A list of seasonal arts, crafts, activities, art lessons and ideas for the month of March.
MARCH 1
Try this: ► IN LIKE A LION?
This activity allows you to chart the weather with your students — comparing the first of the month with the last of the month. Did it come in like a lion and go out like a lamb — or was the opposite true?
Chalandra Marz Festival (Switzerland)
Pig Day
Try this: ► Farm Animals Coloring Pages
Try this: ► Pop Art Pigs Lesson (external link)
Horse Protection Day
Try this: ► Farm Animals Coloring Pages
Peanut Butter Day
World Compliment Day
Smile Day
Try this: ► Make Apple Smiles
Yellowstone National Park Anniversary
Unplug Day (1st Friday in March)
Get off your phones and tablets!
MARCH 2
Dr. Seuss’s Birthday
Try this: ► Dr. Suess Mural
Try this: ► Visit Seussville (external link)
Old Stuff Day
Try this: ► Make art from recycled items
Read Across America Day
Banana Cream Pie Day
MARCH 3
World Wildlife Day
Try this: ► Make animal-themed art
Alexander Graham Bell’s Birthday (born 1847)
Doll Festival (Japan)
National Anthem Day
Try this: ► Flag Coloring Pages
Try this: ► Canada Crafts
Try this: ► USA Crafts
Canadian Bacon Day
MARCH 4
First meeting of congress, 1789
Grammar Day
Scrapbooking Day
Toy Soldier Day
MARCH 5
Mardi Gras
Mardi Gras (French for “Fat Tuesday”) is the day before Ash Wednesday, and is also called “Shrove Tuesday” or “Pancake Day”. Mardi Gras always falls exactly 46 days before Easter ▼
Try this: ► MARDI GRAS ART ACTIVITIES
Celebrate this colorful holiday with masks and maracas!
Artist Diego Velazquez’s Birthday
Boston Massacre, 1770
Cheese Doodle Day
MARCH 6
Artist Michelangelo’s Birthday (born 1475)
Frozen Food Day
Try this: ► Make Mini Meals
Try this: ► Make Paper Hamburgers
Try this: ► Shape Collage Pizzas
Dentist’s Day
MARCH 7
Artist Piet Mondrian’s Birthday (born 1872)
Try this: ► Paint like Piet Mondrian
Read this: ► All about Mondrian
Try this: ► Get Inspired by Piet Mondrian
Try this: ► Mondrian for Little Ones
Try this: ► Mondrian Hearts
Cereal Day
Try this: ► Crispy Pops Recipe
World Math Day
Try this: ► Beautiful Numbers
World Book Day (1st Thursday in March)
Try this: ► Find art lessons inspired by books
MARCH 8
International Woman’s Day
Try this: ► Georgia O’Keeffe: Abstract Flowers
Try this: ► Emily Carr’s Trees
Try this: ► Faith Ringgold’s Story Quilts
Try this: ► Louis Nevelson Assemblages
MARCH 9
Barbie’s Birthday (Barbie Doll)
Genealogy Day (2nd Saturday in March)
Try this: ► Make a Family History Collage
MARCH 10
Day of Awesomeness
Harriet Tubman Day
Try this: ► Dream Big with MLK
Anniversary of the Invention of the Telephone
Commonwealth Day (United Kingdom)
Paper Money Day
Pack Your Lunch Day
Try this: ► KinderArt Kitchen Recipes
Try this: ► Make a Paper Sandwich
MARCH 11
Arts Advocacy Day
Read this: ► Art Education – Why is it Important?
Read this: ► How to Bring Art into your Home or School Classroom
Johnny Appleseed Day
Try this: ► An Apple for the Teacher
Try this: ► Make Fruit and Vegetable Prints
MARCH 12
Fiesta de las Fallas (Spain)
Girl Scout Day
Try this: ► Earn your craft badge
Anniversary of the Death of Anne Frank, 1945
Plant a Flower Day
Try this: ► 6 Ways to Make Flowers
Try this: ► Make Mosaic Flowerpots for your flowers.
