Let's start with the
food. I want to eat one of these right now...
...there is just something about it that looks so ridiculously good! You can find the recipe for
Rainbow Cupcakes here.
This Pot of Gold just looks fun...
...that recipe is
here.
Little Miss loves to
color and paint...so we did the following...
You can print out your own
Green Things Book here.
And our favorite activity - getting messy with the paint. Half way through our rainbow she decided she wanted footprints instead of handprints...I love how it turned out!
Next year when Little Miss is a little older we'll do a
scavengar hunt for a pot of gold. You can make this hard/easy depending on your child's age.
Use paper shamrocks to write your clues on and at the end of the hunt - a black pot filled with chocolate gold coins of course! I would probably start with our first clue in the mailbox - since Little Miss loves to check the mail with me everyday. I think she'd get a kick out of getting her own mail!
Some books to read on St. Patrick's Day (list courtesy of apples4theteacher.com) :
 | Billy Beg and His Bull: An Irish Tale
by Ellin Greene |
 | Caitlin, The Irish Dancer, Sticker Paper Doll
by Barbara Steadman |
 | Children's Irish-English Dictionary |
 | Clever Tom and the Leprechaun: An Old Irish Story
by Linda Shute |
 | Fair, Brown & Trembling : An Irish Cinderella Story
by Jude Daly (Illustrator) |
 | Hooray, for St. Patrick's Day!
by Joan Holub |
 | Irish Dance Recital Sticker Activity Book
by Barbara Steadman |
 | Jack and the Leprechaun
by Ivan Robertson, Katy Bratun (Illustrator) |
 | Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato
by Tomie dePaola |
 | Leprechaun Luck: A Wee Book of Irish Wisdom
by Erin Gobragh |
 | Look What Came from Ireland
by Miles Harvey
|
 | O'Sullivan's Stew
by Hudson Talbott |
 | Patrick, Patron Saint of Ireland
by Tomie De Paola |
 | Shamrocks, Harps, and Shillelaghs: The Story of the St. Patrick's Day Symbols
by Edna Barth |
 | St. Patrick's Day Alphabet
by Beverly Barras Vidrine, Patrick Soper (Illustrator) |
 | St. Patrick's Day in the Morning
by Eve Bunting |
 | St. Patrick's Day Parades, Shamrocks, and Leprechauns
by Elaine Landau |
 | St. Patrick's Day
by Gail Gibbons |
 | That's What Leprechauns Do
by Eve Bunting |
 | The Ancient Celtic Festivals: And How We Celebrate Them Today
by Clare Walker Leslie |
 | The King of Ireland's Son
by Brendan Behan |
 | The Last Snake in Ireland: A Story About St. Patrick
by Sheila Macgill-Callahan |
 | The Luckiest Leprechaun: A Tail-Wagging Tale of Friendship
by Justine Korman |
 | The St. Patrick's Day Shillelagh
by Janet Nolan, Ben Stahl (Illustrator) |
 | This Is Ireland
by M. Sasek
|
 | Tim O'Toole and the Wee Folk
by Gerald McDermott |
And a fun movie or two...
Finian's Rainbow with Fred Astaire - Rated G
Or after the kids are in bed...
Far and Away with Nicole Kidman & Tom Cruise...although I'm not a fan of Tom Cruise, I do love this movie. Don't judge me.
Have fun this St. Patrick's Day!!
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...there is just something about it that looks so ridiculously good! You can find the recipe for Rainbow Cupcakes here.
You can print out your own Green Things Book here.
Next year when Little Miss is a little older we'll do a scavengar hunt for a pot of gold. You can make this hard/easy depending on your child's age.
I am so excited for St. Patricks Day this year. Not so much for Ryan, I don't know how much he can appreciate it, but for Jared! I follow Love Actually and there have been so many cute ideas!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait until next year though when Ryan can appreciate these types of activities. :)
I love all of these ideas! Those rainbow cupcakes look super yummy! Mmmmm. And I LOVE that rainbow painted with your little girl's cute hands and feet. How adorable. And the scavenger hunt is such a great idea, I can't wait to hear about it next year! Thanks for all of these fun ideas. I know you take your time researching and I appreciate it. ;)
ReplyDeleteI know, don't those cupcakes look delish! We made a whole grain muffin version, and it turned out great too...and made me feel a little more healthy (hey, I got baby weight to lose!)
ReplyDeleteLOVE love love the hand/foot print rainbow. Super clever, and too cute!
And PS I love Far and Away too :)
I would love to try the coloring book activity for my 2 year old niece. Enjoying Saint Patrick's Day can always been fun even if I'm away from the home. I mailed my mom a saint patrick ecard so she would see her babies.
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