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.<\/p>\n For example, January 17th is Kid Inventor’s Day<\/em> and Ben Franklin Day<\/em>. Share with your group some of the interesting discoveries and inventions from Ben Franklin, including bifocals, the lightning rod, and other investigations into electricity. Then challenge students to invent something of their own. Provide materials like a makerspace kit<\/a> <\/strong>or manipulative pieces<\/a><\/strong> for them to create with.<\/p>\n You can also find more Kid Inventor’s Day activity ideas here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n 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. The last week of January includes National LEGO Day<\/em>, National Puzzle Day<\/em>, and Inspire Your Heart with Art Day<\/em>.\u00a0Plan a Craft Week for your program, where kids can design and color their own puzzles<\/a><\/strong>, build their creativity with building blocks<\/strong><\/a>, and other fun artistic craft ideas<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n On pages 2 & 3, you will find an activity suggestion for each holiday and observance under the Activity Ideas section.<\/p>\n Each daily holiday has an activity idea as a guide, with a clickable link (PDF includes clickable links) for products and items that would work great for the activity.\u00a0For example, January 14th is National Dress Up Your Pet Day<\/em>. You may be thinking, how can I turn this into an activity for my program? We love this idea to create Party Animals<\/a><\/strong> using photos of your pets and kraft cards. This also goes perfectly with National Hat Day<\/em> on January 15th – kids can wear their own party hats<\/a><\/strong> too!<\/p>\n For National Science Fiction Day<\/em> on January 2nd, have kids make a fun alien craft<\/a>!<\/p>\n![\"January](\"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/January-2026-Daily-Holidays-and-Observances-Printable-Calendar.jpg\")
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Activity Idea Suggestions<\/h2>\n
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