Family Fun May Activities & Social Media Holidays Calendar
Bored at home & desparate for FUN May activities?
I’m right there with you!
we are are entering our 7th week confined to the house.
The days are ALLLLLLLLLL running together.
Let’s just say… it’s time to get more creative.
But as the weeks continue to go by, it’s getting more difficult.
So below are May activities & ideas to help us all remember which day of the week it is!
The most popular USA holidays for your calendar this month are:
- Cinco De Mayo – May 5th
- Mother’s Day – May 10th
- Memorial Day – May 25th
Where I could, I’ve included the “official” hashtags – in case you want to post about them on your social media calendar.
May Activities
How can you make activities with the social media list below?
Choose a few (1-2 each week) to celebrate each week & involve the whole family.
The goal is to:
- Try something new
- Keeps things interesting
- Have something fun to share on social media
- Actually put something on your calendar!
I hope these holidays inspire you this May.
May Social Media Holidays
May 1 (Friday)
- International Tuba Day #TubaDay
- May Day #MayDay
- Mother Goose Day #MotherGooseDay
- Space Day
May 2 (Saturday)
- Baby Day
- Brothers and Sisters Day Plan a Video Chat day
- Free Comic Book Day #FreeComicBookDay
- Boston Social Fitness Day
May 3 (Sunday)
- Lumpy Rug Day #NationalLumpyRugDay
- Garden Meditation Day #GardenMeditationDay Do this fun stem activity
May 4 (Monday)
- Star Wars Day #StarWarsDay & #Maythe4thBeWithYou
- National Candied Orange Peel Day #candiedorangepeelday
- Renewal Day #renewalday
May 5 (Tuesday)
- Cinco De Mayo #CincoDeMayo Order dinner from your local Mexican restaurant
- Thank a Teacher Day / National Teacher’s Day #ThankATeacher
- National Hoagie Day also known as a spunkie or a sub order from your local sub shop to celebrate
May 6 (Wednesday)
- National Nurses Week begins #NursesDay Follow #southshoreheroes on instagram with us!
- Beverage Day Many local restaurants you can now order alcohol from
- National Tourist Appreciation Day Visit Boston like a tourist or Take Virtual Visit the Boston Museums
- No Diet Day
- School Nurses Day
May 7 (Thursday)
- World Password Day #WorldPasswordDay
- National Tourism Day Visit Boston like a tourist or Take Virtual Visit the Boston Museums
May 8 (Friday)
- Child Care Provider Day or Daycare Provider Day
- Iris Day Put some kindness rocks in your garden
- Military Spouses Day
- No Socks Day
- World Red Cross Day
May 9 (Saturday)
- Birth Mother’s Day
- International Migratory Bird Day
- Lost Sock Memorial Day Play this fun backyard game with sock balls
- National Train Day
- National Windmill Day
May 10 (Sunday)
- Mother’s Day (USA) #MothersDay Order dinner from your Mom’s local favorite restaurant
- Clean up Your Room Day
May 11 (Monday)
- Eat What You Want Day
- Twilight Zone Day
May 12 (Tuesday)
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Day
- International Nurses Day #southshoreheroes on instagram with us!
- Limerick Day
May 13 (Wednesday)
- Frog Jumping Day
- Leprechaun Day
- National Receptionist Day
May 14 (Thursday)
- Dance Like a Chicken Day
May 15 (Friday)
- National Bike to Work Day
- National Chocolate Chip Day
- Police Officer’s Memorial Day #southshoreheroes on instagram with us!
- International Day of Families Plan a Video Chat day
May 16 (Saturday)
- Armed Forces Day
- Love a Tree Day
- National Sea Monkey Day
- Wear Purple for Peace Day
May 17 (Sunday)
- Pack Rat Day
May 18 (Monday)
- International Museum Day Take Virtual Visit the Boston Museums
- No Dirty Dishes Day This means no cooking right so order out
- Victoria Day (Canada)
- Visit Your Relatives Day Plan a Video Chat day
May 19 (Tuesday)
- Boy’s Club Day
- World Plant a Vegetable Garden Day
May 20 (Wednesday)
- Be a Millionaire Day
- Pick Strawberries Day hopefully we can pick strawberries this year
May 21 (Thursday)
- National Memo Day #NationalMemoDay
- National Waiters and Waitresses Day What your does server want you to know
May 22 (Friday)
- Buy a Musical Instrument Day
- Don’t Fry Friday
- World Goth Day
May 23 (Saturday)
- Lucky Penny Day
May 24 (Sunday)
- National Scavenger Hunt Day #NationalScavengerHuntDay
- National Escargot Day
May 25 (Monday)
- Memorial Day #MemorialDay #MDW
- National Missing Children’s Day
- National Brown Bag It Day
- National Towel Day Celebrate with a new Patriots Beach towel for the summer
- National Wine Day Who needs this wine holder for their shower
- National Tap Dance Day
May 26 (Tuesday)
- Sally Ride Day
May 27 (Wednesday)
- Sun Screen Day
May 28 (Thursday)
- Amnesty International Day
- National Hamburger Day #NationalHamburgerDay Who has the best burger around?
May 29 (Friday)
- Learn About Composting Day
- Paperclip Day #PaperclipDay
May 30 (Saturday)
- Mint Julep Day
- Water a Flower Day Put some kindness rocks in your garden
May 31 (Sunday)
- National Macaroon Day
- Save Your Hearing Day
- World No Tobacco Day #NoTobacco
May Monthly Celebrations
May is also the month for:
- Asian Pacific American Heritage Month #APAHM
- Date Your Mate Month #dateyourmate
- National Foster Care Month
- Gifts from the Garden Month
- Lupus Awareness Month
- National Barbecue Month
- National Blood Pressure Month
- National Hamburger Month
- National Photograph Month
- National Recommitment Month
- National Salad Month
- Older Americans Month
May Activities – Weekly Observances
- National Nurses Week (May 6 -12)
- National Travel and Tourism Week (May 3 – 9)
- Wildflower Week (May 3 – 9)
- National Police Week (May 10 – 16)
- Emergency Medical Services Week (May 17 – 23)
More
Which May activities are you trying?
