All The Days of June . . .

        There are so many days to recognize during this month of June, click links to find the posts that match up with content celebrating the day in the listing. The days listed here are by no means the only ones celebrated worldwide. I've simply included topics/subject matter that students in United States elementary schools may be familiar with. Not every day in June will have a link to a craft here as of yet; I will add these links over time. 

1.) Day to Celebrate Parents Worldwide and National Pen Pal Day and Say Something Nice Day and National Olive Day

2.) National Rocky Road Ice Cream Day and Rotisserie Chicken Day

3.) The International Day for Bicycling and National Egg Day

4.) A Worldwide Day to Remember Child Victims of Aggression and National Cheese Day

5.) Celebrate the Importance of World Environmental Issues and The Day To Remember To Fight Unregulated Fishing of Our Oceans and National Doughnut Day

6.) National Trails Day and D-day and Drive In Movie Day and Yo-yo Day and National Prairie Day

7.) World Food Safety Day and Cancer Survivor's Day and Daniel Boone Day 

8.) World Oceans Day and Best Friends Day

9.) National Strawberry/Rhubarb Pie Day

10.) International Dialogue Among Civilizations Day and National Egg Roll Day and Frosted Cookie Day and Iced Tea Day

11.) Celebrating The Importance of Play Internationally  and Day to Recognize Nursing Assistants, Corn on The Cob and German Chocolate Cake Day

12.) World Day Against Child Labour and Red Rose Day and National Peanut Butter Cookies Day and Jerky Day

13.) Weed Your Garden Day and Blame Someone Else for Problems Day and Random Acts of Light Day and Sewing Machine Appreciation Day

14.) World Blood Donation Day and Flag Day and Children's Day

15.) International Day for Elder Abuse Awareness and National Smile Day and Nature Photography Day

• Learn to craft a grandpa doll for your dollhouse...

16.) The International Day of Family Remittances and National Fudge Day

17.) The Observation Worldwide to Combat Desertification/Drought  and National Eat Your Veggies Day and Root Beer Day and Apple Strudel Day

18.) Dump The Pump Day and Fishing Day

19.) Charles H. Spurgeon Birthday (1834) and Juneteenth Day and Wear Blue Day

• Learn and craft about Juneteenth for Kids and doll play...

20.) World Refugee Day and National Ice Cream Soda Day and The Day of The American Bald Eagle

21.) Celebrate Yoga and The Solstice and Father's Day

22.) Celebrate Onion Rings and Chocolate Eclairs on this day...

• Make Deep Fried Doll Food: onion rings

23.) This is The United Nations Public Service Day and Worldwide Widow's Day and Celebrate Detroit-style Pizza Day

• Make our top 10 mini pizzas for your doll play days!

24.) Nativity of St. John the Baptist and International Celebration of Including Women in Diplomacy

25.) Worldwide Celebration of Seafarers, National Bomb Pop Day, Strawberry Parfait Day and National Catfish Day

26.) International Day to Fight Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking and National Coconut Day

• Read all about Coconuts and Craft coconut drinks for your dolls too!

27.) World Celebration of Small Business Day and International Day Recognizing Deaf and Blind Peoples Challenges and Summersgiving on the Saturday after the Summer Soltice

28.) Paul Bunyan Day and National Cherry Day

• Make a delicious paper mache cherry pie for playtime...

29.) Saint Peter and Saint Paul's Day (Solemnity) and Asteroid World Day and World Tropics Day and National Waffle Iron Day

30.) International Day Recognizing the Importance of Parliamentarism

Themes often celebrated during the month of June are about: cultural diversity, mental health.

All The Days of May...

       Kids can celebrate all the days of May here by using our family blog posts. Sometimes the themes repeat themselves and so I will choose to list a topic under a month that has less content in order to spread things out a bit. I will be covering all of the months of the year. Readers will notice that I make additions to the listings over time and that I also choose content that is age appropriate in order to maintain my certifications.

1.) May Day and National Mother Goose Day and St. Philip & St. James' Day:

• Our holiday index for May Day.

2.) World Tuna Day: 

• Make tuna for your doll's kitten on this day here.

3.) Space Day: 

•  Explore outer space with doll, Luciana Vega on this day!

4.) National Star Wars Day:

• Read about baby Grogu here.

5.) Cinco De Mayo Day

6.) National Nurses Day (moves)

7.) National Day of Prayer:

• Prayers for children listed... - Christian

8.) Remembrance of WWII in Europe

9.) World Migratory Bird Day:

• Read about bird migrations.

10.) International Mother's Day and National Shrimp Day:

• Make shrimp kebabs for your dolls...

11.) Hostess CupCake Day and Public Service Recognition Week

12.) Mother's Day U. S. (moves)

13.) Tulip Day:

• Craft miniature tulips using sea shells . . . 

14.) National Civility Day and National Buttermilk Biscuit Day and St. Matthias' Day

15.) International Day of Families

16.) Wear Purple for Peace Day

17.) Armed Forces Day and National Walnuts and Cherries food Day

18.) International Museum Day

19.) Citrus Day:

• Learn to craft grapefruit from caps...

