Seasonal arts, crafts, activities, ideas and more for the month of May.
MAY 1
Mother Goose Day
Hawaiian Lei Day
May Day
School Principals’ Day
MAY 2
School Bus Drivers Day
MAY 3
Two Different Coloured Shoes Day
Try This: ► Painted Shoes
Garden Meditation Day
MAY 4
Bird Day
Try This: ► Birds Coloring Page
Try This: ► Painting Birdhouses
Try This: ► Bird Weaving
Try This: ► Giant Stuffed Birds
Try This: ► Gardens & Birds Fun Pack – product link
Star Wars Day
International Space Day
Try This: ► Make a Cosmic Mobile
Try This: ► Sculpt a Planet
Firefighters Day
Try This: ► Change Smoke Detectors Coloring Page
Weather Observers’ Day
Try This: ► Make a Weathervane
Try This: ► Rainsticks
Space Day (First Friday in May)
Try This: ► Space Costume Coloring Page
Try This: ► Paper Mache Planets
Try This: ► Cosmic Mobiles
MAY 5
Cinco de Mayo
Cinco de Mayo (“The Fifth of May” in Spanish) is a national holiday in Mexico which is also widely celebrated in the United States. It commemorates the victory of Mexican forces led by General Ignacio Zaragoza Seguin over the French occupational forces in the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. Source: Wikipedia.com ▼
CINCO DE MAYO ARTS & CRAFTS
Celebrate this day by creating multicultural arts and crafts.
Children’s Day (Japan)
Try This: ► Japanese Wind Sock
Try This: ► Japanese Hand Fan
Cartoonists Day
Join Hands Day (First Saturday of May)
Try This: ► Hands that Touch the Heart
MAY 6
Explorer Robert Peary’s Birthday, 1856
National Nurses Day
MAY 7
Tchaikovsky’s Birthday (1840)
MAY 8
Victory Day in Europe, 1945
No Socks Day
Iris Day
Receptionists Day
Try This: ► Make a Crafty Gift
Red Cross Day
Teacher Appreciation Day (USA)
MAY 10
Child Care Provider Day
Clean Up Your Room Day
MAY 11
Eat What I Want Day
MAY 12
Windmill Day (second Saturday of May)
Limerick Day
Kite Day
Try This: ► Paper Bag Kite
Ocean Day
Try This: ► Pie Plate Fish
Try This: ► Paperclay Fish Ornaments
Try This: ► Ocean Themed Wreaths
Try This: ► Ocean Drum
Try This: ► Crayon Resist Fish
MAY 13
Tulip Day
Astronomy Day
Try This: ► Sculpt a Planet
Try This: ► Cosmic Mobile
Mother’s Day (second Sunday in May)
The Mother’s Day holiday, celebrates motherhood generally and the contributions of mothers to society. It falls on the second Sunday of each May. It is the result of a campaign by Anna Marie Jarvis (1864-1948), who, following the death of her mother on May 9, 1905, devoted her life to establishing Mother’s Day as a national, and later an international, holiday. Source: Wikipedia ▼
MOTHER’S DAY ARTS & CRAFTS
Find lots of fun things to do to celebrate Mother’s Day and find great gift ideas for mom too.
MAY 14
Dance Like a Chicken Day
The Lewis and Clark Expedition began on this day in 1804
MAY 15
Artist Jasper Johns’ Birthday (1930)
Try This: ► Create Artistic Numbers!
Chocolate Chip Day
Try This: ► Bake Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ramadan (begins at sundown)
MAY 16
Biographer’s Day
Love a Tree Day
Try This: ► Gustav Klimt’s Tree of Life
Try This: ► Draw Trees in Perspective
Try This: ► Salt and Watercolor Trees
Wear Purple for Peace Day
Try This: ► Harold and the Purple Crayon
MAY 17
Amusement Ride Day
Try This: ► Make a mini amusement park
Bike to Work Day
Children and Police Day
MAY 18
Mount St. Helens Erupted on this day in 1980
International Museum Day
Visit Your Relatives Day
Circus Day
Try This: ► Clown Around Drawing Lesson
Neighbor Day
MAY 19
Armed Forces Day
MAY 20
Pick Strawberries Day
Try This: ► Woven Strawberry Basket
MAY 21
Artist Henri Rousseau’s Birthday (1844)
Try This: ► Make artwork in the style of Henri Rousseau
Victoria Day (Canada)
Victoria Day (French: Fête de la Reine) is a Canadian statutory holiday celebrated on the last Monday before or on May 24 in honour of both Queen Victoria’s birthday and the current reigning Canadian sovereign’s birthday. While Victoria Day is often thought of as a purely Canadian event, it is also celebrated in some parts of Scotland, particularly in Edinburgh and Dundee, as well as in the Cayman Islands, where it is also a public holiday. Source: Wikipedia
MAY 22
Buy a Musical Instrument Day
Try This: ►Make Musical Instruments
The first atlas was published on this day in 1570
MAY 23
Lucky Penny Day
World Turtle Day
Try This: ►Complementary Color Turtles
Ben Franklin invented bifocals on this day in 1784
MAY 24
Brothers Day
The Brooklyn Bridge opened on this day in 1883
MAY 25
Missing Children’s Day
Try This: ► National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (external link)
Tap Dance Day
MAY 27
The Golden Gate Bridge opened on this day in 1937
MAY 28
Memorial Day (USA)
Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday that is observed on the last Monday of May. It was formerly known as Decoration Day. This holiday commemorates U.S. men and women who have died in military service to their country. It began first to honor Union soldiers who died during the American Civil War. After World War I, it was expanded to include those who died in any war or military action. Source: Wikipedia ▼
National Hamburger Day
Try This: ► Make Paper Hamburgers
MAY 29
Learn About Composting Day
Try This: ► Earth Day Activities
MAY 30
Water a Flower Day
Try This: ► 6 Ways to Make Flowers
MAY 31
Poet Walt Whitman’s Birthday
Try This: ► Poetry Pebbles
Try This: ► Magnetic Poetry
No Tobacco Day
CELEBRATE ALL MONTH
MAY is…
Vocabulary Month
American Bike Month
Asparagus Month
Asthma & Allergy Awareness Month
Try This: ► Asthma & Allergy Foundation of America (external link)
Bar-B-Q Month
Better Speech and Hearing Month
Try This: ► American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (external link)
Egg Month
Try This: ► Melted Crayon Easter Eggs
Duckling Month
Try This: ► Duck and Duckling Coloring Page
Try This: ► Duck and Two Ducklings Coloring Page
Flower Month
Try This: ► Flower Power Art Lessons
Try This: ► Paper Batik Flowers
Try This: ► Vincent’s Flowers
Try This: ► Flowers Galore!
Try This: ► Spring Showers, Spring Flowers
Try This: ► Muffin Flowers
Try This: ► Tissue Paper Carnations
Try This: ► Coffee Filter Flowers
Try This: ► Van Gogh’s Sunflowers Bulletin Board
Hamburger Month
Mental Health Month
Try This: ► National Mental Health Association (external link)
Photo Month
Physical Fitness and Sports Month
Salad Month
Strawberry Month
Try This: ► Strawberry Scented Paint
Older Americans Month
Social Science Month
Transportation Month
Try This: ► Transportation Activities
The 1st WEEK of MAY Is…
Postcard Week
The 2nd WEEK of MAY Is…
Pet Week
Try This: ► Pets in the Classroom
Try This: ► Take Care of Your Pets Coloring Page
Police Week
The Last WEEK of MAY Is…
Backyard Games Week
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