• Review the Calendar for April

• Check your “to do” list for Cinco de Mayo

• Check your “to do” list for any April events

• Mark any special dates that need to be added.

• Pencil in your Celebrate Me Day (your birth date)

 

Celebration Magic

• Buy all cards for May events

• Sign, Stamp, & Address them

• Fill out party planner sheets for any events you are hosting this month

• Make yourself a pretty spring journal to use for notes and happy thoughts

 

Creative Magic

Crafts:

• Pick a craft to work on this month from your master craft list

• Set aside time each week to work on it

• Continue creating lists for each craft you hope to do, materials needed etc.

• Make a fun “spring display” in your home. Use items you already have.

Self Discovery:

• Start a home journal. Use it for dreams, reflections, and art of homemaking thoughts

• Look at your TO READ list. Update it if needed. Read a book from the list this month! Try to make it an inspirational one. Spring is the time of new beginnings.

• Make a list of local places that are fun to visit. Put the list in your notebook or write it in your Spring journal. Pick an afternoon to visit one of the places.

Family:

• Talk with your family about your outdoor living spaces. What ideas do they have?

• As a family: create a garden, flower bed, pond, or outdoor space.

 

Future Magic:

 

May Look Ahead:

• Plan any events that are in the first seven days of May (Cinco de Mayo)

 

April Rudolph Day:

• Inventory your Christmas DVDs, videos, and books.

• Add to your cash for Christmas fund

• Make your Christmas cards

• Make a twenty four days of Christmas activities list. Create kits for the activities.

 

April Great Pumpkin Day:

• Pick a date for your fall party. Start a party planner section in your fall notebook.

• Burn a CD of scary songs or sounds. Make a label to match your party theme.

• Search on line for decorating ideas for a fall party.

 

April Turkey Day:

• Write in your gratitude journal

• Sort through your Thanksgiving decor boxes and inventory the items.

 

Year Round Prep:

• Work on your master gift list, include ideas for people, search online for inspiration

• Sort and declutter your Christmas Recipe Notebook

• Try a new cookie recipe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Copyright 2008 Ginger B. Schenck, Magical Holiday Home and Month by Month