Fanny Pack Day
MARCH 13
Earmuff Day
Jewel Day
Try this: ► Make Acorn Jewels
Planet Uranus Discovered in 1781
Try this: ► Create a Planet
Try this: ► Cosmic Mobile
Try this: ► Make Outer Space Foil Etchings
MARCH 14
Albert Einstein’s Birthday (1879)
Baseball cap invented, 1860
Potato Chip Day
Pi Day
Try this: ► Beautiful Numbers
Try this: ► Iterating Fractals
Try this: ► Make Math Gnomes
Science Education Day
Try this: ► STEM Activities
Learn About Butterflies Day
Try this: ► Coffee Filter Butterflies (markers/paint)
Try this: ► Coffee Filter Butterflies (tissue paper/food coloring)
Try this: ► Bella Butterflies Painting Lesson
Try this: ► Zip Bag Butterflies
Try this: ► Paper Bag Butterfly Puppets
MARCH 15
Julius Caesar Assassinated (44BC)
Try this: ► Greek Pottery Designs
Try this: ► Greek Story Vases
MARCH 16
Everything You Do Is Right Day
World Sleep Day (Friday before Spring Equinox)
Panda Day
MARCH 17
St. Patrick’s Day
St. Patrick’s Day is an annual feast day which celebrates Saint Patrick (385-461), one of the patron saints of Ireland. It takes place on March 17th, the date on which Patrick is thought to have died. ▼
ST. PATRICK’S DAY ART ACTIVITIES
Celebrate this green holiday by creating cool crafts.
Quilting Day (3rd Saturday in March)
Try this: ► Faith Ringgold’s Story Quilts
Try this: ► Thanksgiving Quilt Cooperative Art
Try this: ► Paper Crazy Quilts
MARCH 18
Canberra Day (Australia)
Try this: ► Make a Didgeridoo
Try this: ► Australian Rhythm Sticks
Forgive Mom and Dad Day
Try this: ► Mother’s Day Crafts
Try this: ► Father’s Day Crafts
Aruba Flag Day
Grandparents and Grandchildren Day
(This is not the same as National Grandparents Day, celebrated in September on the first Sunday after Labour Day)
Try this: ► 20 Fun Ideas That Won’t Break the Bank
Try this: ► Handprint Dishcloth for Grandma/Grandpa
MARCH 19
Poultry Day
Try this: ► Chicken/chick coloring page
Try this: ► Hen/chick coloring page
Read to Me Day
Swallow’s Return Day
Try this: ► Make Bird Binoculars
Artist Charles Russell’s Birthday
MARCH 20
Agriculture Day
Try this: ► Farm Animal Coloring Pages
First Day of Spring
Try this: ► Raindrop Painting
Try this: ► Spring Indoors
Try this: ► Muffin Flowers
Try this: ► Coffee Filter Magnet
Try this: ► Watercolor Rainbows
Try this: ► Edible Bird’s Nest
Try this: ► Easter/Spring Bonnet
Try this: ► Search for More Spring Ideas!
Mister Rogers’ Birthday
Independence Day (Tunisia)
Pizza Day
Try this: ► Pizza Collage
Try this: ► Make a Piglet Pizza
MARCH 21
Children’s Poetry Day
Try this: ► Poetry Pebbles
Try this: ► Magnetic Poetry
Absolutely Incredible Kid Day
Fragrance Day
Independence Day (Namibia)
Single Parents’ Day
Teenagers Day
Iranian New Year
World Down Syndrome Day
International Day of Forests
Try this: ► Paper Bag Trees
Try this: ► Puzzle Piece Trees
Try this: ► Drawing Trees in Perspective
Try this: ► Salt and Watercolor Trees
MARCH 22
United Nations World Water Day
Try this: ► Water Water Costume Design
As Young As You Feel Day
Emancipation Day (Puerto Rico)
New Year’s Day (India)
MARCH 23
Puppy Day
Try this: ► Shamrock Puppy Craft
Try this: ► Dog and Puppy Coloring Page
Try this: ► My Pet House
Elevator Day
Artist Juan Gris’ Birthday
Liberty Day (Patrick Henry declared: “Give me liberty…” in 1775)
World Meteorological Day
Try this: ► Folk Art Weather Vane
Try this: ► Rainsticks
Try this: ► Raindrop Painting
Try this: ► Little Paper Clouds
Try this: ► Snow-Covered Trees
Try this: ► Paint the Snow
Try this: ► Snow Science
Try this: ►Winter Crayon Resist
Try this: ► Snowflakes
Try this: ►Snowflake Patterns
MARCH 24
Family Day
Make Art with the Entire Family!
