Everyday Holidays Craftalong February 2024

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Resources and Ideas for February Celebrations

Please note the following:

  1. I have collected the links below over the course of a number of years, so some links may be broken. If you find a broken link, please let me know.

  2. Unless otherwise specified, I have no affiliation with any of these links, other than “I think this is interesting and/or helpful.” On rare occasions, I may add a link to one of my blogs if the topic is relevant, but I will always identify this. If this is an issue, please let me know, and I’ll remove these links.

  3. There won’t necessarily be resources/ideas for every single day, but I may add more if I continue this craftalong each year.

Without further ado, here are the resources, and some ideas on how to mark the days.

Snack Month

121 Best Healthy Snack Ideas, blog post from Snack Nation blog
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Ideas

  • Try making protein bars
  • Plan a few hours to prepare snacks that you can pull out of the fridge on busy days
  • Look through the Food & Drink category on Lettuce Craft and re-create another crafter’s snack recipe

Library Lovers’ Month

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Ideas

  • Visit your local library’s website and see if they have any art programming for adults. If they don’t, see if there’s a way for you to suggest one!

Free and Open Source Software Month

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Ideas

Search for open source art programs and start learning how to use one, if you don’t already.

Creative Romance Month

For couples with Kids:

For Singles

Secondhand Wardrobe Week

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Ideas:

  • Visit your local thrift store and see if there are any pieces that you can give new life to, whether by modifying them for a great fit, or by upcycling into something new.

  • Go shopping in your own closet! See if there any pieces you haven’t worn in a while, and whether you can turn them into something new.

  • Host a “clothing swap” in your neighbourhood.

Burn Awareness Week

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Ideas

Review your kitchen for burn prevention safety before your next creative cooking project.

Global Movie Day (second Saturday in February)

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Ideas:

  • Watch your favourite movie. Wait, that’s not an act of creation… but creating a new seasoning for the popcorn you’ll eat is!

  • Create a tiny painting inspired by your favourite movie. Here’s some great inspiration, by one of our own Lettuce Crafters (I hope it’s OK to share!)

  • Start making a Cosplay costume for a character in a movie you like. If you start now, you’ll have plenty of time to finish before Halloween!

:book: Read Aloud Day (Feb 1st)

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Idea: Read a picture book aloud and create different voices for each character

:alarm_clock: Groundhog Day (Feb 2nd)

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Ideas

  • Make artwork about the weather, whether you love or hate “6 more weeks of winter”
  • Make a groundhog puppet
  • Create a plan for keeping the groundhogs out of your vegetable garden in the spring (is it just my backyard?)

:carrot: :cake: Carrot Cake Day (Feb. 3rd)

The Best Carrot Cake Recipe according to Gimme Some Oven

Vegan Carrot Cake Recipe from Loving It Vegan

Gluten-Free Carrot Cake recipe from Well Plated by Erin

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  • Make some carrot cake
  • Draw a slice of carrot cake and make a card encouraging someone: “you made it look like a piece of cake!”

:bowl_with_spoon: Homemade Soup Day (Feb 4th)

50 Soup Recipes Ready in 30 Minutes (article from Taste of Home with links to 50 recipes)

Please note this is from my own blog: Red Lentil Soup: A Delicious Vegan Soup Even Veggie Snobs Will Love

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Ideas

  • Search Lettuce Craft’s Food Categories for soup and try one of the recipes!
  • Make your favourite soup
  • Try a different twist on an old soup favourite (change the spices, add something, replace an ingredient)
  • Make a giant batch of soup and place individual containers in the freezer for those days when you just don’t feel like cooking. If you put them in “single serving” containers, you should be able to defrost them fairly quickly in the microwave or stovetop.

:heart: Wear Red Day—Women’s Heart Disease Prevention (Feb. 5th)

Heart disease in women: Understand symptoms and risk factors (article from Mayo Clinic)

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Ideas

  • Draw an anatomical heart
  • Create an awareness poster for women’s heart disease. Optionally, share with your local women’s organizations
  • Make something red to wear
  • Create a short video about women’s heart disease prevention and share it on social media
  • Knit red hats to donate to women’s shelters, hospitals, or heart clinics

:umbrella: : World Wetlands Day (Feb. 5th)

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Ideas

  • Make a wetlands model

  • Draw wetland birds

  • Draw a wetlands scene

:clap: Pay a Compliment Day (Feb 6th)

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Ideas

  • Check out the Positive Affirmations swap - GALLERY! for ideas on how to encourage others with affirmations (many of which can be compliments!)

