How to Celebrate Penguin Awareness Day

Penguin Awareness Day (January 20) offers a unique opportunity to get to know the dapper little avian who doesn’t fly. They’re more than just adorable tuxedo-clad birds that love the snow. Here are some ways to celebrate.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Penguin books and picture books
• Email account
• Pictures of penguins

Learn About Penguins

1. Check your local TV listings or video store for documentaries about penguins. Watch with someone you love.
2. Read a book about penguins. Share it with a child—or just read it for fun.
3. Check out the vital statistics on penguins at the National Audubon Society Web site (see link below).

Celebrate Penguins

4. Wear black and white. Red bow tie optional.
5. Send a Penguin Day e-card.
6. Replace your desktop wallpaper with penguin pictures.
7. Read “A Wish for Wings That Work,” the classic Christmas story featuring Opus, the penguin from Bloom County.
8. Go see (or rent) the film "Happy Feet!"

Kid Stuff for Penguin Awareness Day

9. Color pictures of penguins.
10. Have a penguin "hunt"! (No, no guns are allowed. This one is for kids old enough to use a search engine on their own.) Send them hunting for penguin-related items. Award an Eskimo Bar as first prize.
11. Have a penguin dinner. Serve fish (sushi, if your family will eat it), shrimp and squid. Add a salad for human penguins.

Tips & Warnings

• To change your desktop wallpaper to a penguin picture: Go online using Internet Explorer or Foxfire browse and find a picture you like. Right-click on the picture and select “Set Picture as Desktop Background.”
• A sample Penguin Hunt might include: three pictures of penguins, one book about penguins (hint: try Amazon), one penguin video, one product with penguin pictures or theme and one favorite food of penguins.