Category: Kids News

In 19 28, Peyo was born. He created the Smurfs, the tiny blue creatures who live in mushroom-shaped houses. Smurf boys start growing beards in their 400’s. They live to nearly 1000 years old, but Grandpa Smurf is in his thousands! Today is Global Smurfs Day, so wear blue, and sing a happy song!

Have you heard of Summersgiving? The first Saturday after the first day of summer, have an American-style Thanksgiving feast! You can also celebrate Great American Campout Day, by bringing your tents and sleeping bags, to stay in the backyard after the feast. Many parks also hold special activities for campers.

What do you do when it’s Pineapple Day, Onion Day, Ice Cream Cake Day, and Orange Blossom Day? Make a pineapple-onion-upside-down-ice-cream-cake, with orange blossom tea. Put on your shades, and enjoy it outside in the sunshine while playing Bingo, because it’s also Sunglasses Day and Bingo Day! That’s a lot to celebrate.

Have you ever heard thunder, while at the pool? The lifeguards make everyone exit the water, because a lightning strike would conduct electricity through the whole pool. That’s why you should also avoid taking a shower or washing dishes during a thunderstorm. Electrical and telephone cords can also provide a path for lightning.

Bee populations are dwindling as cities grow, and sometimes a bee can’t find flowers for its next meal. If you spot an exhausted honeybee on the sidewalk, try offering it some sugar water. Carry an emergency packet of sugar and a bottle of water, so you’re always prepared to be a bee’s hero.

A man was camping in California, when he dropped his sunglasses in a pit toilet. He must have really loved them, because he reached so deep into all the poop and pee to try to get them back, that he fell in. He was stuck inside for 15 minutes before firefighters could rescue him.

Practically everything you buy, has a barcode label on it. That block of lines, identifies what’s in the package, and how much it costs. Happy Barcode Day! It’s also World Refrigeration Day. Before refrigerators, people used ice houses, with snow or ice blocks that stayed cold under sawdust. Caves also kept things cool.

It’s Chocolate Pudding Day! I wish I had a whole lake full of chocolate pudding. Since it’s also Canoe Day, I’d get in a canoe and paddle around, splashing everyone with pudding! It’s Coconut Day as well, so my imaginary lake has coconut palm trees growing around it. It’s fun to imagine weird things!

Have you ever spotted a catfish, hanging out on the bottom of a creek? They’ve been around since the late Cretaceous period, 100,000,000 years ago. Many catfish are nocturnal, meaning active at night. Most have barbels that look like whiskers, and none of them have scales! Now you’ve learned something, for Global Catfish Day.

Imagine life in 1964. The rock and roll band named the Beatles had become an international sensation. And if you were watching them on television, it would probably have been in black and white! It wasn’t until 1965 that color TV became widely available. Celebrate Color TV Day and Global Beatles Day today!