ST. PATRICK'S DAY THEME
ARTS & CRAFTS
St. Paddy's Day Little Man Puppet- Submitted by Barb
Cut a large shamrock out -- have the kids paste it on a large art stick or popsicle stick and then add the arms (with attached little shamrocks for hands) and legs (again with little shamrocks for feet)
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In keeping with the St. Patricks Day theme have your class make rainbows. Then add this poem:
In places here, and foreign lands *****
3 tbsps. sugar,
1/2 cup cornstarch,
2 cups cold water,
Food coloring,
Soap flakes or liquid dishwashing soap
Mix sugar and cornstarch in medium saucepan over low heat. Add cold water and stir until mixture is thick. Remove from heat. Divide into four or five portions (in muffin tins or cups). Add a drop or two of food coloring to each portion and a pinch of soap flakes or soap. Stir and let cool. Store in airtight container.
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1 cup flour,
1 tbsp vegetable oil,
1 cup water,
1/2 cup salt,
2 tsp. cream of tartar,
Food coloring
Mix all ingredients in saucepan. Heat, stirring constantly until ball forms. Cool and knead until smooth.
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1 paper plate - without a plastic finish(you will paint on it),
1 paper leprechaun,
1 paper pot of gold,
Paints or markers or crayons for the rainbow,
Crayons, markers or colored pencils for the leprechaun and pot of gold,
String or yarn to hang,
Scissors,
Glue
Cut the paper plate in half. There are two ways to make the rainbow, you can either paint both sides of 1/2 of a plate, or you can paint the bottom side of 2 half-plate pieces, and then staple or glue them together to make more of a 3-D rainbow.
Paint a rainbow on 1/2 of the paper plate. Make sure to cover the whole plate with color. Let dry. Paint the other side, too. Let dry again. (This can also be done with markers or crayons) Draw a leprechaun and pot of gold on precut rectangles of heavy paper.
If you haven't attached the yarn yet, attach it to the top center of the leprechaun and gold pictures, and then hang them on the two ends of the rainbow. Attach another yarn to the top center of the rainbow to hang.
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Baby food jar and lid, (washed, rinsed, and dried),
Green craft paint,
Paintbrush,
Green "Painters" paint markers,
Candy
Use the paint markers to draw on a few shamrocks on the side of the jar. Note: To make easy shamrocks, paint tiny green hearts with the points meeting in the middle. Add a stem. You may wish to add a TO/FROM on the jar itself as well. Let dry. Paint the lid with green paint. Let dry. Fill the jar with St. Patrick's day (or green) candy. Screw on the lid on the jar. Give the candy jar to someone special to wish them some luck today!
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1/2 gallon round ice cream container, clean and dry (you do not need the lid), 4 pieces of Green felt, 1 piece of Gray felt, 1 piece of Black felt, 1 yard of Green ribbon about 1/2" wide, Scissors, Ruler, Black permanent marker, Tacky glue or Hot glue gun, Hole punch, Large circular object (however wide the felt is)
Trace around the bottom of the ice cream container on the green felt with the black marker. Cut out the circle. Glue the circle to the bottom of the ice cream container. Cut a piece of green felt to go around the container. You may need two pieces of felt. Glue the felt around the container. Punch a hole right below the lip of the container. Repeat on the opposite side. (You may need to use the scissors if the hole punch has troubles.) Trace around a large circular object that is as big around as a piece of felt is wide. Cut out the circle. This will be the floppy part (brim) of the hat.
Sit the ice cream container, open side down, on the middle of the felt circle. Trace around the container. Cut a circle out of the middle of the felt large circle about 2" inside the lines. Discard this inner circle. Make snips in the felt from the cutout area to the drawn lines to create "tabs". This will allow you to push the "tabs" up inside the hat and glue in place. Turn the ice cream container/hat on the flat end. Lay the circle with the snips on top of the open end of the container. Run a bead of glue around the inside of the container near the rim. Push the tabs up into the container and against the glue.
(Note: This is where the hot glue comes in handy as it sets up quickly. If using hot glue, only run about a 3" length of glue at a time.) Once the glue has set up, punch a hole in the felt on the brim of the hat next to the hole on the ice cream container. Repeat for other side. Cut a strip about 2" wide out of the black felt. Cut a 4" square out of the gray felt. Cut a rectangle in the middle of the gray felt about 1 1/4" x 2". Discard the little piece of felt. Check positioning of the black band by laying it around the hat about an inch above the brim. Cut off any excess felt where it meets in the back. Lay the gray (buckle) over the black band as shown in the photograph. Once the layout is satisfactory, glue in place.
Cut the piece of ribbon in half. Thread one piece of ribbon from the inside of the hat to the outside. Tie a double or triple knot on the inside of the hat with one end of the ribbon. Take the piece of ribbon on the outside and push down through the hole in the brim. Repeat with the other piece of ribbon. Place the hat on your head and tie the ribbon in a bow under your chin. Have fun with your new Leprechaun hat!
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Construction paper (white and green), scissors, glue
Cut a 2 inch wide strip of white paper long enough to fit around your head. Tape the ends together. Cut two more strips of paper, each 1 inch wide and 12 inches long. Fold one strip in half and make a 2 inch cut in the center. Glue that strip from one side of the headband to the other. Glue the second strip on so that the band is divided into quarters. Tuck and glue the center of the second strip into the cut of the first. Cut a shamrock shape from the green construction paper and glue into the center. Decorate the crown with small green shamrocks!
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Paper towel tube, yarn, green tissue paper, aluminum foil, colored foil paper, or colored cellophane, snack food and/or small toy, paper, scissors, glue
Cut a section from a paper towel tube to make it a little shorter. For a handle, tape the ends of a piece of yarn to the inside of each tube end. Cut and glue a strip of green tissue paper around the edge of each end of the tube. Cut slits in the tissue for fringe. Cover the tube with glue and foil/cellophane. Add cut paper shamrocks. Place small snack food or toy inside the middle of the tube. Stuff the tube ends with crumpled tissue paper.
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Cut two large construction paper shamrocks and decorate with a special St. Patrick's Day stamps or stickers.. Punch holes along the edges and lace together with yarn or ribbon, leaving several inches open. Stuff with crumpled tissue paper, finish lacing, and tie a bow at the top!
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Decorate your kids brown paper lunch bags for the occasion. Use potatoes cut in half and carved into the shape of shamrocks. Dip in paint and press on to paper bags. Bean Bag Toss Cut a large (or two smaller) pot of gold shaped holes in the front of a large piece of cardboard or the front or top of a cardboard box. Decorate in a St. Pat's Day theme! Have the kids practice throwing bean bags (gold) into the holes.
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1 cup flour, 1/2 cup salt, 2 teaspoons cream of tartar, 1 cup water, 1 tablespoon oil, green food coloring or Kool-Aid (in a "green" flavor!)
Combine flour, salt, and cream of tartar in a saucepan. Mix liquids and gradually stir them into dry ingredients. When mixture is smooth, cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until a ball forms. Remove from heat and knead until smooth. Can use unsweetened Kool-Aid instead of food coloring. The Kool-Aid will color it and make it smell great! This is a very pliable and long-lasting play dough, with a more elastic consistency than uncooked play dough.
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Cut three large shamrocks per child. Place two shamrocks together -stems down- and staple on leaf side. Open these two leaf sections like a book and insert the third shamrock -stem down- so the outer edges of the two shamrocks stapled together meet with the third shamrock. Staple the edges. Put hat on.
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4 cups flour,
1 cup salt,
1 1/2 to 2 cups water,
Green food coloring
Knead together and tint green with lots of food coloring. Play with dough with the children. Then have them assemble a shamrock -make three balls of dough and mash them flat. Push the three mashed balls of dough together making a shamrock shape. Roll a little piece of dough like a snake for the stem. Make a hole in top circle so they can be hung. Bake at 250 degrees for abut an hour or until hard. When cool, thread yarn and hang.
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Cut a large shamrock shape for each child. Give the children green tissue paper and show them how to tear it into small pieces (about an inch square) and glue onto shamrock with paste. Only paste a small area at a time so paste doesn’t dry before they glue.
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Give the kids white paper, take about 6 small crayons (rainbow colors) and tape them together in a row. The kids scribble the colors all over the paper. Then give them a black "pot" (maybe 3 inches) to glue on the paper wherever they want it. Then they take gold glitter and lightly glittere the pot and around it where you put glue.
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Make black pots out of construction paper. Cut small circles out of yellow paper and glue around the rim of pot!!
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Use a large shamrock shape for the body. Accordian-fold strips of paper for legs and arms. Add detail such as feet, hands, clothes,etc.
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Dip Cookie cutters into paint and either paint a sweatshirt or on large pieces of paper.
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Cut out a shamrock shape and have a box of green collage materials- yarn, fabric, ribbon, buttons, glitter. Add green coloring to glue and let them decorate.
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Make the Irish flag. Divide a large rectangle into thirds by folding or drawing lines with a ruler. Children should color or fingerpaint the left section green and the right section orange. The middle section is left white.
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Small green cut-out shamrocks with a hole punched into the center,
Straws cut into 1 inch pieces, Yarn cut to fit around a child for a necklace
Tape one end of the yarn to a work space (table) and wrap tape around the other end of the yarn to make a needle. Have the children string the shamrocks and straws onto the yarn. Tie the two ends of the yarn and allow children to wear their necklaces.
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3 paper plates,
Green Crayons,
Green Construction paper,
glue,
scissors
Color all three paper plates green. Cut a stem from green construction paper. Glue the three paper plates together and in a triangle type shape. Then glue the stem at the bottom.
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coffee filter,
2 baby food jars,
water,
scissors,
blue and yellow food coloring,
q-tips
Cut Coffee filter in the shape of a shamrock. Put water in two baby food jars. Add yellow food color in one jar and blue in the other. Give the children qtips and let them mix the colors on the coffee filter. You end up with a very interesting green shamrock.
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Paint the children's hands the colors of the rainbow and have them paint a class rainbow by pressing their hands on roll paper. Use different size circles of colored paper to represent each color of the rainbow and glue together from smallest to largest (colors of rainbow following pattern). Draw an outline of a rainbow with pencil for each child. Instruct them where the colors go. Provide tissue paper squares in all the colors for children to glue on to appropriate space.
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Using alcohol and food coloring, dye small macaroni the colors of a rainbow. Have children make a rainbow gluing those onto paper. Or string them on string to make rainbow necklaces.
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Green and white construction paper,
scissors,
circle form to trace,
heart form to trace
Cut 3 small heart shapes and a circle shape from the green construction paper. Cut out a sliver of the circle so it looks like a crescent shape to serve as the stem. Next, glue the 3 hearts together forming the shamrock leaf shape onto the white construction paper and add the crescent shape for the stem.
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Green paint, grits, paper
Have the children use green finger-paint that has been mixed with grits (to give it a texture) to cover a shamrock shape.
