Imagine the strange and jazzy layouts you can make celebrating some of these wild, wacky and unusual holidays. These have been collected and compiled from various sources over the years of my teaching and we celebrated many of them in the classroom. Celebrate them with your children and family and create fun and wacky layouts!
The Month of April
Keep American Beautiful Month
Mathematics Education Month
Month Of The Young Child
National Garden Month
National Humor Month
Pets Are Wonderful Month
First Week of April is:
National Reading a Road Map Week
National Straw Hat Week
Egg Salad Week
Second Week of April is:
Be Kind To Animals Week
National Garden Week
National Guitar Week
National Library Week
Third Week of April is:
Astronomy Week
Bike Safety Week
National Coin Week
National Police Week
National Volunteer Week
Fourth Week of April is:
Forest Week
National Television-Free Week
Teacher Appreciation Week
1 April Fool’s Day
1 National Sleep Day
1 Sorry Charlie Day (Day to honor Charlie the Tuna)
2 International Children’s Book day
2 American Daylight Saving Time begins
2 Green Day
2 National Peanut & Butter Day
3 American Circus Day
4 NATO established (in 1949)
3 National Find-A-Rainbow Day
5 German-Americans Day
6 Twinkie’s Birthday (introduction of “the cake” in 1930)
6 Jump Over Things Day
6 Army Day
7 No Housework Day
7 Museum Day
7 World Health Day
7 National Teacher Appreciation Day
8 International Bird Day
9 U.S. Civil War ends on this date – April 9, 1865
9 Winston Churchill Day
10 Anniversary of the Safety Pin (patented in 1849)
10 National Sibling Day
10 Golfer’s Day
11 Thomas Jefferson’s Birthday (born in 1743)
12 Look Up At The Sky Day
12 Thank You School Librarian Day
13 National Peach Cobbler Day
13 Birth Anniversary of Thomas Jefferson (1743)
13 Blame Someone Else Day
14 National Pecan Day
15 U.S. Income Tax Pay Day
15 Remembrance Day
15 Rubber Eraser Day
15 Anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic (1912)
16 National Karaoke Week
17 Ford Mustang’s Birthday (1964)
18 Third World Day
18 National Animal Crackers Day
19 Garlic Day
19 Revolutionary War began (1775)
20 Astronomy Day
20 Passover
21 Good Friday
21 National Secretaries Day
21 Kindergarten Day (founded in 1837)
22 Earth Day (first observed in 1970)
22 National Jellybean Day
23 National Picnic Day
23 Blue Day
24 National Puppetry Day
25 World YMCA Day
26 Read Me Day
26 Richter Scale Day
26 National Pretzel Day
27 Tell a Story Day
27 National D.J. Day
28 Costume Day
28 Great Poetry Reading Day
28 Texas Wildflower Day
30 National Arbor Day
30 National Honesty Day
Related Links:
Calendar of Strange Holidays and Other Events for Scrapbooking In January
Calendar of Strange Holidays and Other Events for Scrapbooking In February
Calendar of Strange Holidays and Other Events for Scrapbooking In March
Calendar of Strange Holidays and Other Events for Scrapbooking In April
Calendar of Strange Holidays and Other Events for Scrapbooking In May
Calendar of Strange Holidays and Other Events for Scrapbooking In June
Calendar of Strange Holidays and Other Events for Scrapbooking In July
Calendar of Strange Holidays and Other Events for Scrapbooking In August
Calendar of Strange Holidays and Other Events for Scrapbooking In September
Calendar of Strange Holidays and Other Events for Scrapbooking In October
Calendar of Strange Holidays and Other Events for Scrapbooking In November
Calendar of Strange Holidays and Other Events for Scrapbooking In December