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April 2020: Week 4 | Ideas for Every Day

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(Updated 4.21.2023) With Easter behind us, some might wonder, “What else could we possibly celebrate in April?”   Well, folks, we have some ideas.   But, before we get there, we want to make sure you’ve seen all our April ideas.   Check out all the ways we’re serving up our ideas for every day:   As a calendar .   On this calendar you’ll find ideas for every day in April with complementary link pairings.   Perfect for advance planning or if you desire the entire smorgasbord of ideas. Week-by-week .   We post a weekly blog for those of you who plan a week in advance, prefer going to a webpage instead of downloading a calendar, or desire more detailed information before investigating other pages.   Read our weekly ideas for every day blogs here: April Week 1 , April Week 2 , and April Week 3 . More ideas.   We’re pinning more thoughts on our Pinterest board if you’d like even more ideas for every day. And now, friends, read on to find a few ways to celebrate every day with

April - An Idea for Every Day - Week 3

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I'm curious - what's been your favorite national day activity lately?  Last week, my nephew and I engaged in (what he calls) mini-school.  I seized that opportunity to try out some of these ideas for every day I've been blogging about.  The activities we chose were to honor April Fools' Day and National Crayon Day.  For April Fools' Day, he enjoyed learning (from History.com ) that the first day of the year used to be in spring and to him (and me too, actually) this concept makes more sense. For National Crayon Day, he tore wrappers off crayons until he realized we already had unwrapped, previously recycled crayons.  With the recycled crayons, he made melted crayon rocks .  This activity was a hit!  He did it twice and prominently placed the rocks near the future locations of his seedlings.  The melted crayon activity resides at Fakin' It and the instructions alone are a good read, even if you have no intention of completing the activity.  So, please do tru