  • Make a card to give a compliment to someone you love

  • Embroider a bookmark with a compliment and give it to someone you love (that includes yourself!)

:test_tube: Periodic Table Day (Feb. 7th)

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Ideas

  • Find a picture of the periodic table. Vinyl transfer it, along with the saying “I wear this shirt periodically” onto a t-shirt (I saw a shirt like this once and thought it was hilarious

  • Print out a black and white period table and colour it in

  • Embroider your favourite element onto a tea towel

  • Create a visual representation of some of the elements, in whichever way you think is beautiful, useful, witty, or all of the above

:computer: Clean Out Your Computer Day (Feb. 8th)

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Ideas

  • Go through your computer files and delete duplicate photos. While you’re at it, BACK UP YOUR PHOTOS AND ARTWORK

  • BACK UP YOUR PHOTOS AND ARTWORK

  • BACK UP YOUR PHOTOS AND ARTWORK

  • BACK UP YOUR PHOTOS AND ARTWORK

Not speaking from experience or anything… whistles innocently

:pizza: Pizza Day (Feb. 9th)

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Ideas

  • Make pizza from scratch! No time? No problem. Get some tortillas, pre-shredded cheese, tomato paste or olive oil, your favourite pre-cut veggies and/or meat, put them all together and microwave or bake and bam! Mini pizzas.

  • Share your favourite pizza recipe on Lettuce Craft

  • Create a new pizza

  • Draw a pizza slice and make a card for someone you love. If you really love them, also include a gift card to a local pizza shop :joy: I’m only half-kidding

:beans: Pulses Day (Feb. 10th)

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Ideas

  • Make your favourite bean or lentil dish

  • Try making a vegan alfredo sauce by combining blended white beans with your favourite spices

  • Make a musical shaker by placing some dried beans or lentils in an empty pringles container and replacing the lid

:wave: Make a Friend Day (Feb. 11th)

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Ideas

  • Say hello to someone you see daily but haven’t greeted before

  • Offer help to an acquaintance you know is having a hard time

  • Consider joining the Happy Mail Craftalong 2024—penpals often become friends for life :heart:

:custard: Plum Pudding Day (Feb 12th)

:girl: :girl: Galentine’s Day (Feb. 13th)

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Ideas

  • Send a card or other happy mail to a good friend. Check out the GALentine’s GALlery! for inspiration.

  • Leave a little note of encouragement where a friend might find it.

  • See links above for more ideas.

:books: International Book Giving Day (Feb. 14th)

Please note: Please research the quality of any charity before making donations.

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Ideas

  • Research book/literacy charities in your region and see if there is any way your crafting might help promote it. For example, you might make a poster to advertise the charity’s services, or create a craft to sell for fundraising purposes.

:hippopotamus: World Hippo Day (Feb. 15th)

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Ideas

  • Crochet or knit a “house hippo.” You can use this adorable Tiny Hippo by @geekgirl for inspiration :hippopotamus:

  • Find miniature hippos and prank a housemate or family member by hiding them around the house

  • Create a short video about not believing everything you see in the media

  • Create a poster or infographic on how to tell fact from fiction in media

:angry: Do a Grouch a Favour Day (Feb. 16th)

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Ideas

  • Make a card or write a letter to the grouch in your life

  • If you’re feeling grouch, engage in an art and/or craft that fulfills you and recharges you

  • Crochet or knit Oscar the Grouch

  • Make an Oscar the Grouch-inspired ATC

:leafy_green: Cabbage Day (Feb. 17th)

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Ideas

  • Make cabbage soup

  • Make coleslaw

  • Make a salad featuring cabbage

  • Attempt to make sauerkraut or pickled cabbage

  • Create a felt salad feature cabbage

  • Create a witty greeting card or ATC changing “Lettuce” Craft to “Cabbage” Craft for the day

:book: World Anthropology Day (Feb. 18th)

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  • Research a culture that is new to you but old to the world, and create a craft based on it.

  • Create a painting based on new discoveries in anthropology

:knot: International Tug of War Day (Feb 19th)

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Ideas

  • Make a rope-inspired craft

  • Draw or paint a tug of war game

:cat: :dog: :fish: :parrot: Love Your Pet Day (Feb 20th)

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Ideas

  • Make a homemade treat for your pet (ensure you find a safe recipe)

  • Make a costume for your pet (if they’re willing to wear one)

  • Embroider, paint, or draw a portrait of your pet or the pet of someone you love

stay tuned, I’ll add more ideas for the rest of the days soon.

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