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Magic Leprechaun St Patricks Day Baking Soda Science

Explore chemical reactions and fine motor skills with this Magic Leprechaun St Patricks Day science activity. St. Patrick’s Day is so much fun around here with parades and a festivities for kids, so we incorporated a bit of the magic leprechaun into our learn and play time too! Check out all our holiday themed activities for the season!

St Patricks Day Science Activity for Kids

St Patricks Day Science Activity and Magic Leprechaun Play

MAGIC LEPRECHAUN BAKING SODA SCIENCE PLAY

Baking soda science is really fun for young kids. There is definitely a wow factor associated with it. Plus it’s easy kitchen science for home or school. Our St Patricks Day science activity is quick and easy to set up for lots of play and learning opportunities.

ST PATRICK DAY SCIENCE SET UP

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SUPPLIES:

Pennies

Mini Plastic Shamrocks {necklaces cut up}

Spray Bottle

Tongs

Containers

Baking Soda, Vinegar, Food Coloring

st patricks baking soda set up

I invited Liam to use the spray bottle for this fine motor play, modeling proper use! He always enjoys baking soda and vinegar experiments, and this was a winner! He was excited to find the pennies and shamrocks and wanted to make sure to spray all the baking soda and use all the magic spray!

st patricks baking soda activity spray bottle

Magic Leprechaun Fine Motor Play Tweezing & Spooning

I set out a styrofoam egg crate to use for the next part of our fine motor skills play. He filled each section with a penny using tweezers but kids can use fingers too. . We did lots of counting back and forth to see how many were left or how many we needed! Fun fine motor play with a St Patricks Day science activity!

st patricks day baking soda activity tweezers and spoon

He asked to put them in his piggy bank when we were finished. What a great fine motor play extension activity. I told him we would need to clean and dry them first. I gave him a bowl of water and a few paper towels. He used his pincer grasp to transfer each one to the water. He rinsed, patted dry and deposited each penny into his piggy bank for safe keeping!

st patricks baking soda activity cleaning coins

I love how simple science activities are also perfect for working on fine motor skills! Enjoy play today.

St Patricks Day Science Activity for Kids

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  1. Laura M

    February 21, 2014 at 10:18 pm

    This looks so fun!! Why have we not tried baking soda play yet, you come up with such fun ideas!

  2. littlebins

    February 21, 2014 at 10:47 pm

    Can be a little messy 😉 but lots of fun!

  3. Kristina @ School Time Snippets

    February 22, 2014 at 4:07 am

    Can I just say that Liam is blessed to have you as his mama! You are so very creative and thoughful with all the activities you do! Glad to be in the FMF series with you! Such a super fun activity and I know my kiddos would love to do something like this; I don’t really get into St. Patty’s Day, but we could definitely apply the baking soda play to something else!

  4. Emma @ P is for Preschooler

    February 22, 2014 at 10:05 pm

    I always love the fun baking soda and vinegar ideas you have – but magic leprechaun spray? Totally takes the cake!

  5. kristina

    February 23, 2014 at 7:00 am

    What a great activity!

  6. Faye

    February 24, 2014 at 7:05 pm

    helloooo, would u happen to be the blogger that posted an activity using plastic cupcake eggs (they look like the plastic E)aster eggs? I finally found the cupcakes and now can’t remember which blogger posted the activity :-/ I have search my saved emails from several bloggers with no results….

    Thanks.

    Faye

  7. littlebins

    February 26, 2014 at 11:04 pm

    Nope sorry not me! Hope you find it!

  8. Jolanthe

    February 27, 2014 at 3:42 am

    I love the Leprechaun spray. So cute. Thank you for sharing.

  9. Rebecca

    March 1, 2014 at 2:32 pm

    Oh wow! This looks so much fun! I love using the tweezers to get out the things. Added fine motor skills.

    I’ve featured it on The Sunday Showcase this week.

  10. Kelly katsaros

    March 14, 2014 at 2:25 am

    Thank you for sharing this activity we will defenitely include it in our lesson plans. We tried the baking soda & vinegar activity last week during our volcano unit. The children had so much fun. I can’t wait for them to try the leprechaun spray.

  11. littlebins

    March 14, 2014 at 2:38 pm

    We do love baking soda science! Good luck!

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