Today is Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day — yes, that packaging material everyone loves to pop… Apparently the last mOnday in January has been dubbed Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day and there are quite a few things you can do to celerate.

Of course, there is the very visceral excitement of actually popping some bubble wrap. But there is also virtual fun to be had.

The online bubble wrap fun can be found here. There’s virtual Bubble Wrap to pop — you get to choose the size of the bubbles, the speed to pop at and you get a whole screen of them to pop.

There is also a Bubble Wrap popper personality test, Bubble Wrap painting, and even a survey where you can vote for your favorite popping method.

All of the 2010 bubble wrap calendars are sold out, but you can be alerted when the 2011 ones become available. You get to pop a bubble a day…

And a brief bubble wrap background from amr2u blog.
Today, Monday, Jan. 25, 2010, is the Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day. A day honoring the conception of the bubble wrap 50 years ago.

A local radio station ,”Spirit 95″ Radio, in Indiana, officially started Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day in 2001 with a number of events to celebrate the anniversary.

Sealed Air, the company which first made bubble wrap, adds on its Web site that the day is celebrated every year the last Monday of January.