Independence Day (Philippines)
International Day of the Seal
Chocolate Covered Raisins Day
MARCH 25
Sculptor Gutzon Borgium’s Birthday, 1871
Independence Day (Greece)
Try this: ► Greek Pottery Designs
Try this: ► Greek Story Vases
Waffle Day
MARCH 26
Poet Robert Frost’s Birthday (1874)
Try this: ► Poetry Pebbles
Try this: ► Magnetic Poetry
Try this: ► Haiku Straw Painting
Independence Day (Bangladesh)
Make Up Your Own Holiday Day
Spinach Day
MARCH 27
Education and Sharing Day
Happy Birthday to You Day
Try this: ► Make a Magic Wand
Try this: ► Artist’s Birthdays
Manatee Appreciation Day (Last Wednesday of March)
MARCH 28
Qing Ming Festival (China)
Try this: ► Chinese Dragon
Try this: ► Chinese Gong
Holi (India)
Morione’s Festival (Philippines)
Teachers’ Day (Czech Republic)
Weed Appreciation Day
MARCH 29
Youth Day (Taiwan)
Lemon Chiffon Cake Day
MARCH 30
Artist Vincent van Gogh’s Birthday, 1853
Try this: ► Van Gogh’s Painting Style
Try this: ► Drawing Sunflowers
Try this: ► Van Gogh’s Sunflowers Bulletin Board
Try this: ► Van Gogh’s Sunflowers Lesson Plan Pack (product)
Try this: ► Van Gogh’s Starry Night (product)
Artist Francisco Goya’s Birthday, 1746
Doctor’s Day
Pencil Day
Try this: ► Drawing Lessons
Take a Walk in the Park Day
Try this: ► 110 Screen Free Activities for Kids
Doctor’s Day
MARCH 31
Crayola Crayon Day
Try this: ► Make Art with Crayons
Eiffel Tower Anniversary
Mathematician Rene Descartes Birthday (1596)
CELEBRATE ALL MONTH
MARCH is…
Youth Art Month
Academy Awards Month
Try this: ► Get Dramatic!
American Red Cross Month
Try this: ► Heart Mobiles
Try this: ► Heart Blottos
Try this: ► Broken Hearts
Try this: ► I Give you My Heart
National Craft Month
Try this: ► Make Crafts!
Ethics Awareness Month
Frozen Food Month
Try this: ► Make Mini Meals
Try this: ► Shape Collage Pizzas
Help Someone See Month
International Listening Awareness Month
Irish-American Heritage Month
Try this: ► St. Patrick’s Day Crafts
Music in the Schools Month
Try this: ► Musical Art
Try this: ► Coffee Can Drum
Try this: ► Didgeridoo
Try this: ► Make an African Drum
Try this: ► Rainsticks
Try this: ► Easy to Make Musical Instruments
Kite Month
Try this: ► Make Kites
Try this: ► Windsock
Noodle Month
Try this: ► Spaghetti Skeleton
Non Fiction Reading and Writing Month
Nutrition Month
Try this: ► Find Healthy Snacks at the KinderArt Kitchen
Woman’s History Month
Try this: ► Georgia O’Keeffe: Abstract Flowers
Try this: ► Georgia O’Keeffe: Flowers Galore
Try this: ► Emily Carr’s Trees
Optimism Month
Play the Recorder Month
Poetry Month
Try this: ► Poetry Pebbles
Try this: ► Magnetic Poetry
Try this: ► Haiku Straw Painting
Poison Prevention Awareness Month
Spring Month
Try this: ► Spring Showers
Try this: ► In Like a Lion…
Try this: ► Spring Indoors
Try this: ► Muffin Flowers
Try this: ► Search for More Spring Ideas!
Umbrella Month
