Try Make Up Your Own Holiday Day on March 26 for fun kids activities, fun Spring theme activity, or March activities calendar – unique ideas for kids’ play and a free printable worksheet to help create your own holiday party or activity idea!
56+ MAKE UP YOUR OWN HOLIDAY DAY ACTIVITIES AND IDEAS (UPDATED!)
One of the most fun March holidays or March themes to add to your play calendar or March activity calendar for kids!
Made Up Holiday Ideas
These are just made up holiday ideas. You can actually make up a holiday around any theme or topic and they can be weird and wacky holidays or serious ideas for your fake holidays.
New holiday ideas for kids’ activities:
- Sleep Like a Cat Day
- Create a Candy Bar Day
- Pink Pancake Day
- Christmas In March Day
- Minimalist Holiday Day
- Purple Dots Day
- Dress And Act Like Your Siblings Day
- Create a Musical Instrument Day
- Only Write With Pink Day
- Sleep In Day
- Create Crazy Punch Drinks for a Punchbowl Party Day
- Eat Pickles and Ice Cream Day
- Stay Up Late Day
- Pick a Favorite Movie Day
- Spring Snow Day
- Dress Like a Crazy Bird Day
- Make Up a Game Day
- Create A Crazy Walk Day
- Make Up Your Own Dance Day
- Eat Only Yellow Foods Day
- Make Leaf Rubbings Outside Day
Or, any fake holiday ideas your family can come up with! (Maybe these are fantasy holiday ideas that should exist!)
(Don’t miss a ton of Make Up Your Own Holiday Day examples and ideas below and a free create your own holiday worksheet! Keep scrolling!)
If you’ve never heard of of this spring holiday, you may be wondering…
What is Make Up Your Own holiday day?
March 26th is designated as National Make Up Your Own Holiday Day. It’s a day where you can celebrate and have fun with any topic (people, animals, food, video game characters, books, and more!) that you want! So get creative, make up a holiday, and then have a Make Up Your Own Holiday Day celebration party!
When is Make Up Your Own Holiday Day?
March 26th is one of those special national days called Make Up Your Own Holiday Day! (YES! It’s a REAL THING!) On this date of made-up holiday it encourages people to make up their own holiday on any theme or topic. Be sure to add it to your holidays for kids!
How cool is that?
(And, who doesn’t love to celebrate fun wacky holidays, right?)
However, you don’t have to wait until that day to make up your own and create fun holidays games and activities. You can do it any time you need a fun family activity!
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Can you create your own holiday?
You can create your own holiday any time throughout the year. (You don’t have to wait for the official Make Up Your Own Holiday Day.) It’s fun for a kid’s activity calendar anytime!
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Create Your Own Holiday Ideas For Kids
To create your own holiday:
- Come up with a holiday theme or topic.
- Name your new holiday.
- Pick a date for your holiday.
- Decide what you will do the holiday.
- Make a list of party supplies you need.
- Determine what kind of holiday recipes you will make.
- Create holiday invites.
- Invite friends or family members to your holiday party!
- Be sure to take a ton of make up your own holiday day pictures and create a scrapbook!
- Put it on the calendar to celebrate each year!
This is one of those super fun kid activities to do at home!
Before we get to more new holiday ideas…
What Makes Up National Days?
A holiday is a day set aside by custom or by law on which normal activities are canceled or reduced so that the holiday can be observed. During designated national days and fun holidays, there are often events, celebrations, parades, or other kind of observances depending on the holiday.
LEARN MORE: How To Create A National Holiday
Don’t miss our FREE create your own holiday worksheet below that will help your child with their ideas for new holidays!
Since homeschoolers are kinda awesome at marching to the beat of their own drums, make up your own holiday day ideas are perfect for us!
And, homeschooling is an opportunity to customize an educational experience for our children and inspire creativity (which is an important component of learning!) with these amazing holidays for kids.
Likewise, make up your own holiday day ideas can be a customized experience as well.
Just think of the possibilities!
Here’s how you can add your own ideas for a new holiday to your homeschool learning, classroom, family activities at home!
Let’s get to how to make up your own holiday and give you some create a new holiday ideas!
Here are create a holiday ideas and fun ways to add make up your own holiday day!
Make Up Your Own Holiday Day Examples and Party Ideas
Here are a few suggestions to make March 26th holiday extra special this year and help you make up your own fun holidays!
These are just ideas, so don’t be afraid to get crazy with your own made up holidays!
So… what are some made up holidays ideas?
Fun Holidays for Kids Ideas:
• Backwards Day
• Fantastic Friends Day
• Baking Day
• Teddy Bear Picnic Parade Day
• Dance Party Day
• No Math Today Day
• We Love Our Pets Day
Fun Holidays Ideas: Serving Others
• Visit the Local Nursing Home Day
• Pick Up Trash in Our Community Day
• Make (and Place) Kindness Rocks Day
• Love a Librarian Day
• Volunteer at the Homeless Shelter Day
• Deliver Flowers to Our Favorite Neighbor Day
• Gather Stray Carts from the Parking Lot Day
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Try the create your own holiday generator for fun names and ideas! It’s a fake national day generator!
Fun Holidays Ideas: Wacky, Weird, Fun & Frivolous
• Listen to Weird Music Day
• Ice Cream Sundaes for Breakfast Day (Get Ice Cream Party Ideas)
• Drive by Mom’s Old High School Day
• Wear Your Sibling’s Clothes Day
• Pretend Day
• Make Up Our Own Language Day
Fun Holidays Ideas: Just For Moms
•Cook for Mom Day
• Mama Gets a Massage Day
• Nap Day
• Whisper Day
• No Arguing Day
• Shopping Without Kids Day
• Mama Doesn’t Need Another Holiday to Celebrate So We’re Not Doing Anything Day (now that’s special!)
Fun Holidays Ideas: Random Family Time
Here are some random funny made up holidays that your family may like:
• Purple Day
• Casserole Day
• Save Electricity Day
• Crazy Hair Backward Pajamas in Public Day
• Super Hero Day
• Put All the Laundry Away for Real This Time Day (OK, maybe this one is really just for mom…)
Hosting Your Fun Holidays and Make Up Your Own Holiday Day Activities
For your fun holidays or invent a holiday ideas, you may want to include food and celebrations like special foods, decorations, or even presents.
Maybe you also create unique ceremonies or write a special song?
This is a chance to be super silly and have some fun or be super serious and reiterate values and standards.
Anything goes!
For homeschoolers, national holidays are an opportunity to celebrate our creativeness, especially for something fun like Make Up Your Own Holiday Day!
Customize it to whatever your family wants/needs.
So, consider what your family needs right now during this season.
Does your family need to take the day off and just chill?
Or, do you need to kick things up a notch and spend the afternoon at the bowling alley?
Maybe you are trying to teach your children about other cultures, people who may be less fortunate, or hungry puppies?
This holiday can be used to do that – if you so choose.
Just as in homeschooling, there are no right or wrong answers—it’s all flexible!
Enjoy your Make Up You Own Holiday national days by making the most of it – whatever that means to your family!
Ditch the create your own holiday essay assignment and use the creative process in our free create your own holiday printable!
FREE PRINTABLE FOR KIDS: Create Your Own Holiday Worksheet
Click HERE (or on the image) to download the free printable to help you make your own holiday and map out your holidays to create.
Let us know about your make up your own holiday day celebrations!
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thank you, these are really good ideas i’m gonna do Create a candy bar day. 🙂
OH YAY! That sounds so fun. Enjoy!
I made a holiday called a day where we just open presents and eat sugar thanks so much you are so creative
HA! Love it!