Celebrating the 100th day of school..
By katsmeow1213
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
United States
February 12, 2013 1:11pm CST
Today was the 100th day of this school year. The elementary school kids tend to celebrate this by bringing in 100 of something. Last year my son brought 100 pennies. This year I went out and bought a bag of individually wrapped chocolates and we counted out 100 of them. After today's celebration, the kids can have the candies as a Valentine treat. 
A new tradition this year was to have the kids dress up like they were 100 years old. Unfortunately I had short notice and couldn't come up with a cute outfit.. so I just sent my son in a knit sweater which was the closest thing he had to looking grown up. I'm sure some of the other outfits would have been cute. A friend of mine told me about a dress her mother had gotten for her daughter.. something she figured her mother would have worn as a kid. So that's what her daughter will be wearing today.
Do your kids celebrate the 100th day of school? What do they do to celebrate?
A new tradition this year was to have the kids dress up like they were 100 years old. Unfortunately I had short notice and couldn't come up with a cute outfit.. so I just sent my son in a knit sweater which was the closest thing he had to looking grown up. I'm sure some of the other outfits would have been cute. A friend of mine told me about a dress her mother had gotten for her daughter.. something she figured her mother would have worn as a kid. So that's what her daughter will be wearing today.
Do your kids celebrate the 100th day of school? What do they do to celebrate?1 person likes this
8 responses
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
13 Feb 13
Yeah, they do have a lot of stuff like that.. but I bet a lot of parents had fun getting prepared for this one.
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
14 Feb 13
This wasn't fancy dress or anything.. and of course it wasn't mandatory.
@bounce58 (17387)
• Canada
14 Feb 13
A new tradition this year was to have the kids dress up like they were 100 years old.
I think that's a great idea!
My sons used to celebrate 100 days in school. I remember doing some projects for my 12 year old, when he was younger where we glued 10 items, 10 each on craft paper to total a hundred.
I never heard anything about it this year. Even with my 6 year old.
@ravinskye (8237)
• United States
14 Feb 13
I don't think that their old school did anything to celebrate. This year at their new school my sons class was to dress like an old man/woman. They made some treat I think too because he had to take in a box of trix cereal. I didn't know what to put him in to dress him like an old man, he didn't really have anything and I couldn't see buying anything just for one day of use.
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
14 Feb 13
I would just put him in a plain sweater or button up shirt if he has one.
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
14 Feb 13
Kathryn celebrated the 100th day of school when she was in kindergarten and also when she was in first grade. However, this has not been something that she has celebrated in the last three years. Paul, however, is in kindergarten this year and they did celebrate for the 100th day of school. Each of the students got to decorate numbers with whatever medium that they wanted and they made a 100s wall and then on the 100th day of school they got to dress like they were 100 years old (as you've mentioned) and they also got to enjoy a 100th day of school cake. This was something that really was exciting to him.
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
14 Feb 13
Err.. I mean first few years.. I forget when the twins stopped doing it, but they're in 5th now and don't do it anymore.
@nmariean (19)
• United States
12 Feb 13
Last year my daughter's class had to make a project using 100 items. We used 100 Cheerios to make a poster of a caterpillar. Each body part was 10 Cheerios, each antennae was 5 Cheerios and each leg was also 5.
@AliVon13 (8)
• United States
14 Feb 13
My kids have done it all...the 100 pennies, candies, marbles...etc. But the coolest thing we did was cut a poster board in half and colored it black and put 100 glow in the dark star stickers all over it! The teacher and the other kids loved the idea!
@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
15 Feb 13
I do recall at least one or two 100 day celebrations when the children were in elementary school, but I don't recall the specifics.
@frankiecesca (2489)
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20 Feb 13
This wasn't somethign we dd in school when I was younger and whether or not they do that now I am not sure but, it does sound like fun!
I like that there are then lots of different things you can do to celebrate it and it all depends on each individuals personality too!
