May Daily Holidays & Observances Printable Calendar

Need activity ideas and themed products for your program each month? Download and print our daily holidays and observances calendar! See the link below for our May 2024 Calendar.

Refer to the calendar when you need inspiration, whether you are planning activities for the entire month for each holiday, or you need last minute ideas. Be sure to visit each link in the activity ideas section to find related items that can help you celebrate each observance.

May 2024 Daily Holidays & Observances – Printable Calendar

May 2024 Daily Holidays and Observances Calendar

How to Use the Calendar For Your Program

We have listed the daily holidays or observances that fall on each day of the month. Some days have multiple holidays, so you can choose to focus on just one, plan an activity for each one, or combine them if possible.

Star Wars Scrapbook

For example, May 4th is Star Wars Day and National Scrapbook Day. Plan a themed Makerspace activity for your classroom, where kids are challenged to build their own characters, create a lightshow, and more. Provide them with Star Wars cut-out and After they complete the activities, provide them with Star Wars cutouts and quotes from the movie for them to create a Star Wars Book. Be sure to also hand out blank sheets of paper, or sticky notes for them to add notes from their makerspace activities. On the calendar, we also link to some great ideas for a Star Wars themed PE lesson plan. 

4 Star Wars Makerspace Activities for Kids

For another simple example, May 1st is Lei Day. Host a fun event where your classroom creates their own leis and wears them all day! You can even use these for Teacher’s Day the following week on May 7th and have them wear their student’s creations!

daily holidays

You may choose to use the calendar to plan your activities each month and develop themes around each of the days or a combination of days.

Sensory Trays for May

The fourth week in May includes World Bee Day, Dinosaur Day, National Maritime Day, and World Turtle Day. Create sensory bins for kids with a new theme for each day. See below for ideas on materials.

themed sensory tray

Suggested Materials:

If you are just looking for some filler ideas or last minute ideas, refer to the calendar on any particular day and come up with a quick lesson or activity related to the daily holiday or observance. Some of these can even be used for brain breaks.

Activity Ideas Suggestions

On pages 2 & 3, you will find an activity suggestion for each holiday and observance under the Activity Ideas section. Visit the link (PDF includes clickable links) to find a product or resource for that activity.

We’ve also shared some specific ideas as a guide. For example, for National Paper Clip Day on May 29th, students can make paper clip bookmarks using green paper clips and felt flower stickers. These can then be used when you have story time.

View this idea on our blog > 

may holidays

Weekly & Monthly Observances

Our printable calendars also include weekly and monthly observances. For the month of May, there are several weekly and monthly observances. We have shared several links in the calendar download. Be sure to view the printable calendar for the entire list of weekly and monthly holidays.

Monthly Observances:

Weekly Observances

We would love your feedback on how you plan to use the calendar for your program, and if you would like to see any changes in the template. Thanks everyone!

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5 thoughts on “May Daily Holidays & Observances Printable Calendar

  1. I feel like I just found a goldmine! Oh my goodness! THANK YOU SO MUCH! For these awesome calendars and activities and EVERYTHING. This is awesome. You have made my day.

    Thank you a thousand times.

  2. Thank you! I will definitely still use it the calendar. I really do love all that you share. Thank you for taking the time to respond. Continue to be safe and active!!

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