National Rubber Ducky Day
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Did you know that Rubber Ducks have a day devoted to them? They do! January 13th is National Rubber Ducky day.
A few local museums have celebrations. They have rubber ducky story time, rubber ducky races, create yellow finger paintings and let people ride duck boats. Sadly, there are no museums near me that celebrate, But, I didn't let that stop me! I invented my own traditions. I have collected many items that you can use and games that you can play on this great holiday.
These ideas would also work for a Ducky birthday or for a baby shower theme.
A few local museums have celebrations. They have rubber ducky story time, rubber ducky races, create yellow finger paintings and let people ride duck boats. Sadly, there are no museums near me that celebrate, But, I didn't let that stop me! I invented my own traditions. I have collected many items that you can use and games that you can play on this great holiday.
These ideas would also work for a Ducky birthday or for a baby shower theme.
Contents at a Glance
Rubber Ducky song
Back in the 1970s, Ernie from Sesame Street sang his famous song "Rubber Ducky". It is a great song -- so great that this song from a children's show hit the Billboard chart. It is also thought that Ernie's ducky had something to do with the holiday. That is because January 13th is Ernie's Duck's birthday!
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Fact
No one knows who made the first rubber duck. But, people have found duckies from as early as the late 1800s.
Cool Games that you can play
Do you want some games at your party? Here are a few duck themed games:
Duck Duck Goose - You don't even have to change the rules of this game. The standard one will work just fine.
Pin the bill on the ducky - Draw and cut out a large yellow shape for the duck and an orange section for the bill. Put double sided tape on the back of the bill.
Lucky Duck - Get as many rubber duckys as there will be party guests. Put a different number on each duck. Put the duck in a tub of water. Give each party guest a number when they arrive. Sometime during the party pull different ducks out of the water. Whoever has that number wins a prize.
Bubble contest - Buy a bubble mixture or make your own. Have a contest to make the biggest bubble, or the most bubbles. Have lots of wands, strings and straws to make the bubbles.
Duck Duck Goose - You don't even have to change the rules of this game. The standard one will work just fine.
Pin the bill on the ducky - Draw and cut out a large yellow shape for the duck and an orange section for the bill. Put double sided tape on the back of the bill.
Lucky Duck - Get as many rubber duckys as there will be party guests. Put a different number on each duck. Put the duck in a tub of water. Give each party guest a number when they arrive. Sometime during the party pull different ducks out of the water. Whoever has that number wins a prize.
Bubble contest - Buy a bubble mixture or make your own. Have a contest to make the biggest bubble, or the most bubbles. Have lots of wands, strings and straws to make the bubbles.
Rubber Ducky Decor
The cheapest (but still great) way to decorate is a yellow and blue theme. So, blue for the tablecloth, yellow for the plates, plasticware and cups. The napkins would work with either yellow or blue. Streamers could be multiple colors of blue. Then you can put lots of white or pearl colored balloons near the streamers for a bubble look.
If you don't want to go to different locations to collect the materials, the easiest way to have a theme party is to buy plates, cups and napkins with that theme.
Luckily, rubber ducky is a common theme for baby showers and young baby birthdays. That means party supplies won't be that hard to find.
Luckily, rubber ducky is a common theme for baby showers and young baby birthdays. That means party supplies won't be that hard to find.
Rubber Ducky Day Crafts
The easiest craft is to find some ducky coloring pages - here are a few:
Collages are pretty simple. Just take multiple pictures and glue them onto a base. Here are a couple of ideas for a duck day collage:
A great craft is a visor. Once it is finished, they have a party hat:
Make a ducky
Make a knick-knack
Fingerpaint a ducky
Collages are pretty simple. Just take multiple pictures and glue them onto a base. Here are a couple of ideas for a duck day collage:
- You can make a yellow collage. Use magazines, beads and feathers.
- You can get duck stickers or cut outs of ducks, blue paper, and white circles for bubbles. You will also need glue sticks. Glitter glue would also be fun. Allow everyone to make their own pictures.
