Author: Lisa Mungovan

Today is Pretend To Be A Time Traveler Day. If you could visit any period in time, would you go to the past, or the future? Pretend you went to prehistoric times, and eat like a caveman! But before you go time traveling, celebrate Brownie Day, just in case brownies weren’t invented yet.

Today is Letter Writing Day. Write a letter to someone on nice paper, and pick out a cool stamp at the post office. Use your neatest handwriting, and tell them about things you do every day. It’s also Civil Aviation Day, celebrating the awesomeness of airplanes. Now you can send your letter by airmail.

Did you know it’s Slime Day? You can make your own gooey slime by mixing 2 4-ounce bottles of school glue, with 1 teaspoon of baking soda. Add 2 tablespoons of contact lens solution to activate your mixture, then knead it until it’s the perfect texture. You can even add glitter or food coloring.

Today is Cotton Candy Day! Spun sugar has been around since the 15th century. It’s also known as fairy floss, or candy floss. Maybe that’s because confectioner John Wharton and dentist William Morrison, invented the first cotton candy machine. Don’t floss your teeth with cotton candy, or you’ll need to see a dentist!

An organization in Oregon called Pile of Puppies, is trying to make fun memories for some very sick kids. The group brings a large litter of puppies, and piles them on top of chronically ill children. For a little while, kids can just focus on the joy of being covered in cute, wiggly, puppies!

14-year-old Miles Wu, has been folding origami creatures out of paper, for many years. His hobby paid off, after winning the Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge. He was awarded $25,000, for creating an origami structure that can hold 10,000 times its own weight. That’s like a car, supporting 4,000 elephants.

One way to keep warm, is with mittens. Celebrate Mitten Tree Day, by decorating a tree with mittens, and a sign telling people to help themselves. The first Saturday of the month is also Play Outside Day. Whether you have fun in the sun, or a playful gray day, don’t forget your mittens!

Today is Put On Your Own Shoes Day. I think most of you already do that. If you have a baby in the house, give them a chance to put their own shoes on; they might surprise you! It’s also Microwave Oven Day. Have you ever microwaved a marshmallow? It’s really neat!

If you don’t like doggie kisses, you’d better stay away from Ozzy. The French and bull mastiff mix has the longest tongue of any living dog. From the tip of his snout to the tip of his tongue, it measures 7.83 inches long. Ozzy’s tongue has stuck out of his mouth his whole life.

After 100 years of being extinct in Romania’s Carpathian Mountains, griffon vultures will soon be reintroduced to the Făgăraș area. Nicknamed Europe’s Yellowstone, the national park will be a refuge for wildlife, where griffon vultures will join Eurasion lynxes, wolves, brown bears, beavers, and bison, to help restore the ecosystem.