How to Celebrate National Handwriting Day

January 23 is National Handwriting Day, also John Hancock's birthday. Celebrate this unique holiday with your family and friends. We've gathered a list of fun things to do.

Things You'll Need

• pen and paper
• Ingredients for baking a cake
• Scrapbook
• Book about handwriting

Instructions

1. Bake a cake for John Hancock and share it. Have everyone sign the cake in frosting.

2. Check out a book on handwriting from the library and have fun with friends analyzing each other's handwriting.

3. Learn a little bit about John Hancock and the Declaration of Independence.

4. Have everyone sign a page for your scrapbook.

5. Hand-write a letter to someone you love who lives far away, and sign it with a big signature.

Tips & Warnings

• Ask your kids funny questions about handwriting. You might come up with fun games from their answers.

• Knowing how to write in cursive improves children's skills in school--use the holiday as an excuse to practice!