St Patrick's Day Links for Kids

Enjoy this collection of St Patrick's Day links with your kids! You will find coloring pages, printables, crafts, and other fun activities.

Updated on 14 October 2009

Learn "How St Patrick's Day works", from the How Stuff Works website
http://www.howstuffworks.com/saint-patrick.htm

Make

Fun shamrock collage activity - creates some very effective art work for even younger children NEW! 
http://www.busybeekidscrafts.com/Shamrock-Collage.html

Super idea for a died-pasta rainbow to hang in the window NEW! 
http://5orangepotatoes.blogspot.com/2009/03/bright-rainbow-window-hangs.html

Make a leprechaun beard! NEW! 
http://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2009/03/naptime-creation.html

Shamrock pin craft NEW! 
http://www.amazingmoms.com/htm/holiday_pat_pin.htm

Paper bag leprechaun puppet NEW!
http://www.freekidcrafts.com/paperbagleprechaun.html

Irish door hanger NEW!
http://www.freekidcrafts.com/irishdoorhanger.html

Toilet roll leprechaun NEW!
http://jas.familyfun.go.com/
arts-and-crafts?page=CraftDisplay&craftid=11105

Lovely collection of crafts; lots of shamrock ideas NEW!
http://www.mycraftbook.com/List.asp?subcategoryID=60

A huge selection of craft ideas
http://www.makingfriends.com/stpats.htm

Make a magic box that brings good luck!
http://www.theholidayspot.com/patrick/crafts/magic_box.htm

An excellent selection of craft ideas here!
http://www.thebestkidsbooksite.com/stpatricksdaycrafts.cfm

Use shamrocks to make a St. Patrick’s Day Man   
http://www.kinderart.com/seasons/patty6.shtml

Print

St Patrick's Day memory cards to print and play NEW!
http://www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/
stpatty/memory/MemoryCards1.html

Photo frame NEW! 
http://www.freekidcrafts.com/stpatspictureframe.html

Placemats to print colour and laminate NEW!
http://www.janbrett.com/place_mats/
happy_st_patricks_coloring_place_mat.htm

Fun paper doll coloring page of St Patrick NEW!
http://www.paperdali.com/Dalis/Saints/PDF/Saints_StPatrick.pdf

A sweet printable mini-book “What is green?” NEW!
http://www.theholidayzone.com/stpat/What_is_Green_Mini-Book.pdf

Very cute St Patrick's Day bookmark NEW!
http://www.graphicgarden.com/files17/graphics/print/
bookmark/seasonal/stpatbm1.png

Really super and unusual printable St Patrick's Day cards
http://dyn.c-ij.com/english/greetings/
browsing.page?lang=en&cat1=hol&cat2=stp

A St Patrick's Day hat pattern to print out
http://www.angelfire.com/dc/childsplay/stpathatpattern.htm

Gorgeous leprechaun "friend paper dolls" to print and play with
http://www.makingfriends.com/friends/f+leprechaun.htm

Print and make

A rainbow mobile NEW!
Page 1- http://www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/stpatty/rainbowsheet1.gif
Page 2 - http://www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/stpatty/rainbowsheet2.gif

Complete the Leprechaun NEW!                                                                http://www.crayola.com/free-coloring-pages/print/
complete-the-leprechaun-coloring-page/

Jigsaws to cut out NEW! 
http://www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/stpatty/color/Jig5c.htm http://www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/stpatty/color/Jig4c.htm http://www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/stpatty/color/Jig3c.htm  
or colour your own                                http://www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/stpatty/color/Jig4.htm http://www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/stpatty/color/Jig3.htm

Here’s a simple shamrock matching file folder game to print and make NEW!!
http://www.preschoolprintables.com/filefolder/
shamrock/filefoldershamrock.shtml

Saint Patrick's Day teddy bear craft
http://www.first-school.ws/activities/crafts/
animals/wild/bear_stpatricks.htm

Lovely old-fashioned printables, including a balancing fairy and a memory game and a treasure-hunt.
http://www.thetoymaker.com/Holidays/
SaintPatricks/1Saintpatricks.html

Print and colour a dancing leprechaun finger puppet
http://www.crayola.com/activitybook/print.cfm?id=217

Print out this leprechaun marionette to make – great fun!
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/stpatrick/Leprechaun.shtml

Do

Try one of these mazes NEW!  
http://blackdog4kids.com/holiday/pat/maze/

Follow the code to color a leprechaun NEW!
http://www.abcteach.com/free/g/gridcoloring_leprechaun.pdf

There is lots to do at this St Patrick's Day page - puzzles to print, clipart to use in your own projects, and much more
http://www.akidsheart.com/holidays/stpat/stgoodies.htm