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Cut a shamrock from construction paper. Glue pieces of green variegated tissue paper or scraps of green paper on shamrock. Variations: Decorate with crayons, felt-tipped pens, or paint. Cover shamrock with glue. Sprinkle with green glitter then remove excess.
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Cut three hearts from green construction paper. Form shamrock by gluing points of hearts together on a piece of paper. Draw stem.
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green construction paper,
scissors,
glue,
stapler,
gold glitter,
green straw,
thin ribbon in both green and gold,
heart form to trace
Cut three heart shapes from the green paper and glue the tips of the three shapes together to form a shamrock. Decorate the shamrock with glue and gold glitter. Staple the center of the shamrock to the end of the straw to make a handle. Cut three or more 3-foot ribbons. Hold the ribbons together and staple them to the back of the shamrock at the center so that the ends hang down from the shamrock wand. Cut several tiny shamrocks and staple them along the ribbons. Maybe your magic wand will help you catch a leprechaun!!
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Pre-cut shamrocks,
Markers or Crayons,
Construction paper, Glue
Let the children draw a face on a pre-cut shamrock and add accordion folded arms and legs.
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Pre-cut shamrocks from green construction paper,
Glue,
Sugar or Salt
Have the children put glue around the edges of the shamrock and sprinkle with salt or sugar.
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Pre-cut shamrocks from fingerpainting paper,
Yellow and Blue paint
Place a "blob" of yellow paint and a "blob" of blue paint in the middle. Encourage the children to rub the two colors together to "magically" create a GREEN Shamrock!
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Coffee Filters,
Food Coloring,
Eye Droppers
Pre-cut shamrocks out of coffee filters. Mix water and yellow food coloring in a small containerŠice-cube trays or baby food jars. Do the same with blue food coloring. Let the children use eye droppers to drip colors on the filter shape. The colors will run together and make beautiful shamrocks.
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Bell Pepper, green paint, knife paper
First, have an adult cut the bell pepper in half. Let the children dip it in green paint, and press in on the paper. Let the children be creative. They can make a shamrock man by adding a black hat,eyes,nose, a mouth, arms, ect. Or they can just add green glitter, color with markers and add stickers
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Encourage the children to make a collage entirely of green things. Provide magazines, paints, markers, and construction paper. Explain how the color green is usually associated with St. Patrick's Day.
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Make rubbings of shamrock shapes. Provide the children with cardboard shamrock shapes, paper and crayons. Place paper over the shape and have them rub over the outline with the crayon. Explain how the shamrock is a good luck symbol connected with St. Patrick's Day.
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Provide the children with a paper plate, yarn, and streamers. Have the children punch four holes around the plate. Tie yarn around holes, then bundle the four pieces into one at the bottom, to make one string to hold. Have the children add streamers around the plate. Fly the flyers out in the wind!
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Various colors of tissue paper, Glue, Pencil
Draw a rainbow on the construction paper. Tear the tissue paper into lots of small pieces. Spread a little glue on the band of you rainbow. Press one color of tissue pieces onto the glue. Then cover the other bands of your rainbow with glue and tissue paper pieces. Let your tissue paper rainbow dry.
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Old Cheese Grater, Wax paper, Newspaper, Old Iron, Yarn-for hanging
Grate crayon onto wax paper. Cover with more waxpaper-add yarn for hanging. Cover all this with newsprint. Quickly touch warm iron to the covered wax paper and shavings-Do this gently!! Remove when melted, and let cool. Hang up to enjoy the colors. You can aslo do a similar activity using coffee filters instead of wax paper.
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2 Paper Plates, Colored Cellophane, Glue
Cut out a large circle in the middle of 2 paper plates. Glue colored cellophane to cover the hole on one plate, and then glue the two plates together. Children look through and see the world as different colors.
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Have the children make collages out of materials that are all one color, or make rainbows out of different color materials.
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chenille stick,
pom pom,
glue,
wiggly eyes,
ribbon,
feather
Bend the glitzy chenille stick into a shamrock shape. The kids glue on the 1' pom pom. Then they glued on the shamrock ribbon in the back. Next they glue on the two eyes. Then they glue on the feather. The teacher should glue the pin in the back with glue gun.
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white rice, cooking oil,
green food coloring,
white posterboard
Cut posterboard into shamrock shapes, one per child. Pour rice into large bowl, coat lightly with oil, put in several drops of food coloring, stir until rice is green. Let rice dry on paper towels for several hours. Give each child a posterboard shamrock, let each child pour glue all over shamrock, then spread thin with q-tip. Give each child a small bowl with green rice in it, let child sprinkle rice all over glue, let dry.
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cereal box cardboard,
pinto beans,
green paint,
paint brushes,
scissors,
glue,
glitter
Cut a large shamrock shape out of your cardboard. Glue the pinto beans onto the shamrock. Let dry overnight. Paint Green & sprinkle with glitter
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paper bowls, green paint, paintbrush, hole punch, ribbon, and gold glitter
Have the children paint the backside of a paper bowl green. When they dry, punch a hole in the rim of the bowl. One on each side. Lace ribbon through the hole so you can tie the hat on. Great for a St. Patty's party.
(OPTIONAL) While paint in wet on the hats, sprinkle gold glitter on them.
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construction paper,
scissors, glue
Cut large shamrock shape our of green paper. Fold white paper accordian style for arms and legs. Cut small shamrocks for hands and feet. Glue at ends of accordian arms and legs. Decorate large shamrock as a face.
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Cut out a large shamrock and let the kids paste, paint, and/or crayon all over it. Depending on the age of the kids, later cut it into several pieces and let them put the puzzle together!!
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Paint a clay flower pot black, paint the rim gold.
Write in gold marker on the outside POT 'O GOLD. Write
the recipients name on the other side along
with the year. Wrap a few gold Hershey Kisses in green
tulle and tie with gold cord.
Attach this poem:
Just a little bit of Ireland *****
Green construction paper,
Glue stick,
Crayons,
Scissors
Draw a shamrock that is about 6 inches in diameter. This will be the face of your buddy. Using crayons draw a face on the shamrock. Cut 2 strips of green construction paper that are 1 inch in width and 4 inches in length. Also cut 2 strips that are 6 inches in length and 1 inch in width. These will be your buddy's arms and legs. Fold each strip like a fan- folding forward and back. It should have an accordian look to it when you are done. Do this to each strip. Attach the strips with the glue stick. The 4 inch strips are your buddy's arms and the the 6 inch strips are the legs. add some black boots and maybe a hat of some type just to add more character.
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Green Construction Paper,
Straws,
Strings
On St. Patrick's day the leprechaun is very mischievous. He upsets chairs while children are outside playing, walks through the jello, and dyes the mashed potatoes light green. To help him keep out of mischief we make leprechaun ladders for him to play on. Stringing shamrocks alternately with snips of straws. Hang from ceiling or windows.
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Small paper plate,
Paper cup,
Green acrylic paint,
Paint brushes,
White craft glue,
Hole punch,
Green yarn,
Construction paper- black and yellow
Paint the paper plate and the outside of the cup green. Once the paint is dry, glue the cup upside down in the center of the bottom of the paper plate. Cut a piece of black construction paper 1 inch thick and long enough to wrap around the cup where it is glued onto the paper plate. This will be the band on the hat. Glue it into place. You can also cut out a small yellow buckle for the hat band if you like. Using the hole punch make a hole on both sides of the "hat" so that you can attach the yarn to make a tie for the hat. After making the holes, measure yarn an appropriate length for the particular child. Run it through each hole and tie a knot on the end so it will stay in the hole. To wear the hat tie using the yarn ties under the child's chin.
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Colored paper,
Scissors,
Glitter, string, paint -items to decorate with,
Glue,
Stapler,
Newspaper
Cut two shamrocks from white or light colored paper. If the child is old enough, have them practice their cutting skills by cutting it out. Next decorate one side of each piece. They can sponge paint, string paint, markers, glue and glitter, whatever. Next, staple the two shapes together, leaving a hole at the top. Stuff with crumpled up newspaper and finish stuffing.
Optional: I will use a hole punch & have them thread string thru the holes & leave extra at the top so we can hang it.
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Tint shaving cream with a few drops of green paint and children use to fingerpaint
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Use a green bingo marker to print three shamrock leaves on paper. Add a green marker stem.
Paint three paper plates green. Staple them together in the shape of a shamrock with a green paper stem attached.
Make three green fingerprints in the shape of a shamrock. Draw on a stem with a green crayon or marker.
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Let children make pictures using green glitter, Crayons, Pens, Colored
Pencils, Markers, Paint, String, Yarn, Ribbon, Tissue Paper, Torn Paper,
Holes from a Hole Punch, Shamrock Stickers, Buttons, Colored Glue,
Colored Tape, Chalk, Wet Chalk, Wrapping Paper, Shamrock Shaped Sponge
Painting, Shamrock or Leprechaun stamps or Pasta or rice colored with
green food coloring.
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Make hats from newsprint and have the child decorate with green paint or
shamrock stickers.
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Give the children a piece of white paper, and a green shamrock shape. Have
the children glue the shamrock onto the paper, and then draw a body as if
the shamrock was a head.
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Obtain a clean spray bottle. Add water and a little bit of liquid or
powdered tempera. Then, place a large piece of paper on an easel, and have
the children spray the colored water onto the paper.
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Sprinkle a little dry greeen kool aid mix onto a piece of paper. Have your
child spray water from a spray bottle onto the paper. For added adventure,
you may choose to take your children out into the rain with a piece of
paper that has kool-aid on it.
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Look in a magazine or newspaper for pictures of rain, or rainbows, cut
them out, and let your child glue them onto a piece of paper for a collage.
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Apply glue onto a piece of paper where the first color of the rainbow
should be, you can make a half or full arc. Have your child apply red torn
paper to the glued area. Next apply glue under the red torn paper for the
next color, and so on!! (you will only be able to do three or four colors)
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Tape three or four different colored crayons in a straight line. Show your
child how to draw a rainbow with one stroke.
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You will need a box of Fruit Loops (or similar cereal), paper, pencil and
glue. For younger children, you should draw a rainbow shape on to the
paper then have the children glue the fruit loops inside the shape. Older
children can make their own rainbow shape, or trace it. You may also do
this project as open ended art by allowing the children to make whatever
they wish with the fruit loops.
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Obtain a very long piece of white paper, about six feet long is nice. Then
have each child walk across the paper after a teacher has painted their
feet green.
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Mix instant pistachio pudding according to the directions and paint on wax
paper. Great for children who like to eat their art:)
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Cut a large potatoe in half. You will need a cookie cutter that will fit
on the potatoe half. Press the cookie cutter into the flat side of the
potatoe. Then, using a knife, cut the potatoe around the outside of the
cookie cutter, leaving a shaped potatoe stamp. Supply the children with
the potatoe stamps, different colored paints, and paper. Have the
children dip the potatoes in the paint and press them firmly onto the
paper. If the potatoes are not cut evenly the shapes will not appear
clearly.
