This February 14th is St. Valentine’s Day!  This year for a change why don’t you try something new! Instead of giving your special friend a box of chocolates you could make an actual box out of chocolate and put vegetables inside!  How about a Valentine’s Day card made out of a thousand toothpicks?  What new Valentine will you come up with?

Did you know that February 2nd is Groundhog Day!  This month you can impress your friends with how much you know about groundhogs!  Like the fact that groundhogs drink very little water and most of the water they get is from eating leaves.  Or that a groundhog will whistle when it is scared.  Your pals will be amazed!

Did you know that 2012 is a LEAP year?!  February 29th is a day that only happens every 4 years.  To honour this leap day, you should leap everywhere you go this month!  If you are going shopping for some food leap to get the cookies.  If you are playing a game of tag you should leap out of the way!  Just don’t leap on the stairs... that could be dangerous!

National Carrot Day is on February 3rd this month, so to celebrate this special occasion you should eat as many carrots as possible this month!  You can have carrot juice in the morning.  Carrot sticks as an afternoon snack and carrot cake for dessert after dinner!  Don’t forget to brush your teeth with your carrot tooth paste before you go to sleep!

February is a chilly month so this month to keep extra warm you should do everything in twos!  If you are putting on gloves put on two pairs!  If you are using a blanket to keep warm, grab two of them!  Finally if you are really cold from a snowball fight, have two cups of hot chocolate!  You can never lose when you do things in twos.

February is National Cherry Month so this month you should put cherries on foods that you usually would not.  Start by mixing some cherries in with your scrambled eggs in the morning.   Then you can try making a cherry-tuna sandwich for lunch.  How about a spaghetti dinner with cherries instead of meatballs!  Top it all off with cherry and chocolate ice-cream sundae in a bowl made out of broccoli.  Sounds delicious!

Have you ever needed something that hasn’t been invented yet?  Like a pencil that reads your writing and beeps if there is a spelling mistake?  Or a winter coat made out of cotton candy?! Well February 11th is National Inventors Day!  This month you should come up with as many funny inventions as possible.  Who knows, maybe one day the stars of Family Channel will be using your invention!

Valentine’s Day is a time to tell the people you care about how much they mean to you.  If you are tired of giving out Valentines you could try cooking something special for your friends.  You could make anything from a heart-shaped chocolate cake to a diamond shaped green bean and potato-skin pie.  What special dish will you choose to cook?

February 1st is Royal Canadian Mounted Police day!  To honour these hard working Canadians you should go to school dressed like a Mounty everyday for the month of February!  All you need is a red shirt, big brown boots and a flat brimmed hat.  You will also have to ride to school every day on a horse.  If you don’t want to do all of that... just wear the red shirt and leave your horse at home!

During a chilly winter day at school it can be easy to get a little sleepy in the mornings.  Here are some quick tips to help you keep full of energy at school this February!  Try spinning around ten times on the spot any time someone says the word “the”.   If someone drops a pencil on the ground, pick it up for whoever it is... WHILE DANCING!  And finally, instead of walking on your feet, walk on your hands.   You’ll never fall asleep upside down!

Since the month of February is National Food Month why not change up the way you eat your fave snacks.  If it’s a peanut butter sandwich, try putting the bread on the inside and the peanut butter on the outside.  If you are having yogurt, instead of a spoon use chopsticks! If you are having potato chips, try adding milk and eating it like cereal!  What delicious ideas will you come up with Sagittarius?

Since National Family Day falls on February 20th, why not take this opportunity to start a weekly family activity! Why not have a games night.  Not into games?  Test your climbing skills with a weekly mountain climbing expedition.  Not a fan of climbing?  Try taking a submarine ride every Tuesday?  Which one sounds the most exciting to you Capricorn?