1. Make a St. Patrick's Day wreath - get the tutorial at the magic of ordinary things
2. Wear your favourite green shirt or outfit or risk the chance of being pinched.
3. find the tutorial and pattern for this adorable onsie over at EmmyLouBeeDoo
4. Make Shamrock chips out of tortillas and serve with your favourite dip.
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6. Play 'Pot O Gold Party Game' where you toss golden wrapped coins into a pot of gold. Get all the instructions and materials needed here
7. Print out LUCKY bingo cards here (plus another 10 crafts for kids)
8. Have a Saint Patrick's Day Party
9. Get free printable party decor from Anna and Blue Paperie
11. Have a treasure hunt - make or buy a gold chest and hide chocolate or gum filled coins around the house. check out some cute ideas form the CraftingChicks.com where they made little leprechaun foot prints leading upto the loot bags.
13. make fruit skewers with the fruit lined up like the rainbow or a fruit tray shaped like a rainbow, you could also use two bowls of Cool Whip for fruit dips as the clouds at the end of the rainbow
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14. Blow up some St. Patricks Day balloons, you could even put a few candy gold coins or another treat in each one so the kids can have fun popping them.
15. In need of some chic St. Patrick's Day decor? Print out this free bunting over at overthebigmoon.com
16. Kids (and adults) will love scratching these St. Patrick's Day scratch cards with a free printable and instructions from LikeAPrettyPetunia
17. Print out your favourite St. Patricks Day subway art and frame it in an inexpensive frame - you can change out the printable for each season for some inexpensive decorations.
18. Have a St. Patrick's Day breakfast - add some green food colouring to your pancakes or waffles or for something super simple - just serve up some Lucky Charms (green milk optional)
19. make these St. Patrick's Day stackable blocks - the instructions are over at ThrifyDecoratoring
21. Have a green beer (or two)
22. Pack an entirely green brown bag lunch - you can have green macaroni salad, or your favourite wrap using a spinach tortilla, sliced green peppers, green grapes, a green juice box, a green jello cup, green cookies, and there are a ton more ideas.
23. I think this treat bag is so cute - it says "you're my pot o' gold at the end of the rainbow" find the details over at it is what it is
24. print out St. Patrick's Day colouring pages - my favourite is the Mickey Mouse colouring page with hidden pictures which you can print here
25. Send your family and friends a St. Patrick's Day card to let them know you are thinking of them. Find this free printable card over at Carolyn's Homework
26. Make an origami fortune teller (they call them cootie catchers) with a free printable and folding instructions over at B. Nute Productions
27. Print out Candy bar wrappers
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29. make St. Patrick's day cupcakes - photo from HelloCupcake
30. or for another cupcake idea there is this one below from Grin and Bake It
31. or if you're not very talented in the decorating department (as I am) or if you are pinched for time you can print out some cpcake wrappers from Penny Candy Studios
32. make beer coasters - get the instructions from Michaels
33. Here`s another gorgeous wreath from AmyTriedIt
34. Play pictionary by writing St. Patrick's Day themed ideas on a small piece of paper and have the other members try to draw them
35. You can also put a twist on many classic kids party games such as pin the clover on the leprechaun, leprechaun says (instead of simon says), hot potato, etc.
36. punch clovers out of spinach as a garnish - source: homeiswheretheboatis
37. Make Clover cookies (she calls them 'Leprechaun Loot') get the detailed tutorial on how to decorate these cookies over at LilaLoa
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39. Make a `Leprechaun`s Treasure Box` with a free printable from hellokids
40. Play St. Patricks day games online here
41. Have a rainbow themed party - with these super cute free printables from paperglitter - might be cute too if your childs birthday falls around St. Patrick's day
42. read a St. Patrick's themed book - you can find tons in my aStore
43. make Bangers (sausages) and mash for dinner
44. make green jello gigglers and use a cookie cutter to make them shaped like clovers
45. trace a celtic stencil onto a table clothe - idea from Better Homes & Gardens
46. make a paper leprechaun, get the printable at learningenglish - kids can colour the leprechaun and use push tacks so he has moveable arms and legs
47. make clover shaped rice krispie squares, can add a little green food colouring to the rice krispies
48. grow clovers in mini gold pots - idea from Chica and Jo
49. For a pretty centerpiece put white carnations in a vase with a few drops of green food colouring and the carnations with soak up the colour turning green. Idea courteousy of Martha
50. make sugar cookies and have a cookie decorating station with green or rainbow coloured icing, and sprinkles
51. cut green peppers into slices width-wise they naturally look like a clover and then you can serve with veggie dip or use them ontop of a bagel pizza for a healthy snack.
52. make a scrapbook page detailing the days events - layout from Better Homes and Gardens
53. learn about the origins of St. Patrick's Day from Wikipedia
54. check out this free digital scrapbook papers from LeeLou Blogs - great for putting together a scrapbook pages, making a paper chain or some other crafts listed here.