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About two weeks before St. Patrick's Day, I send a note home to parents telling them we will be making a rainbow collage beginning on_______(six days before St. Pat's) and asking them to send in with their child scraps of cloth, paper, ribbon, food wrappers, or anything else that can be glued on the collage. I then list the colors assigned to dates so they know which color to send in (March 7 - Red; March 8 - orange; etc). I then prepare a large rainbow on white
mural paper and each day the children glue their finds onto the rainbow. I provide extra items for children who did not bring in anything. Each day we watch our rainbow grow, by St. Pat's Day, we end up with a wonderful rainbow collage to display.
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For each child you will need a cottage cheese container, a 3'' long strip of
green ribbon and a 2' circle of green felt. Give the children the materials
and glue. The ribbon should be glued around the side of the container.
The container is then glued to the felt circle. If you wish the children can
paint the container before assembling it.
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Cut large shamrock shapes from fingerpainting paper. Put a large dab of yellow and a dab of blue paint on the shamrock. Have the children fingerpaint and soon...GREEN! This is a good sensory way to learn about colors.
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paper with shamrock outline, squares of green tissue paper (a variety of shades can be fun),
paint brushes, bowl, cup, or similar container for holding either water or white vinegar
Give each child a piece of paper with the outline of a shamrock on it. Provide squares (or any shape) of green tissue paper. (If you want to work on language skills, require children to ask for another square each time they want another two or three. Have them count with you as you give them the number of squares they have requested). Each child will place their squares inside the shamrock and use either water or vinegar to paint the tissue into place. Once wet it will stay on the paper, and once dry some of the green will have bled onto the paper and will stay there when the child peels the tissue off. The vinegar makes the colors more vibrant.
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Make a handheld rainbow that you can use while putting on your own St. Patrick's Day parade or while dancing a jig.
Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple crepe paper streamers, A paper plate for each child, Scissors, Stapler
Cut the center out of a paper plate. Cut long pieces of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple crepe paper streamers. Each streamer should be about two to three feet long. Staple a rainbow of streamers onto the paper plate. You now have a Rainbow Streamer to help you celebrate St. Patrick's Day.
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1 c. salt, green food coloring, zip lock bag, paper, empty shaker (salt and pepper shaker), glue,
scissors, paper
Place salt in the zip lock bag, add a few drops of food coloring and
pass around for children to shake. Cut large shamrock shapes out of the
paper for each child. Have children spread glue on paper and then apply
green salt. This is great for younger children who shouldn't use glitter.
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Using cookie cutters in the shape of shamrocks have the children dip
the cutters into shallow pans of paint and press to paper. After they have
desired amount of shamrocks, they may add glitter.
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Cut a Shamrock out of Green construction paper. Turn it upside down so that the stem is
upward. Glue googlie eyes onto the center (or you can cut them out of
construction paper too) Add a pom pom nose And a red construction paper
tongue at the very bottom. (Hanging down from the Shamrock.) Cut out a Bone
out of white construction paper and glue it on the stem...Waa Laa You have
a cute Green Puppy!
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Mix 1/2 cup sugar with 1 cup corn starch. Add 4 cups cold water.
Bring to a boil and cook until thick. Divide into three bowls. Add red food
coloring to one, blue to one, and yellow to the last. Put one spoonful of
two colors into a zip lock bag. Let the children mix to colors to arrive at
a third color.
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Fill with water & add some green food coloring, Easter grass, green & silver glitter, green sequins, buttons, plastic shamrocks that are cut out for party confetti. You can also cut up some of that green fun foam. Add anything that is green & won't dissolve in the water. Put on the lid tightly. Wrap the lid with duck tape several times or hot glue.
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Draw a huge rainbow for the group to color or paint.
Have the children fill in the arches with different colors.
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Cover small plastic margarine tubs in green felt - fill tub with
cotton balls- cut out gold coins from poster board - glue coins on
top of cotton - add a green pipe cleaner for a handle - glue gold rick-rack
around the edge of the margarine tub.
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Begin by collecting shamrocks or three leaved clovers. Then press
between two sheets of waxed paper. Cut a large shamrock shape from a sheet
of construction paper, reserving the shamrock cutout for another project.
Glue the resulting shamrock shaped frame to the clover
containing waxed paper.
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No two projects will look alike when youngsters explore the properties of
watercolor with this suggestion. On a large sheet of art paper,
drizzle with white glue randomly. A day or two later, prepare the
paper for painting by dipping it in water. Using watercolor paints, paint
the entire page, allowing the colors to mingle and create unique effects. If
desired, cut out the dried paper into a seasonal shape.
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1 piece finger paint paper, green tempera paint mixed with liquid starch- mixed very thick,
3x3 inch pieces of tissue paper in shades of green, scissors, newspaper
Cut shamrocks out of tissue paper (many different sizes). Place
finger paint paper on top of newspaper. Pour about 3 tablespoons of
paint in the middle and spread all over the paper with one hand. Make all
over design on the paper. Before the paint dries add tissue shamrocks to
the paper.
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green construction paper, yarn, copy of poem below
Reproduce the poem below and cut out in a shamrock shape. Glue onto a
slightly larger green shamrock shape. Attach yarn for a St. Patrick's Day
necklace.
Poem:
I keep three wishes handy, *****
heavy white or green paper, rice, green food coloring, glue, paper towels, brushes, shamrock patterns
Prepare rice a day ahead of the project. Place rice in a small amount
of water to which green food coloring has been added. Let it soak until
desired shade of green has been reached. Drain off the water and let rice
dry on paper towels, OR you can place rice in a baggie and add a few drops
of green food coloring with a dash of vinegar. Shake until
covered, pour out onto paper towel and let dry.
Trace shamrock shapes onto white or green paper. Cut out. Have the
children brush glue on their shamrocks. Then, let them take some colored
rice and sprinkle over the shape. Let dry and hang for decoration!
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Cut a shamrock shape out of heavy paper. Let children decorate this with
green construction paper shamrocks ,leprechauns, etc. For added
effect, provide craft glue and glitter.
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glue, 1 sheet black construction paper, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet crepe paper strips 6" , 1 green crepe paper strip about 6 1/2" for hat band, Miscellaneous St. Pats Day stickers
Cut out Black Derby about 8"x 10". Glue green crepe paper hat band and St Pats Day stickers on band. Make rainbow by hanging 6" colored crepe paper strips along bottom of hat. Punch hole in the middle top of hat and make a fish line string hanger so it will twist and float in the breeze.
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On a large shamrock shape, write in the middle "If a leprechaun gave me
three wishes, I would wish..." And then on each leaf write wish #1,
wish #2, wish #3. Younger children can just draw pictures on each leaf.
Older children can write their ideas. You can even make this into a
shape booklet and have a green shamrock cover and white pages inside.
Have one wish per page and leprechaun sitting on the front cover in the
middle of the shamrock.
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I am sending home paper for each family, for each person to draw what
they think a leprechaun looks like. Mom draws one, dad draws one, sister
draws one, etc. I will put them onto one big paper when they come back to
school. If the child is Patrick, then I will title the big paper, "The
O'Patrick family."
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If you make a fist and dip the side of it in green paint (little finger
side down), it will look like a leprechaun footprint. You can get several
footprints out of one "dip". Our leprechaun walked all over the kids' desks
last year. It is really easy clean-up.
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I also have my kids make Leprechaun catchers in March. Then they set them
up the night before. The next morning the "Leprechaun" has left little
green prints from the classroom door (made with green paint and a Q tip)
through each trap and around the room (the best being prints into the
bathroom and across the aquarium). He also leaves behind a gold
(chocolate)coin and a Barbie shoe/boot and little purse.
After giving each child a Strawberry Basket (the plastic ones), I leave out
various collage materials (anything from plastic fishing worms to
electrical tape, corks to yarn, etc) and allow the children to
use their imagination on how to catch that leprechaun using the materials
provided and the strawberry basket. They glue, tie, paint and cut items and
then attach it all together onto a piece of square cardboard that is
slightly bigger than the "Leprechaun Catcher". The children will then
dictate or write down how the catcher works. It's a great creative
imagination activity. Have fun!
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Paper Plate, Toilet Tissue or Paper Towel Roll, Glue and Paint
Cut down the toilet tissue or paper towel roll so it is about
2 inches high. Paint it black . Cut the paper plate in half. Cut out an arc
shape from the outside edge of the paper plate. Make sure the end of the
arc can fit into the hole in the painted toilet tissue roll. Paint the arc
so it looks like a rainbow. Once the paint is all dry. Slide one end of the
rainbow into the black toilet tissue roll. Glue in place. You now have a
pot of gold at the end of a
rainbow! For an added touch, put a line of glue around the top edge of the
toilet tissue roll and sprinkle on gold glitter or sequins.
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Construction Paper, Glue, Acrylic Sealer Spray, Pin Backing
For each pin cut out about 20 clover shapes. You want them all as close to
the same size as you can get. It is a wonderful effect if you use different
shades of green, but you can use whatever color you choose. Glue all the
shamrock cut-outs on top of each other with the edges lining up as evenly
as possible. You will then have a stack of shamrocks. If you used different
colors, you will see the colors along the side of your stack. Let the glue
dry. Once the glue is dry, spray your shamrock stack with a few coats of
the acrylic sealer (let it dry between coats). This will make it shiny and
more durable. Once the sealer is dry, use tacky glue or a hot glue gun and
glue the pin back in place. For a little variation, you can decorate your
pin with glitter, tiny stickers, sequins, etc.
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Paint your own custom Blarney stone and use it as a paper weight.
Large Stone and Paint
Go on a hunt and find a nice rock that would make a good paper
weight. Wash it well. Wipe dry. On the rock using green paint, paint the
words "Kiss Me" and /or "Blarney Stone". You could get
creative and try your hand at painting a shamrock!
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Paper Plate, Crayons or Markers, Scissors
Color designs on both sides of the paper plate. Start cutting
the plate, working form the outside-in. Cut into a spiral shape. The
outside edge will be the tail and the inside edge will be the head, so you
want to cut the outside edge a little thicker and get thinner as you get
towards the middle. Draw a face on your snake.
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Talk to the children about St. Patrick's Day and explain to the children
that the leprechauns might grant you a wish or lead you to treasure if you
catch one. Decorate a small box (Kleenex box or shoe box) with green paint,
bits of green paper, green fabric, etc. Add some sparkles to attract the
leprechauns' interest. Prop one end of the box up on a small block and lay a
shiny coin as "bait" inside. When the children are gone for the day you can replace the bait with green jelly beans, spring the trap, and paint tiny green footprints on the ground
leading to the trap. The next morning you can tell the children that the
leprechaun must have been too quick to be trapped, but that you must have startled him out of a treat!
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Place several small shamrock patterns in the center for the children to
trace on white paper.
