Tricky Tricky – Tons of St. Patrick’s Day Projects and Ideas!
March 2, 2010 by Missy
Tons of St. Patrick’s Day Projects and Ideas!
I know St. Patrick’s Day is one of the low on the todem pole holidays – and really why would you want to celebrate a holiday centered around an all green little leprechaun? ‘Cause it’s FUN! It’s up there with April Fool’s Day…oh the TRIXY (insert Ghollum stare here) TRICKS to be performed!
St. Patrick’s Day Projects #1 – Tricks!
The first tricks I learned were from my Sister-in-Law and centered around green food coloring. You put it in the toilet, in the milk, in the eggs – the TRICKY little guy turns everything green!
Steve Spangler takes this to a new level with his green trick…
It comes out of the faucet GREEN! He uses ”true color tablets” screwed into the faucet – genius! I found these on Amazon – I wonder if they are the same thing? I need to add this TRICK to my repertoire!
He tells how to turn other things green as well…
The leprechaun that comes to our house also turns all of our furniture upside down, the TRICKY little elf.
Here is a thread where readers shared their tricks on perpetual preschool - some great ideas like leaving tiny footprints with different mediums (green paint, paper, flour, mud, etc) each day leading up to St. Pat’s Day. The kids have to try and find the prints to see where the Leprechaun had been.
I love the idea to take rainbow colored ribbon tied end to end starting with red and ending in violet and weave it around the house – at the end is a pot of goodies!
If you don’t want to be TRICKY, here are some St. Patrick’s Day Projects that are just FUN…
St. Patrick’s Day Projects #2 – Free Play
A Fanciful Twist shares this cute Free Printable card – it is just one of 4 that she shares
Highlights Kids has a cute leprechaun story, The Leprechaun Trap - you can read it right on your computer.
Ziggity Zoom has a FREE printable clover maze.
Tricia Renae shares some free printable shamrock paper.
Executive Homemaker has some great party ideas with FREE game printables including this memory game…
The Toymaker has these adorable FREE printables – an Irish Fairie dancing doll and magic Fairie box - I LOVE the glitter added! I found these pictures via skip to my lou.
St. Patrick’s Day Projects #3 – Make it and wear it
If you haven’t printed your FREE no pinching badge, see this post.
A Fanciful Twist has some adorable FREE downloads for this SPARKLE brooch…
Larissa from Just another Day in Paradise sent in this idea for a fun St. Pat’s Day shirt…
Need More???
My good friend Angela has many more St. Patrick’s Day Projects and ideas for you!
AND
Check out my post on some sweet
Leprechaun Traps
you might just catch one this year!
Lucky You!
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I love the Green water and the Green Toilet bowls! I’d better get my hands on some more green food coloring (more than I have,…I just might run out!)
Ohhh….thanks for the green water reminder… =)
You can use Easter egg dye tablets in your faucet.
Great Idea!!!
Here’s a fun craft for those who want to get their hands in the dirt!!
marvelouslymessy.blogspot.com/2010/02/st-pattys-day-derby-tutorial.html
cute ideas! I love when the leprechaun comes …he is so tricky, we always have hard boiled eggs in the fridge…and he always manages to turn them green too
Hi
Saw all your ideas for St Patrick’s Day, which are fab… have some relevant info you may like to include on St Patrick’s Day so perhaps you could let me know where best to send to if you’d like to see it?
Send it to howdoesshe[at]howdoesshe.com We are excited to see it!