Did you Know?
March was named for the Roman God "Mars

Week Celebrations:

2nd Week National Bubble Week
2nd Week Crochet Week
National Write A Letter of Appreciation Week: 1-7
Return The Borrowed Books Week: 1-7
Universal Human Beings Week: 1-7
3-A-Day Week: 3-9
Iditarod Race: 4-19
Celebrate Your Name Week: 5-11
National Professional Pet Sitters Week: 5-11
Read an E-Book Week: 5-11
Help Someone See Week: 6-10
National Cheerleading Week: 6-12
National School Breakfast Week: 6-12
National Procrastination Week: 6-12
Newspaper in Education Week: 6-12
Save Your Vision Week: 7-13
Universal Women's Week: 8-14
Girl Scout Week: 12-18
Campfire USA Birthday Week: 13-19
International Brain Awareness Week: 13-19
National Toad Hollow Week: 14-21
American Chocolate Week: 3rd Week
National Agriculture Week: 19-25
National Animal Poison Prevention Week: 19-25
National Poison Prevention Week: 19-25
National Bubble (blowers) Week: 20-27
National Spring Fever Week: 20-26
Week of Solidarity with People's Struggling Against Racism & Racial Discrimination: 21-27
National Cleaning Week: 26-4/1
National Sleep Awareness Week: 27-4/2
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Week: 30 - 4/2

March Day By Day Activities

Some Ideas Found On Childrens Sites
But Are Adaptable For Adults

1st-National Pig Day

Lot's Of Pig Craft

Printable Art Pig

2nd-Dr Seuss Birthday- born on March 2nd in 1904.
Invite A Pre-k or Day Care and let residents
help the little ones with ideas below.
Found Most Of Doctor Seuss Sites Shut Down.
So maybe buy a coloring book & help children color pages.

Doctor Seuss Activity Ideas

3rd-I Want You To Be Happy Day

Throw A Smile Game
Simple and fun
Residents Love This Game.

4th-Holy Experiment Day

Sense Of Smell Experiment
(use several diferent smells)

Sense Of Sight Experiment

Lava Light

Magic Spoon Experiment

5th-Multiple Personality Day

Well You May Not Have
Multiple Personalities
But This Is For You
Free Tests To Find Your Personality
& Maybe Even A New Career???
Nah!!!!

6th-National Frozen Food Day
Great Winter Break. Have An Ice Cream Social
Fill bowls with the sprinkles and toppings.
Get a variety of ice cream syrup.
Some banana's,pineapple & strawberry's. Vanilla Ice Cream.
Grab a cart from the kitchen
And you can roll the cart around
filling your resident's orders
Put on some sock hop music and your all set.

6th-Michelangelo Buonarroti-1475

Officail Website

7th-Read Across America Day

Official Site

Start a Reading Club
Have a story hour for those unable read.
Honor Your Librian
Invite A day Care To Your Facilty
For a Story Hour
Have a resident read to them
At one of the facilties I worked at
We had Story Hour with Aunt Delilah
The residents sat with the children
Then we had snacks for everyone after.
The day care loved it and so did the residents.


8th-International Working Woman's Day

Great Free Printable Card Site
Print up Thank You cards & let the women
in your facilty know they are appreciated.
Give To Women who help out in your facility such
as volunteers or those who donate products.
Have a women's discussion group about past jobs the women held.
Don't forget to remind them that "Just A House Wife" is a Job !

9th-Employee Appreciation Day
Have a potluck, with awards ceremony & print up certificates to give to all.
Let the president of Resident Council sign the certificates.
Give prize to the employee who's been at the facilty the longest.
You could also have staff vote for a week before
and give prizes to the employee voted funniest, most dedicated, etc.

Printable Hard Worker Award
It even prompts you for the Name and Places
it on the certicate for you.Then All You Need
to do is sign it and print.

You can find more printable
on my "Year Round Activity" Ideas page

10th-1st Paper Money Issued-1862

Money Origami-Several Patterns With Step By Step Instruction

11th-Johnny Appleseed Day

Johnny Appleseed Art Page

Apple Printing Craft

Apple Magnet Craft

Apple Recipes

11th-Worship of Tools Day - guys, you can relate

Screwdriver Art PAge

Pliers Art Page

Hammer Art Page

Wrench Art Page

12th-St Patrick's Day
See Activities Above


12th-Plant a Flower Day

Indoor House Plants

12th-Girl Scouts Day

Invite A Girl Scout Troop To Your Facility.
Let Your Residents Help Them Make Any Of These Girl Scout Crafts.
Offer your facility as a meeting place.

Paper Crafts

Foam Crafts

Beaded Crafts

Daisy Theme Crafts

13th-Jewel Day

Jewelled Egg Craft
Great To Make For Easter

Use small jars of any kind and fill with plastic jewels
use a cork for lid
Residents can decorate the outside with paint and jewels.
Makes a cute Knick Knack

14th-Purim Begins at sundown the previous day.
Purim takes place on the fourteenth and fifteenth days of Adar,
the twelfth month of the Jewish calendar.