Have them cut out the shamrocks and cover with a thin coat of glue.
Sprinkle with green glitter- remember after Christmas next year to buy
some on sale to save for now. Let children take some home, save one for
wearing on St. Paddy’s Day and put some on the Bulletin Board.
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Show the children pictures of leprechauns. Point out the hats, belts,
jackets, shoes and the unique faces. Leave pictures of leprechauns in the
art center. Have the children draw pictures on various sizes of leprechauns
for the Postin' of the Green Bullentin board.
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Using different sized shamrocks (precut, or allow the
children to cut) Have the children finger paint them green, and while still
wet add gold glitter. Attach to a construction paper band to fit the
child's head.
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Give each child a piece of paper with the primary finger paint
colors on to make their own rainbow
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Have child paint paper plate into a rainbow, add colored
streamer to extend the rainbow. beautiful hanging from the ceiling.
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Cut out large elf ears, attach to a band that fits the child's head
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Have children make them and then clear contact them
FOOD AND COOKING
1 container cottage cheese -- (12 oz.),
1 large container of whipped topping (e.g., Cool Whip is one name brand),
1 can crushed pineapple -- drained,
1 small box Jello -- (lime)
Mix together and chill. (You may substitute mandarin oranges and orange Jello for the pineapple and lime Jello.)
Serving suggestion: After mixing the ingredients, pour them into a shamrock shaped cake pan or jello mold for chilling.
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Spoon some vanilla pudding into a clear plastic cup (about half full); one for each child. Have each child add a drop or 2 of leprechaun juice (green food coloring) on top. Have the children mix it in with a spoon. Add "gold" or "rainbow" colored sprinkles! Yummy, fun & popular!
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1 package Instant Pistachio Pudding Mix,
1/4 cup vegetable oil,
1 egg,
3/4 cup Bisquick mix
Mix together all ingredients. Roll into 1 inch balls. flatten gently on cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes. Makes 15 cookies. Easy to make & fun to eat!
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2 1/4 cups Flour,
2 teaspoons baking powder,
1/4 teaspoon baking soda,
1/2 teaspoon salt,
1/2 cup granulated sugar,
(1 tablespoon reserved for sprinkling on top),
3/4 cup currants or raisins,
1/2 teaspoons caraway seeds,
1 egg,
1 cup buttermilk (or plain yogurt),
1/4 cup vegetable oil
In a mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder,
baking soda, salt, sugar, currants or raisins, and caraway
seeds. In a separate bowl, whisk together the egg, buttermilk
and oil. Quickly and gently combine the dry and wet ingredients
until JUST mixed. Spoon the batter into 12 lightly greased
muffin cups, filling the cups about 2/3 full. Bake the muffins
at 400 degrees for 15 minutes, until a cake tester inserted
into the center of a muffin comes out clean. Remove from the
oven, wait 5 minutes, then remove the muffins from the pan and
cool them on a wire rack. Serve them plain, or with butter and
jam.
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46 ounces lemon lime drink,
2 cans (12 ounces each) frozen limeade concentrate, thawed,
1/4 cup sugar,
1/4 cup lime juice,
1 quart lime sherbet,
1 bottle clear carbonated beverage, such as 7-Up,
Lime slices
In your punch bowl, combine the first 5 ingredients.
Stir until smooth and sugar has dissolved. Add
pop and stir to mix. Float lime slices before serving.
Makes about 20 servings.
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1 cup sugar,
1/4 cup cornstarch,
1 1/2 cups water,
3 egg yolks, lightly beaten,
1/4 cup lemon juice,
1 tablespoon butter,
1/12 tsp. grated lemon peel,
5 drops green food coloring,
1 prebaked pie shell,
3 egg whites,
1/3 cup sugar
Combine sugar, cornstarch and water in a
saucepan; stir until smooth. Bring to a boil,
stirring constantly. Boil 2 minutes or until
thickened. Stir a small amount into egg yolks,
return to the pan. Cook and stir for 1 minute.
Remove from heat, stir in lemon juice, butter,
peel and coloring until smooth. Pour into crust.
For meringue: beat egg whites until foamy.
Gradually add sugar and beat until stiff peaks
form. Spread over hot filling to the edges. Bake
at 350 degrees for 10-15 minutes or until lightly
browned. Cool. 6-8 servings.
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2 pounds potatoes, cut into one inch chunks,
1 cup milk,
1/3 cup chopped chives,
3/4 tsp. salt,
1/4 tsp. pepper,
3 tsp.. butter,
1/2 cup sour cream
Place potatoes in a large pan, cover with cold
water, and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce
heat; simmer uncovered until tender, about 15-20
minutes. Drain potatoes, return to pan. Heat the
potatoes on medium until they are dry, about 2
minutes, stirring occasionally. Add milk. Using a
potato masher, mash the potatoes until fairly
smooth. Remove from heat, stir in chives,salt
and pepper. Place in covered container and chill
until cold. Form potato mixture into 12 patties-
about 3 1/2 inches round and 1/2 inch thick. Melt
1 tsp. butter to skillet and cook 3-4 of the patties
until golden brown. Repeat with others. Keep the
patties warm in a low, 200 degree oven, while
cooking the others. Serve warm with sour cream.
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2 tablespoons flour,
1 tsp. salt,
1 1/2 pounds lamb, cut into 2" pieces,
2 tablespoons oil or bacon fat,
1 garlic clove, minced,
1 bay leaf,
1/8 tsp. thyme,
1/4 tsp. pepper,
3 cups water,
1 large onion chopped,
3 carrots, cut into 1" slices,
2 peeled, cubed potatoes,
1/2 cup light cream,
1 tablespoon flour
Mix 2 tablespoons flour, salt and pepper; Roll meat in
mixture and brown in hot fat, add onions to brown lightly.
Add herbs, garlic and water. Cover and simmer 1 1/2
hours. Add carrots and potatoes. Cover and cook 25
more minutes until vegetables are tender. Combine
cream and 1 tablespoon flour; stirring until smooth;
blend into stew and cook until thickened, stirring well
to avoid lumps. Remove Bay leaf. Makes 4 servings.
Note: You can substitute good beef stew meat, or a
nice cut of roast cut into cubes. I also like to use baby
carrots in place of the regular carrots. Don't be afraid
to substitute!
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paint a handful of peanuts in the shell green and put in clean baby food jar. add this poem tied with some green ribbon!
Here is a jar of Irish nuts
I found them in little Leprechaun huts
Eat them if you dare
And you may find your wallet bare
Leave them in the bag for Good Luck
And your wallet might have big bucks !!
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1 cup skim milk,
2 scoops vanilla nonfat frozen yogurt,
1 teaspoon peppermint extract,
2-3 drops green food coloring
Pour all ingredients into a blender and whirl until smooth and green. Serve with a shamrock.
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Tint milk green with food coloring
Serve lime Kool-Aid
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Put a small dollop of cold whipped topping into a zippered plastic bag for each child. Add a drop or two of green food coloring; then seal the bag. Invite each child to squish the contents of her bag together to make green fluff. After youngsters see the color mixing and feel the cold temperature of the bag, get another sense involved by inviting each child to taste her bag's contents. Have her open her bag and dip in a cookie or a finger to scoop up a bite of this sweet green treat.
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Prepare a snack using slices of fresh green vegetables. Examples are cabbage, cucumber, avocado, zucchini squash, and lettuce.
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Blend 1 banana, 2 cups lime sherbet, and 2 cups milk.
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1 graham cracker, 1 portion blue frosting, 1 mini Reese cup, 1 pack Skittles
Students spread frosting over graham cracker and place Skittles in the shape of a rainbow. Then place the Reese cup at the end of the rainbow
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Bake a potato for each student and have them add garnishes such as green onion, bacon bits, sour cream, etc.
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1 cup all-purpose flour, 1/2 tsp. salt, 2 medium potatoes, 2 tbs. melted butter, milk (You may want to adjust the amount according to your class size.)
In a large bowl, combine flour and salt. Mix in potatoes and melted butter until well blended. Add milk if necessary to obtain a soft, manageable dough. Break off egg-sized pieces, and roll each piece until it is paper-thin. Cook on a hot, ungreased griddle until brown spots appear. Try eating with some sugar and cinnamon sprinkled on top. Makes 6 pancakes.
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Make and eat Rice Krispie treats that are colored with green food coloring.
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1 quart vanilla nonfat frozen yogurt (divided among three bowls),
Yellow, red, and blue food coloring,
4 parfait glasses
One at a time, blend the three bowls of frozen yogurt with one food coloring in a blender just until yogurt is tinted and soft. Place a layer of yellow yogurt in each parfait glass. Then add a layer of blue, and finally a layer of red.
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Assorted fruit in the colors of the rainbow:
Red - watermelon balls, strawberries, or cherries
Orange - orange sections, cantaloupe balls, mango, or papaya
Yellow - pineapple cubes or banana slices
Green - green grapes, honeydew melon balls, or kiwi fruit slices
Blue - large whole blueberries
Purple - purple grapes or cubed plums
Skewers
Clean and cut fruit and place in separate bowls if you want the kids to make their own Rainbow Ribbons. Place fruit on skewers in order listed to make a rainbow.
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Before you start the activity with the children put green food coloring in the bottom of the blender. With the children present add ice cream and milk. Ask the kids what color they think it will be when it is all mixed up. After they all guess white remind them that this is going to be a MAGIC milkshake. When you turn the blender on magically the milkshake turns green.
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1 cup whole wheat flour,
1 cup white flour,
1 tbsp baking powder,
1/2 tsp salt,
1 tbsp light brown sugar,
1/4 cup margarine, melted, 1 beaten egg,
1 1/4 cups skim milk,
1/4 cup finely chopped pecans,
vegetable oil spray
Combine flours, baking powder, salt, and sugar in a bowl. Add margarine, egg, and milk and stir with a fork until moistened. Stir in pecans. Drop batter in peanut shapes onto a hot griddle with sprayed with vegetable oil spray. Carefully drop five small dots of batter at one end to make toes (use a turkey baster if desired). Cook until golden brown on both sides. Serve with maple or berry syrup, fruit puree, or jam.
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20 vanilla wafer cookies,
1/2 cup peanut butter,
1 12-ounce bag white chocolate chips,
green and yellow gumdrops,
green Dots,
green and yellow Nerd candies,
Cake decorating writer gel in green, yellow, red, orange, and black,
1 tube of green cake decorator frosting with tip,
green and yellow decorator sugar,
green food coloring,
ice cream or lollipop sticks,
wax paper or paper plates
Spread peanut butter onto the flat side of the cookies. Place an ice cream stick into the peanut butter on half the cookies. Top with another cookie so the stick is sandwiched between the two cookies.
Melt chocolate chips in the microwave, one minute, then in 20 second increments, stirring until smooth. Before melting, separate the white chips into two bowls. After melting, add a few drops of green food coloring to one of the bowls of white chips to make green chocolate.
