How to make easy St. Patricks Day Activities like how to catch a leprechaun, pot of gold, shamrock, rainbow crafts and recipes which are all perfect for your St. Patty’s Day celebration. Your kids and friends will adore these St. Patricks Day activities, and the crafts are worth pots o’gold! {{wink}} St. Patricks Day is such a fun Day, and these activities, jokes and crafts help make it even more special!
Creating a new tradition for your family has never been so easy with these 95 creative St. Patrick’s Day party printables, homemade party favors, printable games and activities for kids, recipes, coloring pages, and even several ways to catch a Leprechaun!
How To Catch A Leprechaun
1. How To Build A Leprechaun Trap {Leprechaun Trap} ~ No leprechaun will be able to resist the shiny gold inside this glittery leprechaun trap. And your little ones will be almost as excited as Christmas Eve waiting to see if they catch a real live leprechaun with their sneaky creation. This is a great activity to create with kids and you have two weekends until St. Patricks Day to create one of your own.
2. St. Patricks Day Kids Craft {Leprechaun Trap} ~ St. Patricks Day is just around the corner and its the perfect time to try to catch a Leprechaun and find his pot o gold. Children will love to wake in the morning to see if they caught a lucky Leprechaun in the Leprechaun trap they designed, and creating the traps is a great opportunity to spend some quality time as a family.
3. How to Catch a Leprechaun ~ Legend has it that Leprechauns are small, mischievous, messy and sneaky. We decided to try to catch one to see if its really true: First, we laid the bait: Goldfish.
4. Leprechaun Hunt Limericks {how to catch a leprechaun} ~ I made up some limericks for my kids to catch the leprecaun on St. Patricks Day. These are free printables for everyone!
Pot of Gold Activities
5. Potted Rainbow ~ A terra cot pot is transformed into a mythical pot of gold with a rainbow made out of popsicle sticks.
6. Make Your Own Pot of Gold ~ As that lucky Pot of Gold at the end of the rainbow can be tricky to find, we decided to make our own. With just a few supplies, youll have a fun centerpiece filled with gold.
7. Were on a Hunt for Leprechaun Gold ~ Those sneaky little leprechauns have hidden our gold and were on a hunt to find it! We made this simple black fabric sack full of gold and are looking for where it went. Were hoping to find it before St. Patricks Day!
8. Pot of Gold Craft ~ Turn all of the fun of St. Patricks Day into a great day of learning too. This fun pot of gold themed activity is a great way to practice sorting and organizing, as well as work on some creative stories and art projects.
St Patricks Day Activities
9. Paper Plate Leprechaun Wall Hanging {paper crafts} ~ What is this leprechaun hiding behind his back? Could it be a pot of gold? Hang him up on your door to welcome visitors and keep them guessing!
10. Potato Leprechaun {Easy Craft} ~ St. Patricks Day must have Leprechauns and this one is sure to make everyone smile. This is a Mr. Potato Head Leprechaun craft for Saint Patricks Day. This one is great for younger kids such as Kindergartners, Preschoolers, and First Graders. Room moms will also love this easy craft for quick St. Pattys Day class party activities.
11. Hand Print Leprechauns {St Patricks Day School Activities} ~ This Hand Print Leprechaun is a great activity for home or school. These sweet little leprechauns are perfect for decorating a bulletin board, the perfect picture for a March calendar, or you can even cute them out and laminate them for the kids to wear on St. Patricks Day, ensuring none of them get pinched.
12. Little Green Leprechaun Footprints ~ This time of year there are always sneaky little leprechauns looking for gold. So we made these Green Footprint Clue Cards to help lead them on a hunt!
13. DIY St. Patricks Day Placecard {St. Patricks Day Party Decor} ~ Turn a clay pot into a leprechauns hat with this fun St. Patricks Day tutorial. This easy DIY craft can be used to decorate your garden or your table for St. Patricks Day. And if you are hosting a party, slap a four leaf clover on for luck and add your guests names to turn these cute pots into perfect party place cards.
St Patrick Day Jokes
14. St. Patricks Day Lunch Box Jokes ~ Add a wee bit o laughter to your childs lunch box with these FREE Printable joke cards! I love this one: Whats Irish and stays our all night? Patty OFurniture. {giggle}
15. St. Patrick’s Day Lunch Box Notes ~ “Knock knock! Who’s there? Irish! Irish Who? Irish you a Happy St Patrick’s day!” Your children will love these adorable lunch box notes on St. Patrick’s Day.
16. Leprechaun Lunch {recipe} ~ Ive dressed-up a lot of our quickie lunches, but I think this one takes the award for the easiest fun lunch EVER! All you need is a little icing, green food coloring, a ziploc baggie and an optional gold coin to make the cutest St. Patricks Day lunch!
17. Leprechaun Mischief {activity} ~ The Little Leprechaun left the boys some Lucky Charms (their momma doesnt let them have sugared cereal in the mornings!) along with GREEN milk-yummy!! That is only for the morning the stinker has also changed our water into Green Kool-aide (their momma REALLY doesnt let them drink Kool-aide!!!) and has made Green parfaits (withsugar-free jello finally, some common sense here!) for after supper!
