Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Need a Reason to Make a Card?

Here is a very long list of Reasons to send a card in April so what are you waiting for? Lets get stamping!!!! Oh on a side note no way will I ever be nice to spiders as suggested in week one. Sorry...I'm very scared of the eight legged beasties!!!!

Flower: Daisies and Sweet Peas

Zodiac:

Aries / The Ram, Mar. 21 - Apr. 19

Taurus / The Bull, Apr. 20 - May 20

Birthstone: Diamond and/or White Sapphire



MONTH LONG OBSERVANCES

American Cancer Society Month

Autism Awareness Month

Community Spirit Days
Daisy Flower Month

Florida Tomato Month

Holocaust Remembrance Month

International Guitar Month

Keep America Beautiful Month

Month of the Young Child

National BLT Sandwich Month

National Child Abuse Prevention Month

National Food Month

National Frog Month

National Garden Month

National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Month

National Humor Month

National Pecan Month

National Poetry Month

National Recycling Month

National Smile Month

National Soft Pretzel Month

Pets are Wonderful Month

Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Month

Stress Awareness Month

Straw Hat Month

Tackle Your Clutter Month
Thai Heritage Month

Woodworking Month
Zam! Zoo and Aquarium Month

WEEKLY OBSERVANCES
Week One

Astronomy Week

Be Kind to Spiders Week

Cherry Blossom Festival

National Bake Week (begins 1st Mon)

National Reading a Road Map Week

Scoop the poop week

Straw Hat Week


Week Two

Be Kind to Animals Week

National Garden Week

National Guitar Week

Reading is Fun week


Week Three

Bike Safety Week

Boys and Girls Club Week

National Bubblegum Week

National Coin Week

National Secretary week

National Week of the Ocean

Pan American Week



Week Four

Big Brothers/Sisters Appreciation Week

Egg Salad Week / always 1st week after Easter

Forest Week

Jewish Heritage Week

Keep America Beautiful Week

National YMCA Week

Teacher Appreciation Week (begins Last Mon)


DAILY OBSERVANCES


April 1

Apple Computer Birthday 1976

April Fools Day

International Tatting Day

Invention of Sliced Bread Day (1954)

National Sourdough Bread Day



April 2

Fun at Work Day

National Ferret Day

National Peanut Butter & Jelly Day

Sweet Potato Day

Yo-Yo Day



April 3

American Circus Day

Find a Rainbow Day

National Chocolate Moose Day

Passover

Tweed Day



April 4

Chocolate Milk Powder Day (1828)

World Rat Day (??!?!?)



April 5

Bell Bottoms Day

Dandelion Day

Fun at Work Day

National Caramel Day

National Read a Road Map Day

Rubber Eraser Day

Stories Day


April 6

Fresh Tomato Day

National Caramel Popcorn Day

National Tartan Day
(United States, Scotland, Canada Australia, New Zealand)

Post-It Notes Birthday (1980)

TV Dinner Birthday (1954)



April 7

National Coffee Cake Day

No House work Day
(WOOOHOOOOO!!!!)

World Health Day


April 8

Astronomy Day

Draw a Picture of a Bird Day

National Empanada Day

Trading Cards for Grown-ups Day

Zoo Lovers Day



April 9

Araw ng Kagitingan, a.k.a. Bataan Day
(Philippines)

Name Yourself Day

National Cherish an Antique Day



April 10

Cinnamon Crescent Day

Golfers Day

National Sibling Day



April 11

Barbershop Quartet Day

Eight Track Tape Day

National Cheese Fondue Day

School Librarians Day



April 12

Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day!!

National Licorice Day

Walk on Your Wild Side Day



April 13

Blame Someone Else Day

National D.A.R.E. Day

National Peach Cobbler Day

Scrabble Day



April 14

International Moments of Laughter Day

National Pecan Day

Titanic Shipwrecked



April 15

Art History Day

Go Fly a Kite Day

Leonardo Da Vinci's Birthday

Mc Donald's Opened (1955)

National Auctioneers Day

Rubber Eraser Day

Swallow Day (UK)

Take a Wild Guess Day



April 16

Day of the Mushroom

High Five Day

National Eggs Benedict Day

National Stress Awareness Day



April 17

Blah! Blah! Blah ! Day

National Cheese Ball Day

Daffy Duck's Birthday (1937)



April 18

Great San Francisco Earthquake 1906

International Jugglers Day

National Animal Cracker Day

Paul Revere Day



April 19

Amaretto Day

Astronomy Day

Garlic Day

Humorous Day



April 20

Cuckoo Day (UK)

Food Day

Look Alike Day

Make A Quilt Day

National Pineapple Upside Down Cake Day



April 21

Kindergarten Day (1837)

Red Baron Day

San Jacinto Day (Texas, 1874)

St. George's Day (Newfoundland)



April 22

April Showers Day

Earth Day

Jelly Bean Day



April 23

Conch Republic Independence Celebration
(Key West, Florida –Conch Republic Founded 1982)

Picnic Day

William Shakespeare's Birthday (1564)

World Book & Copyright Day



April 24

National Puppetry Day

Pigs-in-a-Blanket Day



April 25

ANZAC Day
(Australia and New Zealand)

Arbor Day

National Crayola Day

National Telephone Day

National Zucchini Bread Day

Red Hat Society Day



April 26

Hug a Friend Day

Hug an Australian Day

National Bird Day

National Pretzel day

National Static Cling Day

Richter Scale Day



April 27

Morse Code Day

Mule Day

National Arbor Day
(Actual date varies by state)

Prime Rib Day



April 28

Gone-ta-pott Day

Kiss your mate day

National Blueberry Pie Day

National Hairball Awareness Day
(I hope this means Cat Hairballs!)

Poetry Reading Day

Take Our Daughters And Sons To Work Day



April 29

National Shrimp Scampi Day



April 30

International Walk Day

Mr. Potato Head Day

National Oatmeal cookie day

Raisin Day

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