Do you have a little leprechaun? I do! Here are some fun St Patrick’s Day ideas to make St Patrick’s Day special for your kids this March. These St Patrick’s Day activities include a fun mix of shamrocks, gold pots, leprechauns and colorful rainbows. Easy St Patrick classroom activities you can do at school or at home!
Set Up St Patrick’s Day Fun For School Or Home
Here are some quick and easy St Patrick’s Day activities you can do with a few inexpensive supplies and the kids are sure to love them! Indoors or outdoors, we will show to have a kid friendly St Patrick’s Day.
We do love holidays around here, maybe a little too much, and these St Patrick’s Day activities are sure to be a big hit. Make slime, explore St Patrick’s Day science experiments, build leprechaun traps, enjoy St Patrick’s Day art and crafts, and so much more!
You will find heaps of fun St Patrick’s Day activity ideas organized by all things you associate with St Patrick’s Day. Leprechauns, shamrocks, the color green and rainbows of course!
St Patrick’s Day Activities
Leprechaun Activities
Leprechauns are such mischievous and magical little guys, so we have never actually gotten a good look at one. Usually, you see leprechauns as little bearded men, wearing a coat and hat, who love to cause mischief. No leprechauns are not real but still they are a fun way to celebrate St Patrick’s Day.
Before you begin, put together your own DIY Leprechaun Trap Kit for fun building.
Try and catch a leprechaun with one of these awesome Leprechaun Trap Ideas. Free printable planning page included!
Build a Mini Garden Leprechaun Trap or a LEGO Leprechaun Trap.
Make your own mischievous leprechaun with a leprechaun craft. Printable leprechaun template included!
Grab some leprechaun confetti and our clear slime recipe to make make leprechaun slime.
Have a go at this printable Leprechaun Magic Cube Puzzle.
These fun printable St Patrick’s Day games are great to play at home, includes printable St Patrick’s Day bingo cards.
Solve the code with our St Patrick’s Day leprechaun puzzle worksheets.
Shamrock Activities
Ever tried to find a lucky shamrock? Shamrocks are the young sprigs of the clover plant or trefoil. They are also a symbol of Ireland.
According to a legend, Saint Patrick used the shamrock or clover leaf to describe the religious doctrine of the Holy Trinity. The name shamrock comes from the Irish word seamróg. Sometimes other three-leafed plants are also called shamrocks.
Make this paper shamrock craft with a few simple supplies.
Create a shamrock dot painting, great for kindergarten and elementary.
Go crazy with a shamrock splatter painting art activity.
Grow crystal shamrocks with pipe cleaners and a borax solution for St Patrick’s Day science.
Have fun zentangling for St Patrick’s Day with this shamrock printable.
Make shamrock playdough for hands-on play for young leprechauns.
Green For St Patrick’s Day
Why is green related to St Patrick’s Day? Some say people believed wearing green would make them invisible to leprechauns. The color green is closely associated with Ireland, the Irish, and St. Patrick’s Day.
Celebrate St Patrick’s Day with these green slime recipes…
Toddlers and preschoolers will love playing with a green rice sensory bin. Add in some gold coins for a treasure hunt! Check out how to color rice green.
Make these simple green science discovery bottles for St Patrick’s Day.
Turn white flowers into green with this Color Changing Flowers experiment.
Pot Of Gold Activities
Gold is the color of the coins in a leprechaun’s pot o’ gold at the end of the rainbow. Is there a leprechaun guarding the pot o’ gold? Either way make sure to include a little bit of gold in your St Patrick’s Day activities.
Send lucky gold charms flying with a St Patrick’s Day Catapult.
Add gold coins to water for a fun St Patrick’s Day Melting Coins Activity.
Make your own Pot O’ Gold Glitter Slime.
Get out the baking soda and vinegar for St Patrick’s Day Fizzing Pots activity.
Go on a St Patrick’s Day Coin Hunt.
Or make oobleck and set up a St Patrick’s Day Oobleck Treasure Hunt.
Rainbow Activities
Rainbows are another great theme for St Patrick’s Day activities for kids. Rainbows are a well known symbol of Ireland. Ireland has a lot of rain and sunshine, which makes for tons of rainbows! Rainbows make people think of hope and blessing in the Irish culture.
Use this simple tape resist technique for an easy rainbow art activity.
Great for toddlers, try this fun mess free rainbow in a bag painting.
Combine art and science with this easy coffee filter rainbow craft.
Print out our rainbow coloring page, and paint with homemade puffy paint.
Only 2 ingredients, Rainbow foam dough is easy to make and even more fun to play with!
Play with a rainbow rice sensory bin.
Rainbow spaghetti makes for awesome St Patrick’s Day sensory play.
Make shimmery, magical slime in a rainbow of colors. Make rainbow slime, and fluffy rainbow slime.
Grow Rainbow Crystals with a borax solution.
Have fun with light and refraction when you explore rainbow prisms.
Our Skittles Rainbow Experiment makes for fun St Patrick’s Day science.
More St Patrick’s Day Topics To Explore
- St Patrick’s Day Slime
- St Patrick’s Day Science & STEM
- St Patrick’s Day Art & Crafts
- St Patrick’s Day Preschool Activities
Printable St Patrick’s Day STEM Pack
Get ready to catch a Leprechaun, explore fizzy pots, and dig for gold coin oobleck all while exploring science and the engineering design process with the St Patrick’s Day STEM Pack!
Over 100 pages of easy-to-use STEM activities will make your prep and planning time a cinch! Cheap supplies, easy to set up and clean up, and full of hands-on fun!
- 25+ St. Patrick’s Day science activities and STEM projects for kids that are easy to set up and fit into your available time, even if it’s limited!
- Printable leprechaun theme STEM activities that are simple but engaging for home or classroom. Perfect for K-2 and beyond but easily adaptable to many skill levels.
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