Dip cookie pops in the melted chips, covering completely. Sprinkle with green and yellow sugar and lay or stand on waxed paper or paper plates. Place in refrigerator to chill.
Fun Variations:
Leprechaun
After coating with white chocolate, dip top of pop into green sugar. Slice two yellow gumdrops to make beard. Allow to dry on wax paper. Use black and red decorator gel for eyes and mouth, and for trim on hat.
Rainbow with Pot of Gold
After coating with white chocolate, cut a green Dot in half lengthwise, adhere to chocolate. Before chocolate has a chance to dry, place 3-5 yellow candy nerds "in" pot. Create a rainbow with various colored decorator gel.
Shamrock
After coating with white chocolate, sprinkle with yellow decorator sugar, then draw on a shamrock using green cake decorator icing.
Four Leaf Clover
After coating with green chocolate, use green sliced gumdrops to create clover leaves. Slice a small strip out of remaining gumdrop for stem. Use a green candy Nerd for the center of the clover.
Note: Another variation is to use vanilla or chocolate frosting instead of peanut butter for the filling. These can also be made without sticks. Use one stick to be able to dip the cookies in chocolate and roll in sprinkles, then remove the stick and put on wax paper or paper plates, then chill.
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one 1-ounce box of sugar free instant,
pistachio pudding for every five children,
1/2 cup of milk per child,
1 small, resealable plastic bag per child,
1/2 cup measuring cup,
1 spoon per child
Put tablespoon of pudding mix in sandwich bag and milk, then close the baggy and have kids shake and squeeze, then eat.
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1 package (18 ounces) Nestle® Toll House® Refrigerated Sugar Cookie Bar Dough,
Decorator icing (optional),
Melted chocolate (optional)
Preheat oven to 325° F. Grease large baking sheet.
Shape dough into 8-inch-shamrock shape on prepared baking sheet.
Bake for 16 to 18 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool on baking sheet for 2 minutes; carefully loosen cookie with a spatula. Cool on baking sheet completely.
Decorate as desired with icing and melted chocolate.
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Use your favorite sugar cookie recipe and a shamrock shaped cookie cutter.
When the cookies are cool, let the children place green icing and green
sugar on top.
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Serve an irish stew for lunch.
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Add a drop of green food coloring to the milk and serve green milk.
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Lemonade Kool-Aid,
Sugar,
Blue food coloring
Make Kool-Aid as instructed on the package. Add 3-4 drops of blue food coloring to turn the magic potion green.
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Lucky Charms *****
Jell-O brand instant pistachio pudding,
Milk
Use the pistachio pudding as "magic powder" that has been left by a leprechaun with directions to add milk and see what happens. (Jell-O brand instant pistachio pudding mix appears white until milk is added and then, it turns green!)
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1 cup sugar,
1 cup butter (softened),
2 cups flour,
1 tsp. vanilla,
1 egg,
Food coloring
Mix sugar, butter, egg and vanilla. Add flour and mix well.
Divide dough into six balls. Add a different food coloring to each ball. Roll each ball in a snake shape onto a floured surface. This is fun for the kids -- just like playdough! Arch snake shape and press onto cookie sheet. Add other snake shapes until the rainbow is formed. Bake at 350 degrees for 8-15 minutes. When cooled let each child taste a piece of the rainbow.
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2 cups diced carrots,
1 cup diced potatoes,
1 cup fresh or canned string beans,
1 cup celery,
1 cup diced onion,
¼ cup flour,
1 3-oz. Package dry onion soup mix,
3 cups diced, cooked beef,
3 cups water
Combine the flour and soup mix in a large skillet. Add the water to the mixture in the skillet and heat it to a boil, stirring constantly. Add the vegetables and beef; cover and cook over low heat for 1 hour until the vegetables are tender.
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2 cups flour,
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder,
3/4 tsp. baking soda,
1 tsp. salt,
2 tblsp. sugar,
1 1/2 tsp caraway seed (optional),
1 cup buttermilk,
2/3 cup raisins,
3 tblsp. shortening,
melted butter and sugar for top
Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, sugar and caraway seeds. Cut in shortening with two knives. Pour in buttermilk, add raisins. Turn sticky mixture into floured board. Knead a few strokes. Shape into a round loaf and put into an 8 or 9" cake pan. Cut a cross into top and drizzle melted butter and sugar on top. Bake in a 350 oven for 30-45 minutes.
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Miniature Ritz peanut butter sandwich cookies Butterscotch chips- one bag Melt the chips in a double boiler. Dip the sandwich cookies into the mixture. Place on wax paper to dry. You can also dip these in chocolate and sprinkle with green sprinkles and give as gifts for St. Patrick's Day.
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24 Ritz crackers,
1 cup smooth peanut butter,
2 cups butterscotch chips
Spread half of the crackers with peanut butter. Top each with a second
cracker. Melt butterscotch chips according to package directions. Dip
sandwich cookies into butterscotch. Place on waxed paper to set.
They look like heavy gold "coins", and you can pile them in a big pot and say
that it is the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow! They are easy to make,
and YUM!
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1-1/2 cups low-sugar, low-fat graham cracker cookies- crushed,
3 tablespoons low-fat margarine- melted,
Vegetable spray,
1 cup low-fat cream,
1 can sweetened condensed milk (14-ounce),
1/4 cup lime juice, 36 large green gumdrops- sliced into thirds,
9-inch square pan,
Mixer
Mix crushed graham crackers with melted margarine. Press into bottom and
up sides of pan sprayed with vegetable spray and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Beat cream cheese until light and fluffy.
Gradually beat in sweetened condensed milk until smooth. Then beat in
lime juice.
Spread cream cheese mixture over graham cracker crust.
Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes, until set.
Refrigerate 2 hours or more.
Cut into 1-by-1-inch squares and top each square with three gumdrop
slices arranged to look like a three-leaf clover.
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Using leprechaun cutouts, write a different clue
on each one, with the last one ending at the rainbow bulletin board in your
room with the children's snack!
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Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple Jello Hot and cold water Clear
plastic cups Refrigerator
Make the red Jello according to instructions on the box. Pour a small
amount in the bottom of each clear glass (about one sixth of the cup).
When the red Jello has set (this will take hours or overnight), repeat
using the orange Jello. Repeat with the yellow, green, blue and purple
Jellos. You now have rainbow Jello to help you celebrate St. Patrick's Day
or other festive occasions.
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For breakfast have green eggs and ham, for snack "Lucky Charms" and
Green Milk.
Don't forget to make the milk green with green food coloring. Don't
let the children see you do this. The children always love to see what those
leprechauns will do next.
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Sprite, 7Up or ginger ale, green ice cubes
Pour each child one cup of Sprite, 7Up or ginger ale. Add green ice
cubes. As the ice cubes begin to melt, the drink will magically
change colors.
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Give each child a piece of white bread. Let the children help you mix
green food coloring into cream cheese. Have the children spread the cream
cheese on their bread. Give them a shamrock cookie cutter and
let them press a shamrock out of the bread.
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Let the children help you make your favorite yeast-bread recipe
but....add lots of green food coloring to the water you use. Give each
child some dough to knead. Bake the children's dough according to your
recipe. While the bread is baking, make golden butter. Pour a
pint of cream into a jar. Add yellow food coloring then shake, shake, shake!!!! Enjoy your homemade butter on your green bread!
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Here's something to do for St. Patrick's Day. Ask each child to bring
in a "green" food for our St. Patrick's Day Buffet. Put all the foods on
our big table and the children choose what they want for snack, from among
those "green" foods. The foods are endless--quite creative!
(And the kids don't have many preconceived notions about what "goes
together"--I see pickles alongside cupcakes and the kids think that's fine!
Some foods contributed in years past are: grapes, pickles, olives,
lettuce, green cookies and cupcakes, kiwi, green apples, celery,
broccoli, etc.
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Use refrigerated sugar cookie dough - put in a ziplock bag with a few
drops of green food coloring - let the children squish it around until all
the food coloring is blended - refrigerate for 20 minutes or so
(because their little hands warm up the dough too much) Roll it out and use
a large shamrock cookie cutter to cut out cookies - bake! While the cookies
are baking - soften vanilla ice cream and smooth out in a pan to about 1/2
thickness -refreeze -cut same size shamrocks from the ice cream - when the
cookies are completely cooled - make ice cream sandwiches with the cookies
and ice cream.
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2 1/2 cups sifted 10x sugar, 1 - 3 oz. pkg. cream cheese, 1/4 tsp. vanilla, 1/2 cup coconut, Cinnamon
Mix first 4 ingredients together. Shape in small balls and roll in
cinnamon.
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3 oz cream cheese, 2/3 cup milk, 2 tbsp. honey, 1/4 cup peanut butter,1 egg, 1 cup flour, 1/2 cup sugar, 1/4 tsp. salt, 1 tsp. baking soda, 1/4 cup oil, 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract, mini muffin baking pan, mini foil or paper baking cups
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. First, mix the following ingredients in a
small bowl: cream cheese, peanut butter, honey and egg. Beat until smooth
and set aside. In another bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking
soda, and salt. Add milk, oil and extract. Beat until smooth and then
spoon batter into lined baking tin (about 3/4 full). Top each with a tsp.
of the cream cheese mixture. Bake 20 to 25 min. Enjoy!
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One 1-ounce box of sugar free instant pistachio pudding for every five children, 1/2 cup of milk per child, 1 small, resealable plastic bag per child, 1/2 cup measuring cup, 1 spoon per child.
Put tablespoon of pudding mix in sandwich bag and milk, then close the
baggy and have kids shake and squeeze, then eat.
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Place celery, green pepper, lettuce, green onions, fresh cooked green
beans in the center. Provide seriated table knives, green paper plates and
green napkins for the children. Let them cut the vegetables into small
pieces and place a few on their green plates to eat for snack. Top it off
with green paper cups and lime Kool-Aid for a drink.
SONGS & FINGERPLAYS
I'm a little leprechaun *****
I'm a little shamrock see my leaves' *****
A leprechaun lives in the woods, *****
How many leprechauns do you see? *****
On St. Patrick's Day we see shamrocks. *****
Patrick is a leprechaun
I think I once saw Patrick
Don't try to follow Patrick
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I'm a little Leprechaun short and green, *****
Shamrocks, shamrocks, *****
One little leprechaun made some Irish stew. *****
Leprechaun, leprechaun
If we all can catch you *****
The leprechauns are marching
They're marching two by two *****
Too-ra-loo-ra loo-ra *****
A leprechaun has left some gold,
Suggestions: Hide gold-wrapped candies or other treats around the room. Ask children to help you find them while you sing the song.
