I was talking about activities for St Patrick’s Day with a friend who teaches in an elementary school. She was looking for something a little different to do with her students in her third grade. In addition to needing to plan for her school children, her own children are having a party this weekend. Her children are 6, 8, 11 and 12. Turns out they all saved some reward stickers they earned and have pooled them to have a holiday party. Each child is allowed 4 friends so that means she needs to plan activities for 20 children with a range of ages.
With unpredictable weather this time of year that might have been tricky but I have the perfect solution for her. Last year I discovered Printable Games for Holidays and Parties! which has birthday party games, games for bridal shower and baby shower as well as games for Christmas, New Years, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Easter, Valentine’s and St Patrick’s Day. With these you have immediate access to games and activities to print out on your computer. I’ve used their printable games for several ocassions and I am quite impressed.
You can either choose the complete year of holiday games, just a couple games or one theme such as the set of St. Patrick’s Day Printable Games. With one simple purchase you have immediate access to games and activities to print out. There are a variety of games to suit different ages and they are fun. You can print as many copies of the games as you like.
If you are looking for more party games for St Patrick’s Day, another fun activity for a party is decorating cookies. Simply make up a batch of sugar cookies the day before, either circle or shamrock shape is fine. Either buy or make up a batch of plain vanilla icing. Leave half the icing plain and turn the other half green (just add a couple drops green food coloring to the plain icing). Be sure to have assorted sprinkles and small candies like Skittles and M&M available. During the party let the children decorate a cookie anyway they want with icing, sprinkles and candies. It might be a good idea to make sure table top is covered by a plastic sheet, it makes clean up a lot easier. You can do the same thing with cupcakes instead of cookies. Add a little theme music and of course teach everyone how to a jig or try Irish step dancing.
Between the printable games, the cookie decorating, the dancing and some snacks you have a complete party that can take place indoors or out depending on the weather. If you have different age groups like my friend divide the children into age groups and have them each do a different activity. If parents or older children are attending they can also play the St Patrick’s Day games along with the children.
