No doubt, next year there will be a Blue Monday shelf full of blue merchandise, next to Valentine Red and Yellow Easter bunnies as the cash registers ring with hard earned cash spent on more stuff adding to the landfill and plastic filled oceans.
But enough of that, because those marketeers did not reckon with the positivity felt from working with small children! How can you be miserable when you work with small children? You cannot, so we turned it on its head and celebrated Blue Monday with as many positive fun activities as we could muster.
From science to painting, blue walks, blue treasure hunts, blueberry muffins for parents, a trip around the neighbourhood giving out little gifts, blue food, blue toys, blue massage oils, blue clothes, blue,blue,blue! The colour blue also symbolises trust, loyalty, sincerity, wisdom, confidence, stability, faith, and intelligence. We even decided to have a prize of £50 per nursery to spend on their staff room for the six best activities.
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