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 August
Black Business Month
Cataract Awareness Month
Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month
Children’s Vision and Learning Month
Get Ready for Kindergarten Month
Happiness Happens Month
Learn Japanese Month
National Immunization Awareness Month
National Inventor’s Month
National Win With Civility Month
Neurosurgery Outreach Month
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month
World Breastfeeding Week: August 1st-7th
National Fraud Awareness Week: August 4th-10th
Don’t Wait! Celebrate!: August 6th-12th
Exhibitor Appreciation Week: August 6th-10th
Psychic Week: August 6th-10th
Sturgis Bike Rally: August 6th-12th
Elvis Week: August 11th-19th
Knights of Columbus Family Week: August 11th-18th
National Resurrect Romance Week: August 12th-18th
Thanks For All The Gifts Week: August 12th-18th
Weird Contest Week: August 13th-17th
National Aviation Week: August 13th-19th
Little League Baseball World Series: August 17th-26th
Be Kind To Humankind Week: August 25th-31st
Daniel Boone Days: August 31st-September 2nd
1 Birth Anniversary of Francis Scott Key (author of the U.S. National Anthem-1779)
1 Girlfriend’s Day
1 Respect Your Parents Day
1 Sister’s Day
2 Hypnosis Day
2 U.S. Official signing of anniversary of the Declaration of Independence (1776)
3 Coast Guard Day
3 National Chocolate Chip Day
3 National Night Out (help stop neighborhood crime)
4 Founding of the U.S. Coast Guard (1790)
5 National Gymnastics Day
6 National Fresh Breath Day
6 National Friendship Day
7 Halfway point of Summer
7 National Lighthouse Day
7 Civic Holiday (Canada)
7 National Mustard Day
8 Family Day
8 Happiness Happens Day
8 Middle Children’s Day
10 Kool Aid Day
10 S’mores Day
11 National Garage Sale Day
12 International Youth Day
12 Vinyl Record Day
13 Herbert Hoover Day
13 International Left-handed Day
15 Best Friends Day
15 National Relaxation Day
15 Panama Canal opened (1914)
15 “The Wizard of Oz” premiered (1939)
17 Anniversary of the First Steamboat Trip (1807)
17 Sandcastle Day
18 Bad Poetry Day
18 National Homeless Pets Day
18 National Personal Chef’s Day
19 Birthday of President Bill Clinton (1946)
19 National Aviation Day
19 Root Beer Float Day
21 41st Anniversary of Hawaii becoming a State (1959)
22 Be An Angel Day
24 National Waffle Day
25 Kiss and Make Up Day
25 National Second-hand Wardrobe Day
26 National Dog Day
26 Pony Express Day
26 Women’s Suffrage Day
28 Race Your Mouse Around the Icons Day
28 Crackers Over The Keyboard Day
29 According to Hoyle Day (games, etc)
29 More Herbs, Less Salt Day
30 National Holistic Pet Day
30 National Toasted Marshmallow Day
31 Love Litigating Lawyers 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