Calendar of Strange Holidays and Other Events for Scrapbooking In Octoberby Nicole Humphrey | More from this Blogger 09 Oct 2006 09:00 AM Imagine the strange and jazzy layouts you can make celebrating some of these wild, wacky and unusual holidays. These have been collected and compiled from various sources over the years of my teaching and we celebrated many of them in the classroom. Celebrate them with your children and family and create fun and wacky layouts! The Month of October Adopt A Shelter Dog Month Computer Learning Month Dental Hygiene Month Fire Prevention Month Halloween Safety Month National Chili Month National Cookbook Month National Cookie Month National Roller Skating Month National Stamp Collecting Month Pasta Month The second week in October is Pickled Pepper Week October 3rd-9th is Fire Prevention Week October 3rd-9th is National Newspaper Week October 3rd-9th is Squirrel Appreciation Week October 4th-10th is World Space Week October 11th-15th is National Pet Peeve Week October 17th-23rd National Chemistry Week October 17th-23rd National School Bus Safety Week October 18th-25th World Rain Forest Week October 20th-26th National Business Women's Week 1 President Jimmy Carter's Birthday 1 Scare a Friend Day 1 World Vegetarian Day 1 World Smile Day 2 Name Your Car Day 2 Ghandi's Birthday 2 Charlie Brown and Snoopy's Birthday 2 World Farm Animals Day 4 Virus Appreciation Day 4 National Gold Day 4 National Taco Day 5 National Storytelling Festival 5 Spinach Lovers Day 5 World Teachers Day 6 National German-American Day 6 Thor Heyerdalh's birthday (sailed the Kon Tiki) 7 President Reagan signed a bill making the Rose the national flower of the U.S. (1986) 8 Leif Erikson Day 8 American Tag Day 8 World Egg Day 8 The Great Chicago Fire began (1851) 10 Columbus Day (U.S. traditional) 10 National Angel Food Cake Day 10 Dia de la Raza - Mexico celebrates the discovery of America 11 Eleanor Roosevelt's Birthday 13 National Bring Your Teddy Bear to Work and School Day 14 Be Bald and Be Free Day 14 National Dessert Day 15 National Grouch Day 16 Noah Webster's Birthday (compiler of the 1st dictionary) 16 Dictionary Day 16 National Boss Day 16 Sweetest Day 17 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty 18 No Beard Day 19 National Forest Products Day 20 End of Hurricane Season 21 National Babbling Day 21 Dizzy Gillespie's Birthday (Jazz trumpet musician) 22 Swallows depart from Capistrano, California 22 National Color Day 22 United Nations Day 23 Televisions Talk Show Host Day 23 National Nut Day 23 National Mole Day 24 Mrs Ana Edson Taylor became first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel--and survive. 24 United Nations Day 24 National Bologna Day 25 Pablo Picasso's Birthday (artist) 26 Steven Kellog's Birthday (author of "Pecos Bill" & "Johnny Appleseed") 26 National Mule Day 28 National Disgusting Little Pumpkin-Shaped Candies Day 28 Statue of Liberty's Birthday 28 Plush Animal Lover's Day 28 National Chocolate Day 29 Hermit Day 29 Bring your Jack-O-Lantern to Work Day 29 Great Stock Market Crash of 1929 30 National Candy Corn Day 30 Emily Post's Birthday (newspaper columnist and expert on manners) 31 Mount Rushmore completed in 1941 31 Harry Houdini, famous magician and escape artist dies 31 National Magic Day 31 Halloween Visit the scrapbooking blog for more strange holidays and events to scrapbook about. Related Links: Calendar of Strange Holidays and Other Events for Scrapbooking In January Calendar of Strange Holidays and Other Events for Scrapbooking In February Calendar of Strange Holidays and Other Events for Scrapbooking In March Calendar of Strange Holidays and Other Events for Scrapbooking In April Calendar of Strange Holidays and Other Events for Scrapbooking In May Calendar of Strange Holidays and Other Events for Scrapbooking In June Calendar of Strange Holidays and Other Events for Scrapbooking In July Calendar of Strange Holidays and Other Events for Scrapbooking In August Calendar of Strange Holidays and Other Events for Scrapbooking In September Calendar of Strange Holidays and Other Events for Scrapbooking In October Calendar of Strange Holidays and Other Events for Scrapbooking In November Calendar of Strange Holidays and Other Events for Scrapbooking In December Learn more about Nicole Humphrey  Nicole Humphrey is a freelance writer, consultant for CTMH and a Sr. Blogger for families.com. She resides in St. Charles, Missouri with Mike and their five children and two furbabies. Relevantscrapbooking tags baby | family | ideas | relationships | christmas | children | Kids | Scrapbooking | wedding | holidays User Comments No comments on this article yet. Be the first to comment! Community Tags crazy holidays], october, strange holidays, Scrapbooking, weird holidays Discuss this article
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