55. make these leprechaun hats out of a snack size tupperware - get the tutorial over at Canadian Living
56. Looking for a delicious St. Patrick's day dinner, make a twist on the traditional Irish meal of Corned Beef and cabbage and make Ale-Braised Corned Beef, Brussel Sprouts and Carrots - get the recipe at Real Simple
57. Watch a movie - Luck of the Irish - a good family movie from Disney, Leap Year - a romantic comedy set in Dublin, or Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers: The Last Leprechaun
58. make irish coffee - get the recipe from the foodnetwork
59. Make 'St. Patty's Day in a Jar' - idea from Babble
60. make a card to send to friends and family - check out an example from Stamping411
61. play minute it to win it with a St. Patrick's day twist
62. print out a Leprechaun paper beard and mustache here
63. print out this Mickey Mouse Leprechaun here - toddlers and kids will love to play with him or he also makes an inexpensive decoration
64. instead of filling the shoes have a pot filled with treats waiting for kids in the morning
65. make rainbow jello cups - get the recipe over at Sheek Shindigs
66. make cute shamrocks out of felt - tutorial from PaperandInk
67. for a simple craft you can make paper links out of strips of construction paper, you can alternate between a few different shades of green or use green patterned scrapbook paper
68. get the recipe for a batch of green home made play dough from HomeSpun with Love
69. get the tutorial for the shamrock tote from AllFreeHolidayCrafts
70. make green fruit kabobs using green fruit and dip - FitCraftySylishandHappy - and you can always use honeydew instead of bananas
71. Looking for a gift for someone (she uses it as a teacher's gift) here's rock candy and a free printable from Detail-Oriented Diva
73. this would make a great party favour or gift for classmates without all that candy - get the free printable from it is what it is
74. also from it is what it is - a free printable for Hershey kisses
75. make chocolate clovers - buy green chocolate they come in small disks at the bulk food store, melt them down and pour them into clover moulds, you can add a lollipop stick too if you want to have a chocolate sucker
76. Print out these candy wrappers to wrap rolos in for a treat or party favour for the kids, and what adult doesn't like chocolate too? From ModernMomentsDesigns
77. You can buy this adorable picture frame over at mytalkingwalls, or you can buy just the kit an put it together yourself.
78. Looking for a hair clip for your little girls hair - there are three tutorials from Fiskars for a felt shamrock clip and two different headbands.
79. I love the twist on the scavenger hunt from Secrets of a Super Mommy - where she hides numbered clovers around the house and has the kids pick a prize according to which number they found. She has some cute idea for prizes too.
80. a lot of larger cities have St. Patricks day parades (ours unfortunately does not) but a fun event to bring the kids too
81. get the tutorial for these super cute popsicle bracelets over at momtastic.com
82. for a fun and simple card game check out 'Shamrock Slap' from Katie's Nesting Spot - the rules are very similiar to that of old Maid
83. get the tutorial for this cute little mini book at Friskars - great to throw in your purse to jot down reminders
84. for a simple craft for the kids have them make a rainbow out of fruitloops and cottonballs and glue it to a piece of construction paper
86. get the tutorial for making this canvas at Lulu'sTiles
87. if you know how to crochet you can make the "Shades of Green Necklace" from AllFreeHolidayCrafts.com
88. for some simple decor check out the shamrock mobile over at buzzmills
89. And I'm loving this Pot O' Gold Rainbow Scarf also from AllFreeHolidayCrafts
90. wrap a green candle (or one of your exisitng glass candles) with some green scrapbook paper and a lucky stamp - find the image and instructions over at Lulu's Tiles
91. Love these St. Patricks Day Rosettes from Something Created Everyday
92. if weather allows search the clover patch for a four leaf clover - I found one once as a child and was super excited and my mom pressed it in a book. Or if you live in more of an urban area you can look for a "Lucky Penny" still exciting if you're a child.
93. and for the adults check out this stunning Spiked Rainbow Ribbon Salad from Rock ur Party
94. make Leprechaun floats with green sherbert and sprite
95. potatoes just seem to fit with St. Patrick's day - I know they are a staple at our house (everyday) but, if you get bored of baked and mashed check out 40+ ways to cook potatoes
96. make a leprechaun trap - it can be as simple or a complicated as you want
97. find the instructions on how to make a paper origami clover here
98. Print out Mickey's activity page with maze and word search here
99. for a super simple but fun looking treat fill a plastic cauldrin with caramel corn
100. Another cute party printable pack from Hostess with the Mostess
101. and if you want to be green plant something green like clovers, mint, a shrub or tree with your little ones, you'll also be helping the environment. And if everything's still frozen you can plant a small herb garden in your kitchen windowsill.
For even more St. Patricks' Day Ideas you might also like:
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| St. Patricks Day Link-Up
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| whitelightsonwednesday.com |
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| mamaofmanyblessings.com |
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