25 Fun and Quirky Holidays to Celebrate in July

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I know I am a few days late getting this posted but hopefully you will still find some fun holidays to celebrate this month.  My kids love these calendars even if it is just to see what holiday lands on a certain day.  We do not celebrate all of these holidays and when we do we keep it simple. I'd love to hear what holidays you plan to celebrate and some of your ideas for celebrations :)

This month I found 25 fun holidays to include on our July Calendar.  Pick a few or all and have fun :)

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Ice Cream Cone Wappers

Tomorrow is National ice Cream Day and I have a fun guest post for you today!

Did you know Americans ate 1.54 billion gallons of ice cream in 2015? That’s 30,000,000 bathtubs full, or 2,300 Olympic-sized swimming pools! But what can we say? Nobody can resist a sweet vanilla cone on a hot summer day. It’s just not possible.

So, in related news, National Ice Cream Day is coming up on July 15th. It isn’t every day we get an excuse to eat dessert all day, so I’m getting prepared! This is a great opportunity to spend the day outside with the kiddos while eating some sweet frozen treats. Break out the swimsuits or yard games, fire up the grill, lay out the sundae toppings, and spend some quality time!

To really make the festivities special, Shari’s Berries designed a bunch of super cute printable wrappers for ice cream cones. Have the kids pick out their favorite ones and help them wrap the cones. They can even add their own personal touch with markers or stickers. They can choose from tropical, fruity, and polka-dotted wrappers (to name a few). It’ll really add a fun and mess-free flair to an already fun activity: eating ice cream!

These are a few absolutely delicious and totally decadent topping combinations:

S’mores: chocolate syrup, marshmallow, crumbled graham crackers

Elvis: peanut butter chips, banana slices, bacon strips (!!)

The Ballgame: caramel syrup, peanuts, buttered popcorn, cherry on top

Breakfast Sundae: frozen Greek yogurt, banana slices, your favorite cereal, peanut butter drizzle

Take advantage of school being out and spend some time with friends and family. Make it even better with some chocolate-vanilla swirl in an adorably wrapped cone! No mess!

Ice Cream Party Invite (How to add text with PicMonkey)

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I love summer.  I remember hot days playing in the sprinklers with friends and eating lots of ice cream.  I'm so excited that this is something my kids do now.  July 1st is Creative Ice Cream Flavor Day and July 15 is National Ice Cream Day (3rd Sunday in July).  (Find our Holiday Calendar here.  There are tons of fun ones!)  To celebrate why not have an ice cream party.  I mean who doesn't love ice cream?!?

Invite your friends over with one of these super cute invitation. 

Gets some cones or bowls (we have these found here-my favorite! and here), ice cream, and your favorite toppings.  You can even have your friends bring some of their favorites to share.  

Turn on the sprinklers, pull out the kiddie pool, or slip and slide and have a great time cooling off during this super hot month!

  

To use the invitations right click on your favorite one and save to your computer.  

option 1:You can have it printed at your favorite print shop or insert into a word document, size and print.  I like to print on cardstock and size 4 to a page.  They are sized as a 5x7.  

option 2: Use PicMonkey to add text before you print.  

Here's a quick how to. Click on the image to enlarge.

Go to PicMonkey and open your image. 

It will look like this

Click on the text box (in blue on the side) and then add text

Type in your text.  Then highlight to change font and size.

Right click on your text and click duplicate text.  Move into place.

If you click on the 2nd box on the bottom (alignments and grids) the turn alignment on it will help you line up your text.

Change your text to the correct info.  Resize if needed.  Add any additional text (I included please bring your favorite topping to share and place it at the bottom).

Click on export (top) and save to your computer.  You can now print like option 1.

Adorable graphics from freepic,  Miss Pickle's Graphics, Yarko Design  and fonts by Hello Literacy

19 Fun and Quirky Holidays to Celebrate with your Kids in July

I'm so excited about this month's calendar.  July has some pretty fun and some quirky holiday I can't wait to celebrate with my kids.  I searched and found 19 kid friendly holidays like National Sugar Cookie Day, Shark Awareness Day, and Chocolate Day...yum!  I'm excited just thinking of the possibilities. 

We've been using these calendars all year and my kids still love them...yeah!  We pick a few and for the most part keep it pretty simple.  You do not need to celebrate all of them (we don't) just pick and choose what works for you and your family.

Download a copy of the calendar, print, display, and have fun.  

Download your copy here

I'll be posting ideas as I finalize my plans and also as we celebrate some of these holidays.  My hope is that this will be something fun for your family and a way to create some special memories.  I'd love to hear your ideas and see pictures of your celebrations!

Amazing graphics by:   Prettygrafik, Best Teacher Tools, Winchester Lambourne, P4 Clips Trioriginals, Krista Wallden - Creative Clips, My cute Graphics,  Chirp Graphics, Isabelula,  DH Kids, Empty Jar Illustrations and fonts by Hello Literacy