Fun Ideas to Celebrate Star Wars Day in Your Homeschool
13 ways to celebrate Star Wars Day on May 4.
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Pull out all your Star Wars-themed Halloween costumes along with the toy light sabers, and wear them all day. Be sure to say, “May the Fourth be with you” to everyone you meet.
Host a star Wars marathon by watching all the movies (or, you know, at least the good ones).
Make Star Wars cookies with cute Star Wars cookie cutters by Think Geek, or order Star Wars M&Ms.
Make a Star Wars pinata that looks like Yoda or Darth Vadar, or buy this really cool pinata of the Millenium Falcon.
Make your own lightsabers. Use pipe insulation — wrap one end with gray duct tape for the handle, and use colored tape for the lights.
Real life celebrations are cancelled right now, but you can join the fun online at Supercon’s Star Wars Day (which includes May the Fourth and Revenge of the Fifth events).
You can also visit the Smithsonian’s Star Wars: The Magic of Myth exhibition online. It’s got some really cool stuff from the first trilogy that dates back to the time when Jar Jar Binks was just a twinkle in George Lucas’s eye.
If your kids like Stars Wars and storytelling, they may enjoy the Star Wars Scene Maker app, which is made for the iPhone or iPad. It won “Best Creative Fun Award” at the 2014 Tillywig Toy and Media Awards.
Play a round of Star Wars Monopoly. (There are a few different versions, so shop around.)
Latin students will not want to miss the Legonium’s all-Latin Star Wars production.
READ THIS
If you really want to geek up on your knowledge of Star Wars, The Making of Star Wars: The Definitive Story Behind the Original Film or Star Wars Year by Year: A Visual Chronicle will fill you in on all the nitty-gritty details.
My eight-year-old adores the Jedi Academy series by Jeffrey Brown. The third book is due to come out this summer.
William Shakespeare’s Star Wars retells the classic space epic, Shakespeare-style. Forsooth! —by Shelli Bond Pabis
SHELLI BOND PABIS is home | school | life magazine’s senior editor. She writes about her family’s homeschooling journey at www.mamaofletters.com.