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Five green shamrocks growing outdoors *****
St. Patrick's Day is with us, *****
A leprechaun is small and green *****
Good morning to the lion, *****
I'm a little leprechaun. *****
I'm a little leprechaun dressed in green, *****
Leprechauns, Leprechauns, *****
There is a color *****
If I could be a clover, *****
Where, oh where has my pot of gold gone? *****
My Gold Lies Under a Rainbow *****
I'm a little Leprechaun *****
Did you ever see a lassie? *****
Who is Wearing Green Today? *****
Leprechaun, Leprechaun Where's Your Gold? *****
This little leprechaun slid down the rainbow *****
Five little leprechauns scurrying by my door, *****
Do your ears point up? *****
I'm looking for a leprechaun, leprechaun, leprechaun,
He wears a suit that's made of green,
He lives by a rainbow and hides his gold,
If you see a leprechaun, leprechaun, leprechaun, *****
I'm a little Leprechaun *****
Five little leprechauns hide behind the door. *****
Five little leprechauns playing in the sun. *****
A leprechaun (jumps up and down),
Repeat, replacing the underlined phrases with hops back and
forth/back and forth, leaps side to side/side to side, and turns
round and round/round and round in turn.
*****
Five wee leprechauns scurrying by my door, *****
Here is a giant who is tall, tall, tall. *****
I saw a leprechaun yesterday *****
I know a tiny little man who dresses all in green. *****
On Saint Patrick's Day, you might see a leprechaun. (2) *****
Let's wear green and dance a jig, *****
How many Leprechauns do you see? *****
A leprechaun is small and green, *****
The shamrock is green *****
10 little leprechauns dancing in a ring, *****
Leprechaun, leprechaun, fly across the sea *****
St. Patrick came to Ireland, *****
Once upon a time there was a little man.
For each additional verse, substitute one of the
following lines for the first three lines of the song.
He was short and he wore green clothes. *****
An eensy, weensy leprechaun *****
Leprechaun, leprechaun, *****
I'm a little shamrock see my leaves. *****
Can't, can't, can't Catch me! *****
Ask the children to listen closely and follow the directions. Instruct
them to clap the rhythm or slap their knees as you tell the story.
Going on a leprechaun hunt. I'm not afraid. Let's go! Oh. look! I see a
grassy field. Can't go around it. Can't go under it. Can't go over
it. Let's go through it. Let's go! Swish, swish, swish, swish.
Oh, look! I
see a giant tree. Can't go over it. Can't go under it. Can't go through it.
Let's climb it. Let's go! Climb, climb, climb.
Oh, look! I see a river.
Can't go over it. Can't go around it. Can't go under it. Let's Swim it.
Let's go. Swim, swim, swim.
Oh, look! I see a dark cave. Can't go around
it. Can't go under it. Can't go over it. Let's tiptoe into it. Let's go.
Tippy, tippy, toe. It's really dark in here. Better turn on my flashlight.
Oh, no. I see something! It's mean! It's green! It's a leprechaun! Let's
go! Run! Run! Swim! Swim! Climb! Climb! Swish! Swish! Whew...safe at home
again.
*****
5 Little Shamrocks lying in the grass *****
We're wearing green for the Irish (3 X) On this St.
Patrick's Day. *****
If you're wearing green today, dance a jig, *****
Leprechaun, Leprechaun, Turn around.
GAMES, MATH, & SCIENCE
This is a fun game to play outside. You can change the name to suit any
theme. The children all line up against a wall or fence. And one child,
Mr. Leprechaun or the teacher faces away from the children, a good
distance away from the children. The children yell, what time is it "Mr.
Leprechaun", Mr. Leprechaun answers 1 o'clock, and the children all take
one step toward Mr. Leprechaun. The children yell again, what time is it
"Mr. Leprechaun", Mr. Leprechaun answers (fill in the blank) o'clock, and
the children all take same number of step toward Mr. Leprechaun. This
continues until all the children are very close to Mr. Leprechaun, then
Mr. Leprechaun will answer it's midnight, and chases the children back to
the fence or wall that they started at. The first person Mr. Leprechaun
touches will be the new Mr. Leprechaun.
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Bid your youngsters top o' the morning on St. Patrick's Day with this "magical" activity. In advance, seal a handful of gold candy coins in a Ziploc bag for each child. Place the bags in a plastic pot, and then hide it somewhere in the school. Program a set of shamrock cutouts with numbered, sequential directions telling how to find the pot of gold. Write a letter to youngsters from "Lucky" the Leprechaun" explaining the shamrock cutouts and how to find the pot of gold. Before youngsters arrive on St. Patrick's Day, carefully hide the cutouts around the classroom and school, and then place the letter and the first shamrock cutout near the dorr for youngsters to see. After youngsters arrive, read aloud Lucky's letter, and then lead youngsters on a treasure hunt to find the pot of gold.
*****
Find a very colorful sock. Place something in the sock, like a block, or a
toy. Let the child feel the object and try to guess what it is.
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First you need a gold coin. I just get one that you find a most candy shops (Made of chocolate.) If you can't find one just wrap a quarter in gold colored foil. Next the children sit down on the floor. The (Leprechaun) then sits with their back facing the children. The teacher signals one child to steal the gold. The child sits on the gold as the rest of the children chant:
Leprechaun, leprechaun where's your gold.
Someone stole it from your home.
The leprechaun has three guess to reveal the child. The child who stole the gold than becames the leprechaun.
*****
You will need to paint an old tennis ball green. Set five pie tins on the
floor, number 1-5. Give each child five bounces to land in the pie tins.
Add up the total numbers to see who wins.
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Have the children sit in a circle. Play music as the children pass around
a shamrock made out of construction paper. When the music stops the child
holding the shamrock also stops. The children yell "Run Little
Leprechaun!" The child gets up runs around the circle once than sits back down. Let
all children have a turn.
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Select a child to be"it" Who then steps outside of the door or faces with his/her back toward the circle. Sing the following song as the children are seated in a circle. After the
song ends the child who was selected to be "it" then has three chances to pick the child who will be sitting on the shamrock.
Sang to the tune "The Farmer In The Dell"
St. Patrick's Day is here, *****
Play above game using pictures of a shamrock, leprechaun, pot of gold and rainbow. (Instead of having a child close her eyes while I remove one of the items, I put a large piece of green construction paper on top of all of them and slip one out, saying, "On Saint Patrick's Day, which one went away?". and then call on a child. This way, everyone can be thinking, even when it's not their turn.
*****
Fill a shallow dish with water; then add a drop of yellow and a drop of blue food coloring near the edge of the dish. Add drops of dish detergent along the edges of the dish also. The soap will cause the blue and yellow food coloring to mix, resulting in green. Tell the children this is Leprechaun Magic!
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Conini is the Irish word for rabbit. Children form a circle and hold hands. One child is in the center of the circle. This child is the conini and she tries to break out of the cage by slipping under the children's arms.
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Find various sizes of stones and spray paint them gold. I have a very large sandbox to work with and I bury the stones at different depths. The children go nuts over this! In fact they still sift and search through the sand months after St. Patrick's day is through. It's great for gross motor (digging), fine motor (sifting & picking) and math (counting and sorting).
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Children sit at circle, and close eyes, while teacher places a paper leprechaun in a visible spot in classroom. Children must verbally identify location of leprechaun.
It doesn't matter if they peak, 'cause the skills you're developing are more verbal than visual.
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Place 5 paper shamrocks, with a child's name printed on each one in the middle of the circle. As you recite following verse, children find their names and take
the shamrock.. Continue until everyone has a turn.
5 little shamrocks growing outside my door, *****
Place different laminated paper shapes in "pot of gold." (a coffee can covered with black paper.) The pot is passed around the circle to each child, who pulls
out a shape and says,"Do you know what I've been told? A (name shape) is in the pot of gold."
*****
Cut out many shamrock shapes and hide them around the room. Have the
children search for them like an easter egg hunt.
*****
Supply the children with green and white paint. Allow the children to mix
a small amount of the paints together. What happens? For younger
children, you child add the paint to a zip lock bag to minimize the mess.
*****
Give the children blue and yellow paint. (A lot more yellow than blue)
Let the children mix the paint to see what happens.
*****
Supply the children with three clear cups of water, one with a drop of
blue food coloring, one with a drop of yellow food coloring, and one empty
cup. Supply the children with plastic eye droppers and let them mix the
colors in the empty cup. (Add more coloring as desired)
*****
Cut out many different sizes of shamrocks. Four or five will be fine. Have
your child arrange the shamrocks in order of size, largest to smallest, or
smallest to largest.
*****
Draw a simple map of your house. Hide a "treasure" somewhere in your
house, something like a snack, or maybe a treasured toy. Explain the map
to your child. Tell them where each room is. Next say there is a hidden
treasure in the house, and the map is going to help them find it. Draw an
X on the map where you have hidden the treasure. Help your child look for
the treasure.
*****
Make a list of items you would like your child to find on a walk. Like a
stick, leaf, fire hydrant, or blue car. Explain to your child that you are
going on a treasure hunt and go over the list with your child. At first
the items should be very easy to find.. and later can increase in
difficulty. Go on the walk with the paper and mark of the items as your
child finds them. This is really fun. Some more difficult ideas... Find an
item that is: taller than you, can fit in your hand, is too heavy to lift,
as long as your arm, is three different colors. Etc.
*****
Cut out four, three leafed clovers, and one four leafed clover. Set all
five clovers on a table and ask the child to find the four leafed clover.
*****
Cut out five different sized clovers. Have the child arrange the clovers
by size.
*****
Take children into back yard or a park and have them look for four leaf clover. This can be done inside as well by making construction paper clover and 1 four leaf shamrock and have the kids try and find it.
*****
Give each child a pile of cereal. Have them to separate the marshmellows from the cereal. Graph the different shapes of marshmellows.
*****
Invite your children to sit in a circle and show them a glittery shamrock shape. Have them close their eyes while you display the shape where it can be easily seen. When the children open their eyes, let them walk around searching for the shamrock. When they spot it, have them silently come back to the circle. Let the first child to return explain where the shamrock is and then display it for the next round of the game.
*****
Graph who believes in leprechauns and who doesn't.
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List things that are green. Make into a class book.
*****
Make or buy a bubble solution and experiment with different tools to blow bubbles, look for rainbows in the bubbles.
*****
Let your children work together to create this rainbow on the floor. Ask your children to look around the room, collect all the red objects in a pile. Repeat with the remaining 5 rainbow colors. Then let your children arrange the objects on the floor in a rainbow shape. First have them put all the red objects in a big arch, then the yellow objects under them and so on, until the rainbow is completed.
*****
Remove the label from a clean, clear 16oz. plastic soda bottle. Pour at least 1/2 cup of light corn syrup into the bottle. Then add a few drops of food coloring and some glitter and/or confetti. Hot glue the lid onto the bottle. Have the children swirl and shake the bottle and watch it's movement. Use a certain color or a rainbow of colors!
