Masking Tape patented in 1930
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- Water a Flower Day
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- Nat'l Macaroon Day