A Few More Fun Ideas for St. Patrick’s Day

March 8, 2023 by Sarah White Leave a Comment

There’s something about St. Patrick’s Day that makes it so fun to plan activities and projects around. I don’t know if it’s the green at the time of year in the Northern Hemisphere that we really need to start seeing some green. Or it could be the fun shapes and silly characters.

Whatever the reason there are so many fun ideas for St. Patrick’s Day activities that you can do with your kids, whether at home or at school. Here are just a few more ideas (and a recap of some of the other St. Patrick’s Day posts I’ve shared recently in case you missed anything!).

Need some fun printables with a St. Patrick’s Day theme? Homemade Heather has a couple of cut mazes, a connect the dot, matching game, an art project and a silly little shamrock character that you can print and use with kids are home or at school to fill time.

Speaking of funny characters, Artsy Mama has collected a bunch of fun leprechaun projects for kids. There’s a whole range of great projects here, from printable puppets you put together to cardboard roll crafts, painting projects, handprint art and more. One of my favorites is the leprechaun finger puppet shown above from I Heart Crafty Things.

If you’re looking for more fun ideas for St. Patrick’s Day for younger kids, Little Bins for Little Hands has a great roundup of activities, projects and printables with preschoolers in mind.

Need more St. Patrick’s Day ideas? Here are some posts I’ve shared recently full of fun ideas for St. Patrick’s Day:

Games for the classroom and beyond
St. Patrick’s Day STEM and science experiments
Easy shamrock craft projects
St. Patrick’s Day printables
Shamrock themed math games
Ideas for making your own leprechaun traps

[Photo: I Heart Crafty Things.]

Have you read?

Fall Sensory Ideas for Kids

A few years ago I shared some pumpkin themed sensory activities for kids, but I wanted to get a little more general and do some fall sensory ideas that can take you from Halloween al the way to Thanksgiving.

Playdough is a classic sensory activity, especially if kids can help make it, too. These playdough recipes from The Montessori Twin Mama are fall colored and scented with cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice and apple pie spice (I honestly don’t know what the difference is!). Or try this fun maple playdough from Happy Toddler Playtime.

Throw together some cookie cutters, googly eyes and other fun things to make an easy fall playdough tray (similar to what I did on this Halloween playdough activity).

How about some fall themed slime? Natural Beach Living gave a basic slime recipe a fall twist with food coloring and glitter. Leaf shaped sequins make it even more fun. Little Bins for Little Hands also has a cinnamon slime, which is great for fall but can also carry you all the way through Christmas.

Raising Wild Things Sensory has some great easy to make fall themed sensory bottles, which you can add fall things to, or pompoms or whatever kind of I spy items you might want to include. They also have a fun apple moon sand sensory bin that has me wondering if you could add something scented to moon sand (I always hated the smell!).

And of course there are all kinds of sensory bins you can make for fall. I like this apple picking one from Happy Toddler Playtime that uses fake leaves and little apple toys. It has the added challenge of trying to pick the apples up through a mesh of branches — kind of like a low-tech game of Operation!

You can also do a short-lived sensory bin with real leaves, or use any kind of beans, brown rice, oats or lentils to make your base. Some more great ideas can be found at Fab Everyday. Their post includes some specific Halloween and Thanksgiving themed sensory bins, too.

Have you read?

Leave a Reply