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.]

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Easy Lacing Cards to Make for Kids

Lacing is a great fine motor activity, and most kids go through a phase where they enjoy working with lacing cards. It helps promote focus and is a great quiet activity for kids to do in the car or to fill time in the classroom. And of course knowing how to lace is the beginning of knowing how to sew, which is great for all kids to learn (more on teaching kids to sew here).

There are lots of ways to make your own lacing cards. This one is just a pin but it’s easy to make lacing cards with any shape a child is into using cardboard and a nail to poke the holes. This could be fun for letter and number recognition or spelling the child’s name. Or try this version from Hey Azka, which uses a hole punch to make bigger holes so you can lace with shoe laces.

You can also just do lacing cards with paper, but it’s a great idea to print them on card stock and/or laminate them to make them sturdier for little hands. Homeschool Share has a set of alphabet lacing cards, which are free with email signup. Deceptively Educational has a set of number lacing cards with numbers 0 to 10.

Picklebums has some basic shape lacing cards, too.

Living Life and Learning has a bunch of cute printable lacing cards, including back to school designs, shoes kids can lace and learn to tie and ocean themed lacing cards. She also has tips for making your own lacing cards.

A Rose Tinted World made their lacing cards with craft foam, which makes them a little more durable than paper and you can cut it more easily than cardboard. They used a die cutting machine but you can also cut shapes by hand.

I also love the cat and mouse cards from Seam Whisperer. They also have some spring themed designs. So cute!

If you want to make lacing cards that are more open ended, check out this tutorial form Pretty Life Girls to make lacing cards that are more like geo boards. Theirs are made with wood but you can also do this with cardboard, craft foam or card stock.

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