April 23 is National Picnic Day. It is the perfect day celebrate spring and enjoy the fresh air with some good food and good friends.
Whether you want enjoy a simple basket of sandwiches and cut veggies, or a romantic picnic equipped with a bottle of your favorite wine, picnics are the ultimate informal affair that’s fun and relaxing for everyone involved.
Keep reading to learn ways to celebrate National Picnic Day, plus get a list fun facts about picnics and a list of picnic quotes!
Ways to celebrate National Picnic Day
The most obvious ways to celebrate National Picnic Day is to grab your blankets, fill up a picnic basket and head to the great outdoors for a fun picnic. You can also celebrate it with the ideas below:
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- Get a picnic basket set that has plates and cutlery included.
- Use the hashtags #nationalpicnicday and #picnicday on social media to help spread awareness of this special day.
- Keep flys away from you picnic with these rechargable fly fans.
- Sing the Teddy Bear’s Picnic Lyrics with a friend.
- Get a rollup picnic blanket with a waterproof bottom layer and a carrying handle.
- If the weather does not permit an outdoor picnic, have a fun party indoors instead. You can even turn it into an indoor camping party!
Fun facts about picnics
Learn some picnic fun facts to celebrate this April 23 national day!
- The word picnic comes from the French words pique-nique. It appeared in the Origines de la Langue Francaise in 1692 and was used to describe a group of people dining (in a restaurant) who brought their own wine.
- Once an ant has visited your picnic, it lays down a scent so that all its ant buddies can join the party too.
- Early descriptions of picnics show that the idea of a meal jointly enjoyed out of doors was celebrated from the early 19th century.
- Kim Novak and Willian Holden starred in the 1955 film Picnic which was nominated for (and won) two Oscars.
- The song Teddy Bear’s Picnic was originally a two-step and became a popular song in 1930 when lyrics were added.
- In Japan, cherry blossom season announces the arrival of spring, along with the start of hanami (cherry blossom viewing picnic season).
- In the year 2000, the first Bastille Day of the new millennium was celebrated with a 600 mile long picnic which was organized in France on the 14th of July.
- National Picnic Week is two months after National Picnic Day, from June 15 to June 23.
Picnic quotes to share on National Picnic Day
Celebrate National Picnic Day with this list of quotes below about picnics.
- “Keep calm and picnic on.” – Unknown
- “You bring your own weather to a picnic.” -Harlan Coben
- “Life needs a few more polka dots and picnics.” – Unknown
- “Tea to the English is really a picnic indoors.” – Alice Walker
- “Nothing is better than a picnic.” Zooey Deschanel
- “Among the delights of summer were picnics to the woods.” – Georg Brandes
- “There’s something for everybody at Picnic Day.” – Liz Applegate
- “There are few things so pleasant as a picnic eaten in perfect comfort.” – W. Somerset Maugham
- “A picnic is a great way to see what all the foods you love will taste like if you add ants.” – Unknown
Things to pack in picnic baskets
We tend to make sure that we have the main food items packed in our picnic baskets, but there are many other things that help to make a great picnic. Be sure your picnic basket has these items, too:
- Salt and pepper
- Casual food items that you can eat without utensils
- Wet wipes
- Paper plates
- Plastic cutlery
- Napkins
- Serving spoons
- Condiments
- A sharp knife
- A blanket
- Frozen bottles of water
- A corkscrew and wine
- A cutting board
- Paper towels
- Plastic bags for your waste
More April 23 national days
Have you enjoyed learning how to celebrate National Picnic Day? You’re in luck, April 23 is home to more than one national day.
Below are a list of all the April 23 national days:
- National Picnic Day
- National Cherry Cheesecake Day
- National Lost Dogs Awareness Day
- National Take a Chance Day
- National Talk Like Shakespeare Day
- English Language Day
- German Beer Day
- Impossible Astronaut Day
- Movie Theater Day
- Lover’s Day
- World Book Night
- World Book and Copyright Day
- World Laboratory Day
- Slay a Dragon Day
- Spanish Language Day
For more reasons to celebrate this month, be sure to check out this list of April national days and April food days. You can also watch this Youtube video about the national days in April.
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