*****
Note from the Leprechaun (follows the directions),
Green glittered doll shoes,
Little pre-cut footprints
When the children are not in the room, place the little footprints around the room, tip some chairs over and mess a few things up as evidence that a leprechaun has been there,. Place the doll shoes somewhere in the room (clearly visible so the children can find them) and leave this note to the class:
Dear Class,
I popped in to visit but you were not here! I have a problem that I hope you can solve. While I was dancing in your room, I lost my shoes. I was hoping that you could find them for me. If you can find them, I will be back to get them!
Your friend,
When we go out of the room again, the shoes disappear and there is another note.
Dear Class,
Thank you so much for finding my shoes! Me feet were getting cold! To thank you for helping me out, you will find a little reward in the __________.
Your friend,
The reward are gold covered chocolate candies in a black cauldron type pot.
*****
Pour a small amount of milk into a shallow container and drop food coloring around the edges. Drop one drop of dish soap in the middle and see what happens! Extension: Pour a thin layer of white glue on a small paper plate and repeat the experiment for each child. Let it dry and you have a wonderful sun catcher.
*****
Each day mix up a color of Jell-O, start with red. Pour small amount into a clear plastic cup. Allow to harden and then add orange. Follow this procedure with all the other colors, at the end of the week you will have your own rainbow.
*****
Set a leprechaun trap, or have children construct at home and bring to school. Remind the children that Leprechauns like shiny objects!
*****
Teach the children the order of the colors: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue , Indigo, Violet
*****
Sort and graph "Skittles" candies.
*****
Scatter gold chocolate coins in yard before children arrive and have fun searching for the "luck" left by the leprechauns.
*****
1/2 cup of any clear cooking oil,
Empty, rinsed out soda bottle with cap,
Powered tempra paints- any color you choose,
Funnel,
Water,
Glitter/ sparkles/ shiny confetti
Pour the cooking oil into the soda bottle. Add 1 teaspoon of the tempra paint. Add glitter, sparkles, confetti. Add water using funnel or measuring cup with a spout until bottle is filled. Tightly put cap on. Now you have your own "lava lamp". Turn the bottle upside down and see how the colors move and change!
*****
Add green tint to water & add green glitter
*****
Hide gold coins in the sand box, cut out of construction paper, and have children find them.
*****
Tint 2 cups of water green. Add 6 cups cornstarch.
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Use white or light green paper to make a blank book for each of your children. Number the pages in each book from 1 to 5. Then hand out the books and invite the children to rubber-stamp matching numbers of green shamrock prints on their book pages. Or give them shamrock stickers to attach to their pages, if you wish.
*****
From green paper or felt, cut out a number of shamrock shapes in a variety of sizes. Invite your children to sort through the shamrocks and arrange them in a line from smallest to largest or from largest to smallest. Encourage them to count the number of shamrocks when they have finished.
*****
Styrofoam cups, markers, paper, cotton balls, dirt, grass seeds
Give each child a styrofoam cup. Have them draw or paste precut facial features on the cup. Use cotton balls for beard. The next day (after the glue dries) fill the cup with dirt. Plant grass or alfalfa seeds. Each Leprechaun should have a green head of hair soon!!
*****
Hide many paper shamrocks while the children are in another room. The “luck of the Irish” goes to those who find the shamrocks.
*****
Make a graph with the heading: “Do You Believe in Leprechauns?” Then make two columns … yes/no. Have the children decide if they believe (yes) or not (no) and see which has more. Explain how to read a graph and ask questions about the graph -count how many believe, count how many don’t, which had more, which had less, etc…
*****
Make one green leaf clover per child -all three-leaf except one four-leaf. Have the children pass the clovers around a circle to music. When the music stops, the child with the four-leaf clover should be the winner. Or you could place a big tub of clovers and have children reach in one at a time and see who pulls out the four-leaf clover.
*****
Ask your child to look for things that are green. Write down what they
find.
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Tie 3 feet of string to a wooden spoon. Attach a magnet to the end of the
string. Cut and laminate many different colored, and sized shamrocks from
construction paper (not too big though). Attach a paper clip to each
shamrock. Spread the shamrock shapes on the floor and let your child try
to catch the shamrock. Have them try to catch the red shamrock.. or the
biggest shamrock. For a twist, label the shamrock with letters or
numbers. Ask the children to catch a specific shamrock, or ask them which
shamrock they caught.
*****
Take a large glass jar, fill it 3/4 with water. Drop a single drop of food
coloring into the jar from about a foot above the jar, so the coloring
makes it's way almost to the bottom. Try different colors.
*****
You can find a prism at many science stores or teachers store. Show your
child the prism, and how to see all the colors of a rainbow in the prism.
*****
Draw several different rainbow on small pieces of paper. Each one, exclude
a color that should be in the rainbow.. so the first exclude red, second
orange... etc. Then make a rainbow that has all the colors. Show the
children the rainbow with all the colors on it. Ask what colors do they
see. Then show each card to the children and ask them if they can guess
what color is missing
Variation: Put the colors in the wrong order. See if the children can see
which color is not in the right place.
*****
Add a little green food coloring to water
Add green food coloring and soap to the water
Supply the children with green colored pasta noodles
Hide plastic gold coins in the sand for them to hunt for.
*****
You can buy plastic gold coins or just make some from yellow tagboard.
Hide them around the room and have the children hunt around the room for
them.
*****
Supply the children with yellow bean bags (gold) and a laundry basket, the
pot and have them toss the gold into the pot.
*****
Place shamrock shapes on the floor. Have the children hop from one
shamrock to the next.
*****
There are many ways to set this up depending on the skill level or the
particular skill you wish to work on. Try these different set ups:
Cut out Shamrock shapes from different colors of paper. Give each child
one Shamrock. Ask the children to find one person with the same color
Shamrock.
Cut out Shamrock shapes from different colors of paper. Cut the Shamrock
in half using a puzzle type cut, like zig zag or interlocking pieces.
Give each child one half of a Shamrock, and ask them to find the person
with the other half.
Or Give the children two pieces and have the children make a circle, with
one child that has one match on one side and the other match on the other
side. You may end up with 2 or more circles depending on how the Shamrock
pieces are distributed.
Cut out Shamrock shapes from one color of paper. Cut the Shamrock in half
using a puzzle type cut, like zig zag or interlocking pieces. Give each
child one half of a Shamrock, and ask them to find the person with the
other half.
Or Give the children two pieces and have the children make a circle, with
one child that has one match on one side and the other match on the other
side. You may end up with 2 or more circles depending on how the Shamrock
pieces are distributed.
Cut the Shamrock shapes from one color of paper. Label one set of
Shamrocks with numbers, i.e. if you have 20 children, label the Shamrocks
with the numbers one to ten. The other half, draw one dot on one, two on
another, and so on until ten. Give each child one Shamrock and have them
find the child with their match.
Cut the Shamrock shapes from one color of paper. Place matching stickers
on two Shamrocks. Give each child one Shamrock and have them find the
child with their match.
Cut the Shamrock shapes from one color of paper. Cut the Shamrock in half
using a puzzle type cut, like zig zag or interlocking pieces. Place
matching stickers on each half of a Shamrock. Give each child one Shamrock
half and have them find the child with their match.
Cut the Shamrock shapes from one color of paper. Label one set of the
shamrocks with upper case letters and another set with lower case letters.
Have the children find their match.
Cut the Shamrock shapes from one color of paper. Label one set of the
shamrocks with letters and another set with stickers that show an item
that starts with that letter.. i.e. a apple, b ball. Have the children
find their match.
Place matching Shamrock stickers on separate index cards. Give each child
a card and ask them to find the child with their match.
*****
Try all the above, but in a file folder format. Glue one part of the
Shamrock to the file folder and laminate it's match.
Cut the Shamrock shapes from one color of paper. Label nine shamrocks with
the numbers 1 through 9. Have the children place the shamrocks in
numerical order.
Cut the Shamrock shapes from one color of paper. Label nine shamrocks with
the 1 to 9 dots. Have the children place the shamrocks in numerical order.
*****
Cut out footprints from green construction paper and place them on the
floor. Have the children follow the footprints around the room.
*****
Provide a laminated black pot and several yellow paper coins. Have the children place the coins on the pot and count them as they go!
*****
Provide each child with several shamrock cut outs that are all the same size and a long strip of adding machine tape. Measure the tape to the height of the child. Then the student glues the shamrock cut outs on the tape and measure how many shamrocks tall they are!
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Cut shamrock from terry cloth. Moisten shamrock. Sprinkle with alfalfa seed. Keep moist. Set in dark place. Allow several days for shamrock to grow. Set in sunlight for shamrock to turn green.
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During the month of March have a math center that is a "Pot of Gold." Iuse those flower pots that look like black kettles. Get some rocks that are different sizes (no larger than your fist). Spray paint them gold. Every few days have the children do something different with them: count them, weigh them, measure them, sequence them, compare them, stack them, etc.
*****
Collect junk from home (paper towel rolls, empty containers, tin foil, little boxes various shapes and sizes, cans, scrap paper, string, sandwich bags, etc.) Have students dig through all the junk and decide what they will need for their leprechaun trap. Students build their traps. (I'd give them a half a day to do this, and be prepared for a giant mess). Permit students to look through the junk as they need more items. About half way through the time that you give your students, gather back as a class and discuss the strategies that some students are using, ie: If the leprechaun comes in here...this will happen... Point out and try to encourage the use of force and motion. Ask students to set their traps right before they go home. Lock the doors when all of them have left, set each trap off and deposit a chocolate gold coin under it!
*****
In advance draw a teddy bear face onto several different colors of construction paper.. Glue the bears onto craft sticks. During group time pass a bear out to each child. Chant the following rhyme:
Green bear, green bear what do you see?
The child or children with the green bear must stand up and identify something in the room that is green. Continue with the other colors.
*****
Add green food coloring to water and freeze. Add green ice cubes to the water table. Color uncooked rice with green food coloring for a change in the sand table.
*****
Place a green felt hat or vest for the children to become leprechauns.
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Irish and potatoes go together so play Hot Potato.
Write clues that you and the children can follow that lead you to a
pot of gold covered candy.
Put different items inside plastic eggs and glue shut. Let children
shake eggs and match sounds.
Hunt for Gold Coins (use the Chocolate gold coins) They love finding
all those little green feet too. Draw a shamrock on their faces too with a
washable marker (baby wipes take the marker off easily)
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Cut 10 black pot shapes and glue into a folder.
Number pots from 1-10 using a gold paint pen. Gather 55 small pebbles and
spray paint them gold. Have children place appropriate number of pieces of
gold on each black pot.
*****
Spray paint macaroni with gold paint and then hide them in the rice/bean
table. They children are convinced the leprechaun lost his gold. They love
finding the gold.
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Paint an old tennis ball brown for the potato. Cut the numbers 1 - 5
from paper. Tape the numbers to the center of 5 alum. pans. Place the pans
in a circle, leaving an open space in the center. To play
Bounce the potato in the center area and try to make it land in a pan. Give
each person five bounces -keep score for older kids.