A great craft is a visor. Once it is finished, they have a party hat:
- I found a webpage that has an easy duck visor craft: Duck Visor
- This version starts with craft foam: Duckie Bath Visor
Make a ducky
- This craft makes a ducky with construction paper and a paper plate: Ducky with plates
Make a knick-knack
- This craft takes little fish bowls, glass beads and little rubber ducks to make a cute take home item. Note: If kids are doing this craft, look for plastic fish bowls: Fish bowl craft
Fingerpaint a ducky
- There is a recipe for finger paint a bit lower on this page.
Fact
Most rubber duckies today are not made out of rubber. They are made out of a vinyl plastic.
Squeaker or No Squeaker
There are two types of rubber ducks. One type has a little hole at the bottom that allows the duck to squeak, and the other doesn't have that hole.
The hole allows water to come in, and sometimes mold can start growing inside the ducky. But, it also allows you to squirt your friends. And, Ernie's duck could squeak.But the water inside the duckie could allow the duck to sink, and then you might not see it in the bath.
Which is better?
Fetching blurbs now... please stand byA duckie with a squeak
TheMeadMan says:
definately with squeeker.... otherwise whats the point ;)... they make bathtime oh so fun ;)
Posted January 21, 2012
Serenia says:
definitely gotta have squeak - squeak and bubbles I say
Now is that name of some kind of british food?
Posted January 08, 2012
A duckie with no squeak
Cupcake Toppers
I have found that cupcakes work better than cakes for parties. If you have a cake, someone has to be in charge of cutting and distributing. There are always problems about someone complaining that one person has a larger piece. With cupcakes, everyone has a similar size and design.
Here are a few decorations for cupcakes.
Here are a few decorations for cupcakes.
Little Richard sings Rubber Duckie
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10 Little Rubber Ducks
If you are having the party with young children, you could read this story. This story is about a bunch of rubber ducks that fall off of a ship and where they end up.
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Moby Duck
The kids story is actually based on a real event. 28000 bath toys (not just ducks) fell off of a ship and floated in the ocean for a while. This story is about where the ducks ended up, and about other items that fell into the ocean.
Great book to read on Rubber Ducky day, or any other day.
Great book to read on Rubber Ducky day, or any other day.
Send out cards
To invite people, you can send out invitations:
Rubber Ducky Day Card ~ January 13 by Everydays_A_Holiday
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Rubber Ducky Day Card ~ January 13 by Everydays_A_Holiday
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Party Favors
Have your guests remember your party for days to come with a cute thing to bring home. The easiest thing to fill that bill is -- a ducky!
Fingerpaint a ducky
a great craft for ducky day
Fingerpainting is something that even young children can do. Lots of kids love shoving their hands into squishy paint, and like the designs they can make, There are lots of places where you can buy finger paint, but if you use it enough you might want to make it yourself. There are lots of good recipes -- this is the quickest.
Yellow Finger Paint recipe
Ingredients
Directions
Put the water water into a large bowl. Then, slowly add the flour while you are stirring. After all the flour is added, and it seems mixed, you can add the food coloring. You need to store this in the fridge, and it only lasts a few days. Make sure you use either heavy paper or something like wax paper - it is too wet for regular paper.
Yellow Finger Paint recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups white flour
- 2 cups water
- yellow food coloring (or whatever color you want to make)
Directions
Put the water water into a large bowl. Then, slowly add the flour while you are stirring. After all the flour is added, and it seems mixed, you can add the food coloring. You need to store this in the fridge, and it only lasts a few days. Make sure you use either heavy paper or something like wax paper - it is too wet for regular paper.
If a party seems a bit too much work,
How about a bubble bath?
If a party is a bit too much work for you, how about a nice bubble bath with your ducky. Just start up the "Rubber Duckie" song, and relax.
I have found some websites with bubble bath recipes:
The next lens has some recipes for bubble bath.
I have found some websites with bubble bath recipes:
The next lens has some recipes for bubble bath.
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Beautiful-Bridal
Feb 22, 2012 @ 8:46 am | delete
- That's funny that rubber duckies are made out of plastic! Very cute lens.
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RecordLady
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- Rubber duckies are so cute!!
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