By Cherie Gough

Team up with budding Star Wars fans to create festive family fun for May 4 (Star Wars Day). Transform your home into a Star Wars galaxy with these fun ideas.

Jedi Attire — Form a family alliance by dressing in Star Wars gear whether it’s pajamas, favorite T-shirts, or full costumes. Ask classmates to wear Star Wars face masks or shirts to make the school day special.

Bring Outer Space to Your Place — Create a party atmosphere by decorating with red and blue or black and silver. Get creative and use whatever you have on hand. Supplement with Star Wars themed napkins and plates (available at party and discount stores). 

Make a playlist of iconic Star Wars music and turn it up full throttle to bring the galactic mood to life.

Place pre-built Star Wars LEGO masterpieces around the house.

Anyone working online can choose a Star Wars Zoom background to download. Yes, you can join the virtual company meeting from the cockpit of the Millennium Falcon (and others)!

Mealtime Fun — Awaken the force with Chewbacca-shaped hash browns or maple bars for breakfast. Add a smile to the kids’ lunchboxes with a Star Wars note or riddle. Find free, downloadable notes online. 

Cook some Chewie chicken nuggets and Darth Tater tots for a fun, easy dinner. 

Kids can help make healthy lightsaber snacks: Sith-kebabs with cherry tomatoes and red pepper chunks or a fruit version with red strawberries and green grapes. 

Top cupcakes with stormtrooper decorated marshmallows (use a food-safe pen to draw faces). Make gingerbread Wookie Cookies. 

Get Crafty — Construct “lightsabers” from pool noodles and electrical tape. Make droids from cardboard boxes. Paint rocks to look like R2-D2, Chewbacca, or a Jawa, or paint/draw your favorite Star Wars phrase or symbol. 

Write “May the Fourth be with you” on the back and place the rocks around a local park for neighbors to find. Learn how to make a Baby Yoda portrait using paint and an egg carton.

Jedi Training Games — Backyard games are perfect for young Jedis, and keep festivities outdoors. Have a galactic egg race. Adapt this popular game by decorating eggs to look like stormtroopers.

Bounce a balloon on the pool noodle lightsabers you made. Count how many bounces before it hits the ground. Create a Jedi obstacle course with items you already have (cones, hula hoops, pool noodles, crawling tunnels, balls, ramps, trampoline, etc.).

Indoor Fun — Play a Star Wars version of a classic board game. 

Have a family video game battle playing LEGO Star Wars or Battlefront.

Binge watch your favorite Star Wars movies or episodes of the Mandalorian TV series.

However you choose to celebrate, “May the Fourth be with you!” 

Cherie Gough is a writer and mom of two who loves to celebrate life’s little moments. Find her on IG @cgoughwrites.