St. Patrick’s Day Printable Activities

Sometimes it’s nice to have some quick and easy activities on hand, at home or in the classroom. These St. Patrick’s Day printables include games, scavenger hunts and more with a holiday twist to fill time or do with kids when they’re away from school.

Paper Trail Design has a cute printable St. Patrick’s Day I Spy game, which is in black and white so kids can also color the different items as they find them. Create Simple has another I Spy page that’s meant to be in color if you prefer that, or you can do both!

These color by number sheets from Tot Schooling have different ranges of numbers to give kids practice identifying all the numbers 1-10. So one page uses numbers 1-6, one 3-8 and on 5-10. So smart.

Print, cut out and fold this fun and funny joke teller (aka fortune teller or cootie catcher) for the kiddo who loves to tell jokes. It’s from Bren Did. I think my favorite is: What do you get when you cross a four-leaf clover with poison ivy? A rash of good luck!

Happy Healthy Impactful has a cute and simple scavenger hunt, with clues that lead to places that should be in everyone’s home or apartment. You can pick what prize they find at the end but in the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day it should probably be some kind of treasure like chocolate coins.

There’s a seven page activity pack you can download from Hello Creative Family that includes coloring pages, a word search, I spy, a maze, a pattern recognition printable and a build a leprechaun activity.

And Simply Full of Delight has a cute collection of printable St. Patrick’s Day activities, too, from a hat to worksheets, jokes, coloring pages, bingo cards, word scrambles and so much more. There’s something there that everyone will enjoy!

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If you want to teach kids the basics of Hanukkah in the classroom or at home, the picture book Hanukkah by Lesléa Newman and illustrated by Rotem Teplow is a nice place to start.

The book explores the Jewish holiday through the eyes of Lior, a boy whose name means “my light” in Hebrew, which is appropriate for talking about the Festival of Lights.

The book goes through all the preparations the family does, including cleaning, setting the table and cleaning the menorah. It talks about what the menorah symbolizes and the Hanukkah story of the oil in the Holy Temple of Jerusalem lasting for eight days when it should have only been a one-day supply.

The meaning of the letters on the dreidel are also explored, in that when you are in Israel they have a different fourth word (the letters symbolize the Hebrew letters for “a great miracle happened there” or, in Israel, “a great miracle happened here”).

Because the story of Hanukkah involves oil, a lot of the foods that are eaten during the celebration are fried in oil, such as latkes (potato pancakes) and sufganiyot (fried jelly doughnuts). Other foods mentioned include challah, noodle kugel and sour cream and applesauce, which are served with the latkes. Family and friends drop by to share their food, light their menorahs together and play dreidel (the game is explained in the story). It also talks about how the candles are lit through the eight days and what happens at the end of Hanukkah.

The book includes Hanukkah blessings in English and Hebrew and talks about the lunar cycle of the Hebrew calendar, which is why Hanukkah is sometimes celebrated in November and sometimes in December. It also talks about why Jewish holidays are celebrated beginning at sunset rather than in the morning.

Other topics covered include Hanukkah greetings; how to spell Hanukkah; how to make an edible menorah and an tzedakah box (to collect money for charity); recipes for latkes and applesauce; and a more detailed story of Hanukkah than is included within the story of the book. There’s also a quiz to see how well you were paying attention.

This sweet little book is a quick read and a cute overview of the basics of Hanukkah and what the symbols, foods and games mean. It’s a great book for classrooms or at home for sharing basic knowledge.

About the book: 48 pages, hardcover. Published 2024 by words & pictures, suggested retail price $14.99.

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