Lots Of Links To Activites, Crafts & Recipes For Purim

14th- National Potato Chip Day

Homemade Low Calorie Microwave Potato Chips

15th-Everything You Think is Wrong Day
Good Day To Have A Backward Party
Dress Backwards
Have a luncheon & serve dessert 1st
Work some crossword puzzles and start at the end.

Check Out This "What's Wrong With This Picture?" Game.
Then make your own.

16th- Everything You do is Right Day

This Page Is Full Of Good Deed
Ideas your facility might try.

18th-1st Walk In Space-1965

Some Space Walk Info You Could Use For Trivia

Some Very Nice Space Art Pages
(white out the title before printing
on copier & giving to residents)

19th-The traditional return of swallows to San Juan Capistrano

The Swallows of San Juan Capistrano

20th-Earth Day

 

Find Out What Earth Day Is About
Plus Posters & T-Shirts

 

Printable Earth Day Picture

 

The National Arbor Day Foundation
Have your facility become a member
& get 10 free trees to plant.

 

Earth Day Craft Ideas

 

Plan An Earth Day Celebration With You Neighbors
Great Resident-Community Project For Your Facility

20th-1st Day Of Spring

Spring Art Pages

Check "Year Round Activity Ideas" Page
For More Spring Printables

Ton's Of Spring Crafts

Make A Wind Chime

Ring In Spring With A Bubble Party
Serve Bubble Gum Ice Cream.
Have A Bubble Gum Blowing Contest.
Make The Mixture Below And Have A Who's Bubble Goes
The farthest Contest.
Play Bird Sounds And Have Residents Identify

Bubbles
Materials :
- 1/2 cup Dishwashing detergent (500 ml)
- 4 1/2 Cup Water (4.5 liter)
- 4 Tablespoons glycerin (available at pharmacies) (60 ml)
- Container with a tight fitting lid in which to keep the bubbles
- Spoon

Directions :
1. Measure out the water, detergent, and glycerin into container.
2. GENTLY stir the mixture together. If a foam forms, gently skim it off the top.
3. Find something with which to blow bubbles and have fun.
Note: The longer you let the mixture set, the larger the
bubbles are and the longer they seem to last.

21st-National Teenagers Day
Invite a High School Class to you facility
You could host one of the following
Have A Dare Program at your facility
Have a Sock Hop
Host A Teen Olympics

Talk to your local school about having a spring skip afternoon.
Rent a movie for the teens to watch with your residents.
provide soda & popcorn.

22nd-National Goof Off Day
Print Up "I Prefer To Goof Off" Certificates And hand out 1 to each Resident.
Tell them today only is goof off day and any 1 thing
they desire not to do today
(as long as it doesn't jeapordize their health)
All they need do is hand in their certificate
And they will be left alone.
You could even make arrangements with dietary
(They will love you for this one)
That a resident prefers breakest in bed this morning.

23rd-Toast Day-Nellie Melba revealed her Melba Toast recipe.

Have A Melba Toast Snack Day
Have A Special Invite French Breakfast with one of the recipes below.

About Melba Toast
Melba toast is named after Australian opera singer Dame Nellie Melba
(and I thought it was just for babies)

French Toast Recipe With Variations

French Toast Bundt Recipe

24th-Harry Houdini's Birthday-Born in 1874.

Great Day To Invite A Magician To Entertain At Your Facility

Harry Houdini History

Another Houdini Site

Easy Magic Tricks For You To Learn

More Magic Tricks For You To Learn

25th-Pancakes First Made in New York City in 1882.

Tons Of Pancake Recipes

26th-Make Your Own Holiday Day !!!!
Pass out slips of paper to staff & residents the 1st of March
Have them right down their ideas for a Holiday they would create.
Make sure they add their name.
Have a box handy for them to place their suggestions in.
Everyone who enters wins a prize.(bag of candy, soda, small gift)
At the end of one week collect your box.
Choose the best idea & celebrate it on this day.
The winner gets a big prize.
If you use other suggestions at a later date be sure to reward the idea giver.
Post the best ideas on your bulletin board.

28th-Something On A Stick Day

Popsickle Stick-Heart Angel

Popsickle Stick Kite

Recipe Card Holder

Popsickle Stick Treasure Box

Popsickle Stick Signs

Corn Dogs On A Stick

29th-Coca-Cola was Invented In 1886.

Plastic 2-Liter Soda Bottle Terrarium

"Summer Hat Fridge Magnet" mae out of soda caps

30th-Pencil with Eraser Patented in 1858.

Make These Blooming Pens

Make A Dangling Bead Pencil

30th-Alaska Purchased from Russia in 1867.

Alaska Facts & Trivia

Alaskan Animal Art Pages

31st-Cesar Chavez Day

Cesar Chavez Foundation

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A Wonderful Week
&
Blessings All Year

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