Everyone has those days, weeks, or even months where you have lost inspiration for your social media. When that time strikes you, be sure to use this post to come up with some fun content ideas that’ll really get some engagement!
Here’s a list of fun and wacky holidays with some starter comments for you to thrive even without the motivation!
January
2nd – Science Fiction Day
“It’s national sci-fi day, and here at [company name] we LOVE sci-fi. Some of our favorites include [list a couple movie and book titles]. What are your go to science fiction movies or books?”
Example: It’s national sci-fi day and here at Blue Shift Web Services, we LOVE sci-fi. Some of our favorites include “Ender’s Game” and “Interstellar”. What are your go to science fiction movies or books?
4th – Trivia Day
“Happy Trivia Day! To celebrate, we’re asking you guys [Insert trivia about industry] Leave your answers below!”.
9th – Word Nerd Day
“Words are so awesome, there are fun words like flubber, and long words like sesquipedalian. [Industry] words like [industry-specific word]. What’s your favorite word?”
14th – Clean Off Your Desk Day
“In honor of national clean off your desk day, here’s (our/my) clean desk(s). Now I want to see yours!” and share an image of your desk!
18th – Thesaurus Day
“Thesaurus Day is so great. Also wonderful. Also awesome. Also amazing. You get it. What’s your favorite word’s synonyms?”
19th – Popcorn Day
“Caramel, Kettle, Butter, EXTRA Butter. Popcorn is amazing. What’s your favorite flavor of popcorn?”
23rd – Handwriting Day
“Whether your handwriting is chicken scratch or beautiful script, share it with us in honor of national handwriting day!” and share an image of you and your coworkers handwriting!
24th – Compliment Day
“It’s national compliment day, and you’re simply killing it! What’s your favorite compliment to receive?”
28th – Fun at Work Day
Plan something fun for this day (like a party!) and share photos from it!
31st – Backwards Day!
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February
2nd – Eat Ice Cream for Breakfast Day!
Share a picture of your favorite ice cream (sundae, flavor, whatever!)
Caption it with “It’s the day to eat Ice Cream for Breakfast! I’m eating [favorite flavor/fixings/etc]! What are you doing?”
11th – Clean Out Your Computer Day!
Share a picture of an organized Desktop and encourage your followers to do the same!
17th – Random Act of Kindness Day
Share random acts of kindness for your followers to do!
22nd – Single Tasking Day
Do one thing at a time, no multi-tasking!
22nd – Be Humble Day
Celebrate others’ achievements today, followers, clients, you name it. Anyone but yourself today.
24th – Tortilla Chip Day
Share your favorite way to eat tortilla chips (and a recipe). For example, my favorite way is with nachos, yum!
26th – Tell A Fairy Tale Day
Whether you share your favorites or make one up, share a fairy tale today!
March
1st – World Compliment Day
Share your favorite compliment to receive, ask your followers to do the same.
2nd – Old Stuff Day
Share some old stuff in your industry. For us, it’d probably be an old computer. For fashion, you could do some antique outfits!
3rd – I Want You To Be Happy Day
Share how you’re making someone happy today.
4th – March forth and do something day
Share some community outreach programs that you or your company supports.
5th – Learn what your name means day
A quick google search will yield your answer. Ask your followers what their name means!
8th – Proofreading day
Share some great proofreading tools.
13th – Jewel Day
Share some fun facts about jewels. Share things that are in jewel tones.(This is great for fashion industries!)
14th – Pi Day
Share your favorite Pi – whether it’s pie, pi, or life of pi!
18th – Awkward Moments Day
No one is perfect, share some awkward moments!
22nd – International Goof off Day
Share some goofy things around the office or online!
April
1st – April Fools Day / Fun at Work Day
5th – Walk to Work Day
9th – Be Kind to Lawyers Day
10th – Siblings Day
12th – Grilled Cheese Day
13th – Scrabble Day
14th – International Moment of Laughter Day
14th – Reach As High As You Can
Inspire others with your big projects, impossible milestones, and other “reach for the stars” type things.
16th – Wear Pajamas to Work Day
17th – Haiku Poetry Day
Columnist Day
22nd – Jelly Bean Day
23th – Lover’s Day
25th – Take Kids to Work Day
May
4th – Star Wars Day (May the Fourth be with you!)
6th – Beverage
17th – Pizza Party Day
24th – Scavenger Hunt Day
28th – Hamburger Day
June
1st – Say something Nice
2nd – Leave office Early
7th – Doughnut
8th – Best Friends
21st – Take Your Dog to Work Day
July
1st – International Joke Day
5th – Workaholics Day
12th – Simplicity
21st – Ice Cream Day
29th – Lasagna Day
30th – Cheesecake Day
August
2nd – Ice Cream Sandwich Day
4th – Sisters Day
4th – Single Working Women’s Day
5th – Work Like A Dog Day
9th – Book Lover’s Day
13th – Left Handers Day
September
6th – Fight Procrastination Day
13th – Postive Thinking Day
16th – Guacomole Day
October
1st – Coffee Day
4th – Taco Day
6th – Mad Hatter Day
17th – Wear Something Gaudy
21st – Clean Out Your Virtual Desktop Day
November
3rd – Sandwich Day
Sandwiches, such an awesome food group, right? Share your favorites.
13th – World Kindness Day
21st – Hello Day
December
4th – Wear Brown Shoes
Show everyone in the office wearing brown shoes!
7th – Letter Writing
13th – Christmas Jumper Day
20th – Ugly Sweater Day
Ah, the season of ugly sweater parties. Share some ugly sweater inspiration or throw an ugly sweater party at work!
24th – Eggnog Day
Eggnog is very polarizing. Whether you love it or hate it, share your opinion and get others to tell you theirs!
Hope this list can help you out! Are there any funny holidays I missed? Let us know in the comments below. Be sure to share with others who might need some inspiration!
