Category: Kids News

Today is Pigs In A Blanket Day! Pretend you’re a little piglet and snuggle up in a blanket, while you eat bite-sized sausages wrapped in dough. It’s also Bucket List Day. Make a list of all the things you want to try in your life, and check them off in the years to come.

Did you know it’s Scream Day? Have a screaming contest with your family, to see who’s the loudest. Find a place that echoes, to hear yourself scream back. Look at photos from the Screamotron3000, created by photographer Billy Hunt. In New Jersey, texting the Scream Truck, will bring an ice cream truck to you!

Did you any shooting stars last week? As Earth passes through a comet’s debris field, bits of rock burn up in the atmosphere, causing meteor showers. The Lyrid meteor showers will be visible for another week, so get up early and stargaze. Look east in the pre-dawn sky, and get ready to wish!

You can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you can’t pick your friend’s nose. Except maybe it’s ok just for today, since it’s International Nose Picking Day, haha! Yuck! Always remember, the mucous in your nose traps bacteria, before it gets in your lungs, so don’t eat your bacteria-filled boogers.

You’ll never guess what today is. Seriously, you’ll never guess. It’s International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day! Too wacky? Do an experiment, for World Laboratory Day. Too much work? Go see a movie, for Movie Theater Day. Don’t worry if the movie got bad reviews, because it’s also Take A Chance Day!

Today is English Language Day. Celebrate by making sure you know the difference between Y-O-U-R and Y-O-U-apostrophe-R-E! You can also use old English words, like thee and thou. Dost thou know that it’s Talk Like Shakespeare Day as well? Wherefore art thou Romeo? He’s probably reading by candlelight, because it’s also World Book Night!

Going out to eat, doesn’t have to be expensive. Just have a picnic outside! Pack a lunch and eat in the park, your yard, or your porch, for Picnic Day. Your living room floor works too. It’s also Asparagus Day, and Cherry Cheesecake Day, so be sure to pack those foods, along with sandwiches!

A griffon vulture escaped from a zoo in the Netherlands, after high winds damaged its enclosure. It was later spotted in a tree, 50 miles away! Griffon vultures can have a 9-foot wingspan, so it should be easy to identify. Catching it might be a bit more difficult!

An seaweed species called sargassum, is invading the shores of Trinidad and Tobago. Keeran Reed and his colleagues, have figured out how to turn it from a nuisance, into a useful product. They created a compostable plastic wrap, that biodegrades in only 3 weeks, but can still last 10 days in water.

April showers bring May flowers. But what do May flowers bring? Pilgrims, hahaha. Celebrate April Showers Day, by playing in the rain. It’s also Record Store Day, so bring an umbrella to keep your new records dry! Muslims are also celebrating Eid al-Fitr, the end of Ramadan, the holy month of fasting.