April Party Ideas

April Holiday and Party Ideas

MONTH LONG OBSERVANCES IN APRIL

Autism Awareness Month
International Guitar Month
Keep America Beautiful Month
National Child Abuse Prevention Month
National Frog Month
National Humor Month
National Garden Month
National Mathematics Education Month
National Poetry Month
National Stress Awareness Month
Records and Information Management Month
Lawn and Garden Month

WEEK 1 – Library Week & Read a Road Map Week
WEEK 2 – Garden Week
WEEK 3 – Organize Your Files Week
WEEK 4 – Administrative Assistants Week & National Karaoke Week

Administrative Professional’s Week – April 18-24

SPECIAL DAYS IN APRIL

April 1 – April Fool’s Day
          International Walk To Work Day
          One Cent Day
April 2 – International Children’s Book Day
          National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day
April 3 – Find a Rainbow Day
April 4 – First Home Phone Installed in 1877
April 5 – National Read a Road Map Day
April 6 – North Pole Discovered in 1898
April 7 – No Housework Day
          Caramel Popcorn Day
          World Health Day
April 9 – First Public Library Opens in 1833
          Winston Churchill Day
April 10 – Encourage a Young Writer Day
          National Sibling Day
            Golfer's Day
April 11 – Jackie Robinson Day
                Became the first African American to play Major League Baseball in 1947
            U.S. Navy acquires 1st submarine in 1900
April 12 – Space shuttle Columbia first launched, 1981
April 13 – Thomas Jefferson's birthday, 1783
            Scrabble Day
April 14 – Titanic struck the iceberg.
April 15 – First McDonald’s Opens in Des Plaines, Illinois 1955
            Income Tax Day
April 16 – National Eggs Benedict Day
            Slavery Abolished by Abraham Lincoln in 1862
            National Stress Awareness Day
April 17 – Daffy Duck’s Birthday
April 18 – Paul Revere’s Day in 1775 made his famous ride to alert everyone that the British were coming.
            Patriot's Day
            PASSOVER begins at sundown
April 19 – Humorous Day
            National Garlic Day
April 20 – National Pineapple Upside Down Cake Day
            Volunteer Recognition Day
April 21 – Administrative Professional’s Day
April 22 – Earth Day
          Take out Children To Work Day
          National Jelly Bean Day
April 23 – Home Run Day
          William Shakespeare's Birthday, 1564
          National Zucchini Bread Day
          Take A Chance Day
April 24 – EASTER
April 25 – Anzac Day in Australia and New Zealand (Click here to find out more)
April 26 – National Pretzel Day
April 27 – Tell a Story Day
          Administrative Professionals Day
          Babe Ruth Day
          National Prime Rib Day
April 28 – Poetry Reading Day
April 29 – National Shrimp Scampi Day
          Arbor Day
April 30 – National Honesty Day
                George Washington inaugurated as first President in 1789
          Arbor Day

Taken from:
http://familycrafts.about.com/library/spdays/blaprdayslong.htm
http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/april.htm

April Party Ideas

Since it is National Mathematics Education Month, have a math party. Decorate with numbers and math signs. Have math contests like you did when you were in school. Make numbers out of food. For example, arrange brownies, fruit or vegetables in the shape of a number.

April 9 go to the library. It is National Library Day.

April 10 is National Sibling Day. Have your children pick a name of one of their siblings and have them do special things for the one they picked. You could do special things for your own siblings.

April 13 have a Scrabble-a-thon. Invite people over to play Scrabble. Have a few boards depending on how many attend. Keep track of scores for each game. The person with the highest score will get a prize.

April 15 take your children to McDonald’s in commemoration of its opening in 1955.

April 16 is National Eggs Benedict Day. Make Eggs Benedict for whatever meal you choose. We have a few different recipes in our recipe section.

April 19 is Humorous Day. Leave jokes around the house in places your family can see. Put them in their lunch. Tell each other jokes. Laugh with each other.

April 22 take your children to work, if your boss allows.

April 23 make zucchini bread and give it away or take it to work. See recipe in recipe section.

April 26 make homemade pretzels. See recipe in recipe section.

April 27 is Tell a Story Day. At the dinner table or in a relaxed atmosphere sit with each other and tell stories. You can make them up, tell stories you have read or about your life.

It might be good to ask grandparents or some older people to tell stories from when they were younger.

I hope these ideas are fun and get your creative juices going concerning things you can do with your family and others.

Passover
Starts April 18

Read Exodus 1- 16 as a family or to yourself during this week. See how God delivered the Israelites from the Egyptians. Discover when the first Passover took place and why. The first Passover was a type of the crucifixion of Jesus. Just as the spotless lamb’s blood was shed to keep the plague from killing the firstborn Israelites, so Jesus’ blood was shed for us and delivers us from eternal damnation/death. During this time, Passover Seder’s are celebrated in synagogues and in some Christian churches. The Seder meal is very significant and filled with symbolism concerning the Lord. If you would like to attend a Passover Seder, check your local area for the one nearest you on the internet.

To get more information go to:

   www.biblestudy.org

   www.wf-f.org

   www.christianseder.com

Have your children pick a name of one of their siblings and have them do special things for the one they picked. You could do special things for your own siblings.

Easter Party
April 24

This is a good time to have your children invite school and neighborhood friends over for a party where you can share the gospel with them and/or give them something that tells about Easter and the real events surrounding it. Have an Easter Egg Hunt at your home or in a neighboring park. Toward the end of all the fun, ask everyone to sit down so you can tell a true story. In a way that will be interesting to them, depending on their age, explain how Jesus went to the cross, died and rose again so we could go to heaven to be with him. Make sure you mention that no one is good enough to get to heaven because they have been good. You might want to use puppets or pictures to help you tell the story.

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Take your children to McDonald's Day in commemoration of its opening in 1955.

National Eggs Benedict Day

Make Eggs Benedict for whatever meal you choose. We have a few different recipes in our recipe section.

Humorous Day

Leave jokes around the house in places your family can see. Put them in their lunch. Tell each other jokes. Laugh with each other.

Administrative Professional Week

Recognize your secretary and/or administrative assistant with a gift, send them to a seminar, take them to lunch, write them a note, or some kind gesture to let them know you appreciate them.

Take Your Children To Work Day, if your boss allows.

Celebrate Arbor Day

Plant a new tree in your yard.

Do a paper drive with people in your community. Use the proceeds from the paper drive to buy a tree(s) to plant in a special public place.

Go to a local arboretum or forest preserve to admire the trees.

Make homemade pretzels today with our recipe in recipe section.

Tell a Story Day

At the dinner table or in a relaxed atmosphere sit with each other and tell stories. You can make them up, tell stories you have read or about your life.

It might be good to ask grandparents or some older people to tell stories from when they were younger.