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!

Explaining Dia de Los Muertos to kids can be difficult because most of us don’t generally talk about death or what happens when we die a lot with our kids. But Dia de los Muertos is actually a happy, not scary occasion that allows us to remember loved ones, share stories and come together as a community.

While it is mostly celebrated by people of Mexican heritage, the day has become more well known thanks to movies and other media representations. And there are some great children’s books to help explain and allow you to celebrate the holiday if you want.

Dia de Muertos by Jaque Jours, illustrated by Alejandra Ruiz (48 pages, hardcover, published 2025 by words & pictures, suggested retail price $14.99) tells the story of a family getting their ofrenda (altar for the dead) ready and how they remember people who have died through decorations, food and sharing stories.

It covers the classic decorations and rituals of Dia de los Muertos including using cempasúchil (in English we call them marigolds) and papel picado (cut paper banners), pan de muerto and la catrina, the elaborately dressed, skull faced women that are a common site at Dia de los Muertos gatherings.

The back of the book explores how the day is celebrated throughout Mexico as well as the meanings of different symbols. There’s a recipe for pan de muerto, a tutorial for making papel picado and tips for doing makeup to look like like la catrina/el catrin.

Want to try more traditional foods? The Dia de Los Muertos Cookbook is a companion to The Dia de Los Muertos Story, both of which are by Andrea Jáuregui de la Torre and illustrated by Laura González (52 pages, hardcover paper over boards, published 2026 by becker & meyer kids!, suggested retail price $19.99).

The book opens with some discussion of the meaning of Dia de los Muertos and why food is an important part of the day. The recipes included are easy enough for kids to make with minimal help, and all based on food memories from her childhood.

There are recipes for hibiscus iced tea, Mexican corn and salsa, tortillas, molletes (open faced sandwiches with beans and cheese), jicama fries and sugar skulls to name a few.

Other activities in the book include papel picado, coffee filter marigolds, making your own playlist and making an ofrenda.

Together these books give young readers insight into this holiday that might be new or confusing to them, while also giving you a chance to get in the kitchen together and make your own Dia de los Muertos memories.

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