20.) World Bee Day:

• Craft an old-fashioned skep hive for your dolls... or Dress like a bee...

21.) Victoria Day (Canada) and Red Cross Day:

• Render first-aid with a red cross paper doll and color a red cross nurse here.

22.) National Maritime Day

23.) Lucky Penny Day:

1. Craft a wool penny rug for a doll's house.
2. Read the "Stolen Pennies Fairy Tale" here.

24.) National Scavenger Hunt Day

25.) National Brown Bag It Day and Memorial Day in U.S. and  National Tap Dance Day

26.) National Paper Airplane Day in U.S. and World Red Head Day:

• Hand sew the world's most famous red head doll, Raggedy Ann.

27.) Masking Tape Day and National Flip Flop Day: 

• Make doll flip flops here.

28.) National Hamburger Day: 

• Painted Sculpey hamburgers pictured here.

29.) International Day of the Potato:

• A doll made with a potato?

30.) Water a Flower Day:

• A watering can craft for dolls here.

31.) National Smile Day and National Macaroon Day

Elementary school children may also celebrate general monthly themes of August that include: Transportation Month, labour, and mental health.

All the Days of September . . .

Kids can celebrate all the days of September here by reading and crafting at this blog!

1.) National Forgiveness Day September 1st. 

2.) World "Coconut Day": 

• Read about cocoanuts here and then, make cocoanut drinks for your dolls too.

3.) Skyscraper Day: 

• Make a skyscraper backdrop here for evening parties/celebrations

4.) Eat an Extra Dessert Day  

5.) National Cheese Pizza Day:

• Learn how to make 10 different pizzas for your dolls here.

6.) National Coffee Ice Cream Day:

• How to make dolly ice cream.

7.) National Threatened Species Day 

8.) International Literacy Day: 

• Visit our Bookshelf here.

9.) National Teddy Bear Day: 

• Visit our ''Teddy Bear Index Page" here.

10.) National Swap Ideas Day: 

• Ideas for SWAPS at camp

11.) Make Your Bed Day: 

• Search doll bedrooms to help make his or her beds...

12.) National Chocolate Milkshake Day: 

• How to make milkshakes for dolls here.

13.) National Kids Take Over the Kitchen Day: 

• Search doll kitchens . . . 

14.) Eat a Hoagie Day 

15.) National Day of Democracy 

16.) National Guacamole Day 

17.) National Monte Cristo Sandwich Day 

18.) National Cheeseburger Day is September 18th and Rice Krispies Treats Day 

19.) International Talk Like a Pirate Day 

20.) National Pepperoni Pizza Day -

• Learn to craft doll-size pizzas

21.) International Day of Peace is Sep. 21st. and St. Matthew's Day

22.) World Car-Free Day 

23.) National Great American Pot Pie Day 

24.) This is Hobbit Day for those who love Tolkien's series "Lord of The Rings" - Bilbo Baggins' and his nephew Frodo share this birthday. This is also Comic Book Day 

25.) National Cooking Day  

26.) Johnny Appleseed Day is September 26th -  and National Pancake Day:

• How to make pancakes for dolls.

27.) Love Note Day -  and Ancestor Appreciation Day   and World Tourism Day

28.) National Neighbor Day 

29.) Michaelmas Day -  and National Coffee Day: 

• How to make doll coffee cups.

30.) National Hot Mulled Cider Day  

Elementary school children may also celebrate general monthly themes of September that include: Hispanic Heritage, childhood cancer, Harvest themes, service, back-to-school, and seasonal fall color and it is also a month with many awareness initiatives.

All the Days of August . . .

       There are so many days to recognize during this month of August, click links to find the posts that match up with content celebrating the day in the listing. The days listed here are by no means the only ones celebrated worldwide. I've simply included topics/subject matter that students in United States elementary schools may be familiar with. Not every day in August will have a link to a craft here as of yet; I will add these links over time.

1.) Homemade pie day is August 1st: 

• pumpkin made from clay, pecan, paper mache fruit pies

2.) August 2nd is the National Coloring Book Day:

•  To celebrate, a coloring book for your dolls. 

3.) National Watermelon Day is August 3rd:

• So, craft a sweet watermelon salad for your dolls to eat! 

4.) National Friendship Day is August 4th:

• Make friendship bracelets for your dolls.
• Craft a miniature globe to study friends from around world inside of your doll classroom. 

5.) National Oyster Day: 

• Craft oysters on the half-shell for a doll party

6.) National Root Beer Float Day is August 6th and it is also National Fresh Breath Day so we made doll toothbrushes and root beer floats and it is Farmworker Appreciation Day: 

•  A Summer's worth of farm appreciation here for farm camp...

7.) National Beach Party Day: 

• make swimsuits and beach balls and surf boards

8.) International Cat Day on the 8th of August: 

• Craft scratching posts for your doll's cat today.

9.) International Day of the World's Indigenous People is August 9th

10.) August 10 is World Lion Day

11.) National Bowling Day is August 11th:

• Craft a bowling alley and everything that goes with it!

