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At-Home St. Patrick’s Activities To Keep Kids Busy

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Want to keep your kiddos entertained for hours? We’ve got you covered with festive, family-friendly activities you can do at home. Your little ones will be…

2021
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Want to keep your kiddos entertained for hours? We’ve got you covered with festive, family-friendly activities you can do at home. Your little ones will be busy having fun for hours with these ideas.

  • Do a St. Patrick’s Day scavenger hunt - Create clue cards, word searches and other activities to lead kids on the hunt around the house. And make sure you have a treat for the winner!
  • Read St. Patrick’s Day books - If you didn’t hit the library for holiday picture books, check out YouTube for stories about leprechauns, luck, shamrocks and pots of gold.
  • Make a green-themed charcuterie board - Fill it with healthy, kid-friendly eats like grapes, cucumbers, kiwi and green pea snack crisps. And throw in some chocolate gold coins for a sweet pop of color.
  • Dress up your pet - If your pet doesn’t mind, get them in the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day by putting them in a green collar, shamrock sunglasses, a headband, or anything else your kids come up with.
  • Tie-dye a shirt - Grab some green dye, a white t-shirt and get crafty.
  • Decorate and eat clover cookies - Break out the cookie cutters and bake up a batch of holiday cookies, then decorate and devour.
  • Watch a St. Patrick’s Day movie - When you’re ready for a break, put on a movie like “The Luck of the Irish” or “The Secret of the Kells.”
  • Make green play-doh - Whip up a batch of play-doh and let the kids go crazy with cookie cutters, gold coins and rolling pins.
  • Create a handprint rainbow - Dip their little hands in various shades of paint and let them make a rainbow with them.
  • Build a leprechaun trap - Do your kids want to catch a leprechaun? They’ll need to create a trap with popsicle sticks, pipe cleaners, shamrock stickers, Lucky Charms, gold coins and whatever else they can think of.
LauRen Merola Strager is a former NFL & NBA cheerleader turned radio host. LauRen is a former Miss Pennsylvania USA and is a proud wife and mother of two. She is the owner and chief editor for her fashion and lifestyle Blog “All Of The F-Words” and is a champion for the Autism community. You can read all about LauRen’s thoughts on motherhood, pageant life, and everyday life through her online content.