National Humor Month: Enjoy laugh-out-loud fun at a local comedy performance. Comedy City is a live family-friendly improv comedy show where every performance is clean, funny and one-of-kind. Two comedy teams take suggestions from the audience to create hilarious sketches as they compete to earn your laughs.
April 1: April Fool’s Day Stumped for a few kid-friendly tricks this year? Head to U.S. Toy (2008 W. 103rd Ter., Leawood, KS, 913.642.8247), where you will find funny gags in the Magic Shop—everything from a fly in water to fake ink stains.
April 2: Children’s Book Day Dream of the most magical, whimsical, creative and fabulous neighborhood children's bookstore you can imagine. THAT is Reading Reptile (328 W. 63rd St., Kansas City, MO, 816.753.0441). The shop, a tradition in Brookside, offers play areas and reading areas for family, and the staff happily recommends beloved books. It’s the perfect place to celebrate Children’s Book Day.
April 7: Caramel Popcorn Day For more than 50 years, Topsy’s has been serving delicious popcorn to Kansas Citians. They are especially famous for their super sweet, extra sticky, amazingly delicious caramel popcorn. Visit TopsysPopcorn.com for more information.
April 13: Scrabble Day Septuagenarian—the word to describe Scrabble, the board game originally invented in 1938. Celebrate the day by challenging the kids to ultimate Scrabble and celebrate the classic game enjoyed by generations.
April 23: Take Your Child to Work Day Career exploration starts young with this annual tradition. Find out whether your company participates in this annual event and spend a day with your child at work.
April 25: World Penguin Day Spend the day at the Kansas City Zoo and head to the Helzberg Penguin Plaza, featuring a dozen Humboldt penguins and nearly 40 cold water penguins. The state-of-the-art exhibit houses a 100,000-gallon cool pool for cold water penguins and a 25,000-gallon warm wet area laced with sand for warm water penguins.