Are you in charge of the Saint Patrick's Day festivities? Maybe you plan group activities for a church group, after-school program, nursing home, or a retirement home. If you are planning things to do for a St. Patrick's Day event, you've come to the right place. Whether you need nifty refreshments or fun food to make with the group, we've got a recipe. Play Leprechaun games, make a rainbow craft, or decorate with shamrocks- no matter what you choose be sure to make it fun with these 50 fun things to do. Enjoy!
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50 Things to do for St. Patrick's Day. |
Ways to Celebrate Saint Patrick's Day
- Take a road trip to a local parade- if you don't like crowds, see if your community has a greening event. In downtown Indy, the day before the parade, they turn the canal green.
- Create gorgeous Paper Shamrock Party Decorations from Chicken Scratch NY.
Paper Shamrock Craft is perfect for St. Patrick's Day Party Decor. Photo: Chicken Scratch NY. |
- Paint a rainbow, schedule a visit to a local pottery shop and paint a rainbow.
- Make a rainbow cup coaster.
- Holiday Home (Room or Apartment) Crawl for Seniors. (Think Progressive Dinner.)
- Play a Saint Patrick's Day themed Group Game.
- Make an Irish Dinner of Corned Beef Hash or Shepherd's Pie.
- Flower Pot & Rolo Pot of Gold Craft from Create Craft Love.
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Seniors or teenagers will enjoy crafting this pot of gold edible craft from Create Craft Love. |
- Celebrate with a Rainbow Slushy.
- Dress Like a Leprechaun Contest.
- St. Patrick's Day Gift Idea, Lucky Pennies Cards, from Pumpkin Petunia.
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Lucky Penny Cards for St. Patrick's' Day from Pumpkin Petunia. |
- Make an Easy Shamrock Wand for an impromptu Parade.
- Sugar Rainbow Science Experiment from Steve Spangler Science.
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Sugar Rainbow Layering Science Experiment from Steve Spangler Science. |
- Learn math with this Leprechaun Math Game for Kids.
- Leprechaun Tangram Activity.
- Have an Irish Jig Dance-Off.
- Leprechaun Door Hanger Decoration.
- Make a Rainbow Layered Drink for Kids from Make and Takes.
- Cute paper Leprechaun from Craft Scraps.
- Saint Patrick's Day Party Ideas for Nursing Homes.
- Perform a Silly Leprechaun Skit.
- Make a Rainbow Cake Recipe from Betty Crocker.
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Rainbow Cake Recipe from Betty Crocker. |
- Make Leprechaun Cookies.
- Make Rainbow Graham Cracker Sandwiches.
- 17 St. Patrick's Day Appetizers.
- Check out these Saint Patrick's Day activities for Boys.
- 3D Paper Rainbow Craft by Crafty Morning.
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3D Paper Rainbow Craft by Crafty Morning. |
- Make a Leprechaun Banner for your desk or door knob.
- Make a Hand-print Leprechaun.
- Mini Grasshopper Pies.
- Rainbow Windchime Craft.
- Make a Paper Curl Leprechaun Wig to use in the Play above.
- Print out a Saint Patrick's Day Coloring Sheet.
- Create a Paper Rainbow Crown Hat from Small for Big.
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Paper Rainbow Crown Hat from Small for Big. |
- Leprechaun Hat from Cardboard Tube.
- 9 Leprechaun Trap Ideas.
- Saint Patrick's Day Stories for Kids.
- Melt Old Crayons to Make Rainbow Crayons in Fun Shapes.
- Fun Non-Alcohol Green Drink Recipes.
- Paint a Rainbow with Kool-Aid Scratch & Sniff Paint.
- Games for Parties for St. Patty's Day.
- Make Rainbow Roses. - Seniors will enjoy this one!
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Make Rainbow Roses like these from Ziploc. |
- Online Games to Play for Saint Patrick's Day.
- Make Homemade Green Pistachio Play Dough.
- Saint Patrick's Day Party Decorations.
- Rainbow Crafts from Red Ted Art.
- Rainbow Snack for After-school.
- Make this Irish Beer Cheese Soup Recipe.
- Saint Patrick's Day Twizzlers Rainbow Gift for Classroom.
- Paint your Fingernails for St. Paddy's Day!
Whew! That's a lot of things to do for St. Patrick's Day! What will you do? If you do something cool to celebrate, tell us about it in the comments. Add a link and we'll pin it to our Pinterest page.
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