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
28 May 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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