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8 St. Patrick’s Day Activities for Kids BY JANEEN LEWIS PHOTO BY FREEPIK.COM
G oing green has never been food, culture, art, and tradition. Here are some ways to make it a blast for the entire family. so much fun! St. Patrick’s Day is a perfect excuse to celebrate
in shades of green. But green isn’t just for clothing! For fun, dye all liquids green— think milk and the toilet bowl water. Make your kids lime Kool-Aid or gelatin. Use face paint to decorate faces with shamrocks. Wear green beads and emerald costume jewelry from the Dollar Store. CREATE CLEVER CRAFTS For younger children, shamrock hats and headbands are easy to make, as well as rainbow-colored jewelry made with pipe cleaners and cereal or beads. For older children, mosaic shamrocks or tissue paper shamrock sun catchers are creative. Follow a “How to Draw” tutorial on YouTube to sketch a rainbow, shamrock, leprechaun, or Celtic cross. Paint Mason jars green and decorate with an Irish theme. Light them
up by putting battery-operated fairy lights or tea lights in the jars. A clover crown made with tissue paper or felt shamrocks is another fun option. Another easy idea is to supply kids with materials and see what they create! Material ideas: green paper, pipe cleaners, beads, gold and green glitter, glue, green and white foam cutouts, markers and paint, paper plates, felt squares of all the colors of the rainbow, and marshmallows. COMPOSE LUCKY LIMERICKS A limerick is a funny, five-line, one stanza poem. This nonsense form was made popular by English poet Edward Lear in the mid-1800s, but Limericks were probably named for the city and county of Limerick in Ireland. Encourage your kids to write
16 MARCH2025 | BRPARENTS.COM participate in the “wearing of the green,” dressing in shirts, dresses, and plaid kilts SHARE THE SIGNIFICANCE People across the globe celebrate the Feast of St. Patrick, the Patron Saint of Ireland, on March 17, the date of St. Patrick’s death. St. Patrick is believed to have been born in the late 4th century in Britain. When he was 16, he was captured by Irish raiders and taken to Ireland as a slave. Six years later he escaped and reunited with his family in Britain. After becoming a cleric, St. Patrick returned to Ireland. He is credited with successfully spreading Christianity in Ireland, where he started monasteries, churches, and schools. GO GREEN St. Patrick’s Day revelers usually
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