Leprechaun Dress Ups
18. How-to make kids Leprechaun Beards ~ Super easy kids leprechaun beards made out of yarn. All you need is orange string, green pipe cleaners, and a fun St. Patricks Day Hat. I got all three at the Dollar Store.
19. Simple Leprechaun Beard {St Patricks Day Kids Crafts} ~ Let your littles enjoy creating fun costumes for St. Patricks Day, like these fun leprechaun beards. They can dress up and create their own stories about rainbows and gold, or you can read them some fun stories about leprechauns and the luck of the Irish while they act them out. Either way, this fun St. Patricks Day themed dress up clothes will keep them busy all afternoon.
20. Leprechaun Hat & Beard Dress Ups ~ Dress up your kiddo with these leprechaun hat and beard dress ups. Simply cut out the hats on green construction paper and the beards from orange paper. Or you can cut them out on white and color them in.
21. Little Leprechauns Ears {free template} ~ To make these ears, draw the same shape onto green paper and cut them out. Heres a printable download for you to trace your own Leprechaun Ears Pattern.
St. Patricks Day Hair Accessories
22. Felt Shamrock Headband How To ~ To make a shamrock headband of your own, you need three different, but close shades of green felt {I used lime green, apple green and Kelly green}. I like to either do lightest to darkest or darkest to lightest, but there are no rules, so pick whatever looks best to you! Youll also need a large rhinestone for your center and a headband as your base. I prefer a wider headband for this particular project to give the shamrock a little body’.
23. How to Make a Shamrock Hair Bow ~ This adorable shamrock has a variety of uses and can be made in just a few minutes. This one was made with 2 – 4″ strips and 2 – 2″ strips of grosgrain ribbon, but they can be done with any size ribbon.
24. St. Patrick’s Day Hair Accessories ~ St. Patrick’s Day is a great day to utilize the color green and add some fun accessories to your little one’s hair. There are three tutorials which include a t-shirt headband, felt shamrock and a looped shamrock headband.
Rainbow Crafts
25. Stained Glass Rainbow ~ Have your children create a stained glass rainbow from tissue paper, glue and wax paper. They will feel a great sense of pride when their artwork is hanging for all to see.
26. Rainbow Art with Q-tips ~ Q-tips make wonderful paint brushes. They’re cheap, disposable and perfect for little hands. By taping several q-tips together you can paint the perfect rainbow.
27. Making Rainbows {For Preschoolers} ~ This fun craft is perfect for preschoolers to learn about colors. By mixing all the colors in one pot, preschoolers will need to identify each color on their own while practicing staying in the lines.
28. Rainbow Pour Painting {Craft Ideas for Home} ~ This easy craft ideas for the home is the perfect craft for any kid who loves rainbows. Children will love creating their own art for the home, or giving this beautiful pot as a Mothers Day gift or as a teacher gift.
29. Rainbow Shaving Cream St. Patricks Day Activity ~ This post features a creative way to make bath time extra fun for St. Patricks Day! All you need is shaving cream, food coloring and a muffin tin. Easy to create, fun to play with, followed by quick clean up!
March Crafts
30. Shamrock Apple Print ~ Putting a festive St. Patricks Day twist on apple printing by creating shamrock prints with green paint. My kids love to paint and with enough paper can keep themselves busy for hours. You can use the prints and placemats for St. Patricks Day dinner or even lay down a large piece of butcher paper and have the kids create a table cloth for your St. Patricks Day celebration.
31. Paper Roll Shamrocks {paper craft} ~ Make several hearts out of toilet paper rolls and then glue them into darling shamrocks for an easy and fun paper craft.
32. How To Make Your Own Split Pea Shamrocks {diy decor} ~ In this tutorial well share all our methods with you on how to make your own split pea shamrocks. Of course, Im sure youll find a whole slew of uses for your own Split Pea SHAMROCKS too.
33. Shamrock Applique Shirt {St Patricks Day Tshirts} ~ If you are looking for a DIY St. Patricks Day shirt to make for your kiddos this week, check out this applique shamrock from Finley and Oliver. The post has a photo tutorial and a free shamrock applique pattern to help you create this easy, fun, and festive St. Pattys Day tee.
St Patrick Day Celebrations
34. St. Patricks Day Party Fun {Things To Make} ~ Whether you are throwing a party for guests or just creating a fun celebration for your kids this St. Patricks Day, Lisa has great paper craft ideas that will make your party decorations a success. From shamrock cupcake toppers to rainbow place cards with a little piece of chocolate gold at the end, your guests will adore all of it.
35. Host a St. Patricks Day Party for Kids! ~ Fun St. Patricks day themed crafts. I cut out a bunch of little leprechauns out of the cricut Paperdoll cartridge and the children glued them together. Then they all went on a treasure hunt to find the pot of gold. That lead them to these fun little pots of gold that I ordered from Oriental Trading and filled with gold coins and rolos.
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Laurie
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