12.) August 12th is World Elephant Day

13.) World Calligraphy Day

14.) World Lizard Day and National Creamsicle Day

15.) International Relaxation Day on the 15th of August and National Back To School Prep Day:

• Make a hammock to relax in! 
• Back to school craft index here for dolls.

16.) Tell a Joke Day

17.) National Thrift Shop Day and National I Love My Feet Day and National Honey Bee Day:

• Craft doll flip flops for happy feet! 
• The Bee-havior or Bees

18.) National Fajita Day

19.) World Humanitarian Day is August 19th 

20.) International Lemonade Day is the 20th of August and The 20th is also National Bacon Lovers Day

• To celebrate you can make a citrus juicer. (coming soon)

21.) National Spumoni Day:

• How to assemble Spumoni sodas for dolls

22.) Eat a Peach Day and Tooth Fairy Recognition Day:

•  sculpt a set of peaches 

23.) Free The People Day!

• (For abolitionists across the world.) 

24.) On Vesuvius Day, August 24, Remember Strange Music Today! and St. Bartholomew's Day:

• We made toy volcanos for our doll science lab. (coming soon) 

25.) National Secondhand Wardrobe Day and Remember the Banana Split Day

26.) The 26th of August is Dog Day and Remember to appreciate toilet paper today by recycling all of those cardboard toilet paper rolls:

• Read our dog posts for doll pets here. 
• Read about our popular recycling toilet paper roll crafts at this blog... toilet paper cardboard tubes

27.) On the 27th it is a Day to Remember Bananas:

• Make some bananas for your dolls

28.) This day is also the day to celebrate bow ties! 

29.) Chop Suey Remembrance Day!

30.) Slinky Toy Day, Frankenstein Day, and National Toasted Marshmallow Day:

• Our doll smores craft

31.) Eat Outside Day:

• Make a picnic in the park for your dolls.

Elementary school children may also celebrate general monthly themes of August that include: Back-to-School, National Wellness, National Dog Month, Family Fun In The Sun, and it is also a month with many awareness initiatives.

All The Days of July . . .

         Kids can celebrate all the days of July here by using our family blog posts. I will highlight the days of celebration in the United States/Canada with a pale orange color and the world days of observation with a pale lavender highlight. Sometimes the themes repeat themselves and so I will choose to list a topic under a month that has less content in order to spread things out a bit. I will be covering all of the months of the year. Readers will notice that I make additions to the listings over time and that I also choose content that is age appropriate in order to maintain my certifications.

1.) National Postal Worker Day:

•  Post office related content here. 

2.) National Firefighter Day:

• The recycled fire fighter costume
•  fire fighter coloring pages

3.) National Hawaii Day and St. Thomas Day:

• Visit our collection of Hawaii themed crafts and articles here and here. 

4.) Independence Day (USA):

• See our American patriotic doll crafts listed here.

5.) National Apple Turnover Day

6.) National Fried Chicken Day

7.) World Chocolate Day:

•  Celebrate world chocolates on July 7th

8.) Liberty Bell Day:

• Read about the Liberty Bell...

9.) National Sugar Cookie Day:

• sugar cookies on cookie sheets
• hearts and stars sugar cookies

10.) Teddy Bear Picnic Day and National Kitten Day: 

• Our collection of teddy bear crafts and articles here. 
•  Read about "Raggedy Ann and The Kittens"

11.) Cheer Up the Lonely Day

12.) National Eat Your Jello Day

13.) National French Fry Day: 

• How we crafted deep fried doll foods

14.) National Mac and Cheese Day and Cow Appreciation Day:

• Macaroni and cheese casserole is sculpted along with many other side dishes here. 
• The Ox and The Cow article

15.) National Give Something Away Day: share your dolls, make crafts for your friends

16.) World Snake Day 

17.) World Emoji Day:  

• Read about antiquated smilies, forerunners of Emojis, originally drawn and made famous by Harvey Peake. (and also the origin of the word 'twitter.')

18.) National Tropical Fruit Day:

• Search our growing collections of tropical fruits for dolls here and tropical fruits coloring sheets here

19.) National Ice Cream Day:

• So many flavors to make and for doll's to taste!

20.) World Chess Day  and  Space Exploration Day:

•  How we made a chess board for dolls.  
•  See our favorite links to space and dollplay here!

21.) Take a Monkey to Lunch Day:

• How to sew a mini sock monkey for your dolls...

22.) National Hammock Day:

• Our doll hammock craft for lazy Summer days...

23.) National Hot Dog Day:

• Our classic doll camp foods playset includes all American hot dogs!

24.) National Amelia Earhart Day  

25.) National Thread the Needle Day and St. James' Day: 

• Check out our sewing projects for doll lovers. 

26.) National Parents Day:

• Download and print out this lovely Birth Certificate to commemorate the first time you become a baby doll's new parent. 
• Then, give your new baby doll a name...

27.) Bagpipe Appreciation Day 

28.) World Nature Conservation Day:

• The index to our large collection of nature studies...

29.) National Lipstick Day: 

• Craft doll-sized lip sticks. 

30.) Cheesecake Day 

31.) Harry Potter's Birthday: 

• Read about Harry Potter and Friends Dolls