Easy crossword to print
http://sunniebunniezz.com/puzzles/stpatkcr.htm

Harder crossword
http://sunniebunniezz.com/puzzles/stpatmcr.htm

Lots of St. Patrick’s Day secret decoder games to try   
http://blackdog4kids.com/holiday/pat/decoder/index.html

Learn

Learn about the blarney stone NEW!
http://www.irelandseye.com/blarney/blarney.shtm

Try this quiz on St Patricks Day NEW!
http://www.theholidayspot.com/patrick/quiz.htm

Another quiz here NEW!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4810000/
newsid_4816300/4816346.stm

A printable St. Patrick’s Day themed word wall NEW!
http://www.theholidayzone.com/stpat/Saint_Patrick's_Day_Word_Wall.pdf

Excellent classroom resources - limerick starters, lined shamrock paper, story starters and more
http://www.storyit.com/Seasonal/stpat.htm

Over 20 worksheets for St Patrick's Day
http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/misc/stpats/

Use St Patrick’s Day as an excuse to learn all about probability, collecting data, and graphing your findings
http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow7/mar99/probability/index.shtml

Learn about limericks and create your own for St Patrick’s Day
http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow7/mar99/poetry/index.shtml

A nice worksheet for younger children – which does not belong?   
http://www.teachersandfamilies.com/open/preschool/worksheets/tpl-themematch.cfm?id=22

A set of numbers (0-31) written on shamrocks, great for flashcards or number games   
http://www.abcteach.com/free/m/march1-31.pdf

Enjoy

Have fun exploring the wonderful collection of St Patrick's Day links at Rexanne's website NEW!
http://www.rexanne.com/stpatrick-main.html

A collection of fairy tales with an Irish theme NEW!
http://www.theholidayspot.com/patrick/fairytales/index.htm

Send an animated e-card NEW!                                      http://www.marlo.com/holiday/p/patrick.htm

Find some poems here NEW!                         http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/songspoems14.html

Super ideas for celebrating St Patrick's Day in a Daycare - easily adapted for home with friends
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/8966/stpatrics.html

Hundreds of ideas for celebrating Saint Patrick's Day - designed for the class room, but adaptable for the home too
http://www.123child.com/UBB/showthread.php?t=3093

Super animated e-cards to send
http://cards.123greetings.com/cgi-bin/cards/
patricksday.pl?log=theholidayspot

Send an animated musical postcard
http://www.billybear4kids.com/postcard5/stpatty/card.htm

Songs and poems for St Patrick's Day
http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/songspoems14.html

A wonderful selection of traditional Irish songs – lyrics and midis – to enjoy (includes some drinking songs!)
http://www.ireland-information.com/irishmusic/
irishsongs-music-lyrics-midis.htm

Fun clipart to use in your projects
http://www.kidsturncentral.com/clipart/stpatsclipart.htm

Play

Count down game NEW!
http://www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/stpatty/CountDown/Game.html

Dress ‘em up game NEW! 
http://www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/stpatty/dressem/up.htm

Animated Jigsaw NEW! 
http://www.billybear4kids.com/jigsaw-puzzles/animated/online/StPaddy.html

A simple on-line Sudoku game, suitable for younger children NEW!
http://www.thekidzpage.com/freekidsgames/games/
sudoku/4x4/sudoku-02.html

And on-line Sudoku game for older children NEW!
http://www.thekidzpage.com/freekidsgames/games/
sudoku/sudoku-03.html

Try out this fun collection of on-line games here  
http://www.primarygames.com/holidays/st.patricksday/games.htm

Can you dress these bears ready for their St. Patrick’s Day celebrations?   
http://www.akidsheart.com/holidays/stpat/bears.htm

Capture the Irish symbols but beware of the leprechaun   
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/slappad.html

Download

Fun wallpapers to download
http://www.kate.net/holidays/shamrock/wallpapers.html

Mini computer games to download
http://akidsheart.com/holidays/stpat/semcard.htm
Please note that we have not tested these

Color

St Patrick's Day coloring pages Lots NEW!

Cook

St Patrick’s cupcake recipe NEW!                                            http://www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/St--Patrick-s-Day-Cupcakes

Simple rainbow cookies to decorate NEW!
http://www.familycorner.com/family/kids/recipes/
rainbow_shamrock_cookies.shtml

Magic pudding!
http://www.kinderart.com/seasons/patty7.shtml

Rainbow in a cup
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/stpatrick/rainbowjello/
Children will love this jelly, but allow plenty of time to make it as each layer will need to set before you can add the next!

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