How to Celebrate St. Patrick's Day at Home
- 1). Borrow from the Easter Egg hunt concept and feature a Shamrock Hunt. The day before the party, ask your kids to help you trace and cut the shamrocks from green construction paper; make your life easy and use a template. For extra credit, cover the shamrocks in green glitter.
- 2). Number the backs of the shamrocks, then hide them throughout the party space.
- 3). Prior to the party, collect small prizes from the dollar store, toy store and your cupboards. Number the prizes to coordinate with the shamrocks. When the kids turn in the shamrocks they find, you will give them the prizes that match the numbers on the shamrocks.
- 4). When the party starts, crank up some Irish music to get the kids in the mood, then let them loose to find the hidden shamrocks.
- 5). Keep the adults happy by offering Irish Coffee cocktails! Coffee, sugar, Irish whisky and whipped cream is all it takes.
- 6). Feature a leprechaun hat-making/decorating area. Then start a parade of hats to show off the creations.
- 7). Make lucky gold coins and rainbows out of construction paper, glue and glitter. It will keep the kids busy during the party--and you'll end up with the perfect refrigerator art for conjuring up luck all month!
- 8). Don't go crazy with green food and drinks. Put together a baked potato bar that will make everyone happy. And If anyone has a problem, point to the scallions!
- 9). If the adults are looking a bit bored, pop in a River Dance DVD and do some stomping. This is the way to relieve stress Irish style!
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