Category: Kids News

If you’re too lazy to carve a pumpkin for Halloween, maybe squirrels can help you. Make small holes where you want the eyes and mouth to be, and spread some peanut butter in them. Hopefully, squirrels will chew the pumpkin to get every scrap of peanut butter, and you’ll have a scary jack o’lantern!

Everyone wants to be alone once in a while, but hermits prefer to isolate themselves from society all the time. Today is Hermit Day, giving you an excuse to stay in your room all day, avoiding people. Bring a pot of oatmeal too, because it’s Oatmeal Day. You’ll welcome new food and company tomorrow!

Today is Internet Day. It’s hard to imagine living without the internet. I wouldn’t be able to give you the Kids News! And how would you watch cat videos today, to celebrate Cat Day? Give your cat all his favorite treats, and learn a few cat phrases, like “meow-meow,” and “hiss!”

Terry and Candace Stevens, of Alabama, decided to plant some okra seeds for the first time, back in March. An average okra plant grows 4-6 feet tall, but theirs kept on growing to incredible heights. The tallest okra in their garden, is also the tallest okra in the world, at 16 feet, 10 inches!

Bats are amazing creatures. 1 colony of Mexican Free-Tailed bats eats up to 30,000 pounds of insects each night, including lots of annoying mosquitoes! Other types of bats eat fruit, like the giant golden-crowned flying fox. It has a wingspan of 5 1/2 feet! Bats are also pollinators, like bees and butterflies. Thank you bats!

Today is Wild Foods Day. Your backyard might be full of delicious food. Blackberries, apples, and other fruit are easy to identify. Dandelions, chickweed, clover, and wild onions taste great, as long as your lawn is pesticide-free. Black walnuts take some work, to get inside. Don’t eat anything, until checking with an adult.

Chocolate lovers, today is your lucky day. It’s Chocolate Day! People have been eating chocolate, made from the seeds of cacao trees, for 4000 years or more. Be sure to watch some cartoons while you enjoy your chocolate, because it’s also Animation Day. Create your own stop-motion video or flip-book animation!

138 years ago, the Statue of Liberty was dedicated in New York. The statue stands in the harbor, and has welcomed millions of people from other countries, entering the USA on ships. National Immigrants Day celebrates all those who came to the United States from other countries, to find opportunity and happiness.

The weekend before Halloween, is full of awesome activities. Many local farms have haunted hayrides, or corn mazes. Enter a costume contest at a Fall Festival, or collect candy at a Trunk-Or-Treat, where the cars are dressed in costumes too! Have your own pumpkin-carving party, and serve spooky finger foods. Most importantly, have fun!

Election Day is drawing near, but one town in Saskatchewan Canada has a problem. No one is running for mayor. Kyle’s current mayor, George Williams, is retiring, but no candidates have applied for the position. An open spot on the town council, also has no nominees. The city hopes someone will step forward soon.