St. Patrick’s Day Books & Activities for Kids
If you are in need of some St. Patrick’s Day fun for your kids, you are in the right place! You will find activities such as making Jell-O Jigglers, a homemade playdough recipe, and a game of searching for gold. Also, included are St. Patrick’s Day book recommendations!☘️
🍀Searching for Gold
This is such a great St. Patrick’s Day activity! Depending on the age of your children hide the gold accordingly, easy for little ones & challenging for older kids. It is so much fun for your kids to go searching for Hershey gold nuggets. My Grandma use to hide these all around her house near St. Patrick’s Day. It was one of my favorite things to do each year, besides getting Shamrock shakes at McDonalds☘
🍀Jell-O Jigglers
This is an easy & fun activity for kids! And it also makes a delicious dessert with a little whip cream.
Ingredients & Supplies:
1 package of Jell-O in your desired flavor
1 cup of boiling water
Shamrock or any other shaped cutters
whisk
small saucepan
shallow pan
Step 1.
Boil 1 cup water
Step 2.
Add lime Jell-O packet and whisk for 2 minutes until completely dissolved.
Step 3.
Pour into a shallow pan and place in the refrigerator 1 hr. or until set.
Step 4.
Place the pan you put your Jell-O in, in a pan of warm water for 15 seconds. Have your kids cut out the Jell-O Jigglers with variety of shaped cutters.
🍀St. Patrick’s Day Kids Books
These are the St. Patrick’s Day books my Mom use to read to my sister and I. I’m saving them for my kids. Click on book titles for synopsis.
🍀Homemade Playdough Recipe
This makes the perfect easy activity for St. Patrick’s Day! Make one color or a rainbow of colors. My Mom use to make this play dough all time when I was little. My sister and I spent hours playing with it.
Ingredients
1 cup of all-purpose flour
2 tsp. cream of tarter
1/3 cup salt
1 cup water
1 tbsp. vegetable oil
food coloring in color desired- use as needed
Step 1.
Mix dry ingredients until smooth
Step 2.
Pour in oil, water, and stir well
Step 3.
Add food coloring until you reach desired color
Step 4.
Mix on medium low heat and it will slowly come together
Step 5.
Cool on wax paper for 10 min.
Step 6.
Knead the play dough into a ball
Step 7.
Have your kids create anything they want!
