St. Paddy’s fun for the Wee Ones!

St. Patrick’s Day has become one of the most beloved holidays amongst children and adults. In pop culture the leprechaun and the shamrock have become synonymous with the holiday. 

Another tradition associated with St. Patrick ’s Day, especially in America is wearing green to avoid being pinched. It is unclear as to the exact origins of this tradition, but legend has it that in early America, Irish Immigrants and those of Irish Decent wore green in honor of the Emerald Isle. Rules have even developed for this game: You can only pinch those not wearing green, IF you yourself are wearing green. If you pinch some one who is wearing green then they can pinch you back ten times. School children nation wide have embraced this game, much to their teachers dismay! (Hey the kids cant help it if Teacher didn’t wear green!)

Here are some other fun things you can do on St. Patricks Day. Remember to get Mom or Dads permission before you start, and ask them for help if there is cutting involved. 

Enjoy!

P.S Don’t forget to wear your green or some one will pinch you!!!

Little Leprechaun Hats

Materials Needed:

Instructions:
Paint the paper plate and the outside of the cup green. Once the paint is dry, glue the cup upside down in the center of the bottom of the paper plate.

Cut a piece of black construction paper to approximately 1 inch thick and long enough to wrap around the cup where it is glued onto the paper plate. This will be the band on the hat. Glue it into place. You can also cut out a small yellow buckle for the hat band if you like.

Leprechaun Kisses

Materials Needed:

Instructions:
Place 2 or 3 Hershey Kisses in a plastic baggie and then sprinkle in a little glitter. Gather the top of the baggie just above the candy and tie a piece of ribbon around it to keep it closed. Tie the ribbon into a bow. 

Print out the poem below and give it along with your bag of treats. You can simply put it on a seperate piece of paper. You can also make it into a gift tag by trimming around the poem, punching a hole near the edge, and threading it onto the ribbon before you tie it into a bow. 


Here's a wee present for you
Full of luck and wishes
Celebrate this St. Patrick's Day
With these Leprechaun Kisses

Leprechaun Treats
 

It never hurts to have leprechaun treats on hand.  You never know when you might need them!

You need:

Instructions:

Put a few green Tic Tacs in a mini ziplock bag. Add glitter, beads, confetti. Add a safety pin. Don't forget to put a label on it that says "Leprechaun Treats". For an edible version, use colored sugars, available in the baking section of most supermarkets. 

Shamrock Pin

Materials Needed:

Instructions:
For each pin cut out about 20 clover shapes (you can print out and use the clover shape below if you like). You want them all as close to the same size as you can get. It is a wonderful effect if you use different shades of green, but you can use whatever color you choose. Glue all the shamrock cut-outs on top of each other with the edges lining up as evenly as possible. You will then have a stack of shamrocks. If you used different colors, you will see the colors along the side of your stack. Let the glue dry. 

Once the glue is dry, spray your shamrock stack with a few coats of the acrylic sealer (let it dry between coats). This will make it shiny and more durable. Once the sealer is dry, use tacky glue or a hot glue gun and glue the pin back in place. 

For a little variation, you can decorate your pin with glitter, tiny stickers, sequins, etc.


St. Patrick’s Day Candy Container

What You Need

How To Make It

  1. Use the paint markers to draw on a few shamrocks on the side of the jar. Note: To make easy shamrocks, paint tiny green hearts with the points meeting in the middle. Add a stem. 
  2. You may wish to add a TO/FROM on the jar itself as well. Let dry. 
  3. Paint the lid with green paint. Let dry. 
  4. Fill the jar with St. Patrick's day (or green) candy. 
  5. Screw on the lid on the jar. 
  6. Give the candy jar to someone special to wish them some luck today!