*****
Have everyone sit in a circle on the floor. Get a piece of string
long enough for all the players to hold onto. Slip a ring on the
string and tie the ends. Choose one player to stand aside and be the
guesser. When that person says "Go" everyone in the circle starts passing
the ring along the string. When the guesser is ready, he or she calls out
"stop". The players hold onto the string; the one who has the ring tries to
keep it hidden. Then guesser tries to guess the person who has the ring.
If the guesser is correct, he or she gets to join the circle and the person
who was holding the ring steps out and
becomes the new guesser.
*****
Nothing excites and motivates children like traces of surprise visits
from an unexpected friend. During the days preceding St Patrick’s day, leave
clues around your daycare that lead youngsters to believe that a leprechaun
has been in their midst! One day, before youngsters arrive,
secretly turn your kids chairs upside down. Attach a trail of construction
paper footprints along the walls and ceiling, or dip a small sneaker in
washable green paint and leave footprints by intermittently pressing the
shoe against the walls. At another time, leave traces of gold dust (
glitter) and construction paper shamrocks
in places where youngsters will discover them throughout the course of
the day.
Other ideas include replacing your soap with green soap, leaving green
chalk messages on your chalkboard, and moving supplies from their places to
unusual spots in the room. Just as your junior sleuths begin
to suspect that you are the culprit, have a colleague place a green jelly
bean at each child’s place while you are out of the room with your class.
(Since the children are learning not to accept food from strangers, be sure
to make a point, as the adult, to 'check' the jelly beans before approving
them.)
*****
Make a set of Leprechaun ears by attaching pointy green construction
paper ears to a headband. Have one child wear the ears and be the
leprechaun leader in a game of follow the leader. Take turns with each
child.
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This game is similar to Simon Says. You or one of the children are the
"Leprechaun." Say, "The leprechaun says hop on one foot." Children must hop
on one foot. Then say: "Stop." Children must keep hopping on one foot until
you say: "The leprechaun says stop." Repeat with other commands such as
take one baby step forward, step backwards, turn around, sit down.
Sometimes the leprechaun will say: "The leprechaun
says..." and sometimes he won't. It's a great game to help young children
develop listening skills.
*****
Begin playing a lively Irish jig music. Tell everyone to move and dance
until the music stops. Then they must "freeze" in whatever position they
happen to be in.
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Big picture of leprechaun,
A green shamrock for each child with adhesive on back and their name on front
blindfold
Blind fold each player, spin them around and let them try to
stick the shamrock in the hand of the leprechaun.
*****
On St. Patrick's Day set up relays for the children. Divide the
children into two to three teams. Split the teams in half. Put half at one
end of the room and the other half at the other end. Give the leader of the
team a spoonful of green Jell-O cube. Have them run to the other end of the
relay area and give the spoonful of Jello-O to
their team member at the other end. That person then passes the
spoonful to their team member, etc. Let them do it for three minutes and
call time. Do not have a winner.
*****
Make a potato planter by slicing off the top of a potato and then
scooping out the insides. Put in some potting soil and some grass
seeds. Watch it grow.
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box of Lucky Charms cereal,
cups to use for sorting
For St. Patrick's Day, you can have younger children sort the cereal
into, pink hearts, yellow moons, orange stars, green clovers, blue diamonds
and purple horseshoes into separate cups, eating what
they'd like as they go. Older children can then count how many marshmallows
are in each cup, and make a bar graph to compare the numbers. You can also
have the children arrange the "charms" into a rainbow. Another idea is to
use these to make patterns and have the child finish them, or make patterns
of their own!
*****
Give each child a plain paper cup. Have children make leprechaun faces on
the sides of their cups with markers and add cotton beards. When the glue
on the cotton has dried, let children fill their cups with
potting soil and sprinkle on alfalfa seeds. Gently water. Place the
leprechaun cups in a sunny spot and have children water them each day.
Alfalfa seeds sprout quickly, and it won't be long before each
leprechaun has a head of green "hair".
DRAMATIC PLAY
For super-easy finger puppets, let your children draw faces on shamrock stickers with ballpoint pens. Then help them attach their stickers to a fingertip. Encourage the children to have their shamrock puppets "talk" to one another. Or let them use their puppets when singing "I'm a Little Shamrock," below.
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Baskets, gold items ( I spray paint anything odd collage material items I can find), green scarves, leprechaun hats, slippers for elf shoes
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I lay out everything from paper tubes to fun foam, construction paper and green cellophane and the children make their own version of glasses.
CIRCLE TIME
The Legend of the Lepraclone by Ann Cannon
Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato by Tomie de Paola
Jamie O'Rourke and the Pooka by Tomie de Paola
Fin M'Coul : The Giant of Knockmany Hill by Tomie de Paola
Tim O'Toole and the Wee Folk by Gerald McDermott
St. Patrick's Day in the Morning by Eve Bunting, Illus. by Jan Brett
Rainbow of My Own by Don Freeman
Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato by Tomie De Paola
The Hungry Leprechaun by Mary Calhoun
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Give each child a circle of blue and yellow cellophane.
Here's litlle yellow
Green, green, little green *****
(Give each child a paper cutout with a different color)
Teacher: Where is Green child, where is Green child?
(continue with the other colors)
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If your clothes have any green on clap your hands...
continue with other colors
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Blue Hat, Green Hat by Sandra Boynton
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Suess
Purple, Green & Yellow by Author Robert Munsch
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Read "Tim O'Toole and the Wee Folk" by Gerald McDermott
Legend:
St. Patrick is said to have driven the snakes out of Ireland. One snake refused to go. St. Patrick tried to get the snake to go into a box. But it refused to go inside, saying the box was too small. St. Patrick said that it was just the right size. Finally the snake decided to go inside, to prove St. Patrick wrong, so it climbed inside the box. St. Patrick closed the lid and tossed the box into the sea.
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Read "St. Patrick's Day in the Morning" by Eve Bunting, Illus. by Jan Brett
Discuss leprechauns:
According to legend, Irish fairies are jolly little people about the size of your thumb. Since they are avid dancers, they wear out lots of shoes. The shoemaker of the fairies is the leprechaun. He supposedly has a stash of gold. If a person can trap him with a fixed gaze, he will surrender his gold. But the leprechaun is always too slippery for that!
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Read "Jamie O'Rourke and the Pooka" by Tomie de Paola
Discuss Ireland and find it on a Map
* Known as the Emerald Isle due to all of the green pastureland
* Harp is the national symbol
* Grow a lot of potatoes and cabbage
* Rains a lot
* Many castles
* Close to Great Britain
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To follow up on a wonderful story of friendship and differences. To teach children how to make the color green by mixing the two primary colors, blue and yellow.
What You Need:
Story, "Little Blue and Little Yellow", by Leo Lionni,
Blue tempera paint or finger paint,
Yellow tempera or finger paint,
1 piece of white construction or finger paint paper
Read the story. Discuss the story with the children. Ask them how they felt
when little blue and yellow's parents didn't accept them. Tell the children that they are going to retell the story with paint.
Give each group of children some blue paint and some yellow paint. Tell them to use both hands to put one spot of blue on their paper and beside it a spot of yellow.
Then tell them to make another spot below these two spots by using both fingers together. This will represent blue and yellow hugging.
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Little Blue and Little Yellow: A Story for Pippo and Other Children by Leo Lionni
By telling the fanciful story of a friendship between two children, this book simultaneously describes how colors blend.
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Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato, by Tomie dePaola
Saint Patrick and the Peddler, by Margaret Hodges
St. Patrick's Day, by Gail Gibbons
St. Patrick's Day In the Morning, by Eve Bunting
St. Patricks Day Shamrock Mystery, by Marion Markham
Story Of Saint Patrick, by James A. Janda
Tales Of St Patrick, by Eileen Dunlop
The Definitive St. Patrick's Day Festivity Book, by Michael James Fallon, Michele Anne Murphy
Irish Night Before Christmas and A Leprechaun's St. Patrick's Day, by Sarah Kirwan Blazek
Jeremy Bean's St. Patrick's Day, by Alice Schertle
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Cut out and laminate big shamrock shapes to be used as seat markers for
the children to sit on during story and circle time.
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Hooray for the Rainbow by Paula Metzger off of her Snowflakes to Rainbows album
I made "rainbows" for the children to do a movement dance with this song. They love it!! I took a pipe cleaner and bent it in a circular shape and tied it off. Then I attached colorful streamers to the hoop. The children then used them to dance like rainbows!
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Goodbye Winter, Hello Spring by Paula Metzger off of her Snowflakes to Rainbows album
I bought green leprechaun whistles and made rainbow stick puppets to use with this song. The children waved the rainbows around and then used their green whistles for the chorus. I use this with my morning group to focus on blowing closure of the lips and producing spontaneous sound.
Song and Activity- Submitted by Sherry
Colors by Hap Palmer
Using colored beanbags, let the children follow along with this song. I use this with my older group, who can follow verbal directions and identify colors.
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A teacher makes three red hearts to decorate the classroom for February. The three hearts enjoy the children and the classroom activities, especially those on St. Valentine's Day. But as the month draws to a close, the hearts begin to worry. They realize the teacher will throw them away and decorate the calendar with an object more representative of March. On the last night of February, the hearts think and think. The leader of the three suggests that they try to change to green, because March is the beginning of spring. They close their eyes and think very hard about being green; and when they open their eyes, they are!
Now they try to think of different green objects they could be. (get ideas from the group) Then one of the hearts sees a shamrock decorating a calendar on the teacher's desk - the shamrock looks like three hearts. When the teacher comes in the next morning, she finds the three red hearts have become a green shamrock. And it's so perfect that she uses it to decorate her room!
(You can use this story on the flannelboard with hearts that are red on one side and green on the other. Simply put the point of the three hearts together, add a stem and you have a shamrock!)
Taken from Instructor magazine; no date listed.
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Children wearing Saint Patrick's Day hats and carrying large shamrocks glued to paper towel rolls, march around the room, chanting:
The leprechauns are marching *****
Fill paper bag with various objects. (one for each child,) Start the story,"Larry Leprechaun is looking for a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. As he is walking in the forest, he sees a ________. A child draws object from bag and tries to incorporate it into story. Continue until everyone has had a turn. Add bits and pieces to story if children need a helping hand.
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Have the children find green in any of their clothing or in the classroom.
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Dance an Irish jig!
Tape a rainbow to the floor and have the children run to it, skip on it, hop around it, crawl on it, etc.
Cut a large pot out of paper and tape it to the front of a box. Give each child 5 bean bags with a gold sticker on them. Have the children count how many "coins" they can get into the "pot".
Play Hot Potato!
Ask the children what they would wish for if a leprechaun granted them three wishes. Place their responses on green paper shamrocks.
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Observe picture of a leprechaun or use a puppet for this discussion.
The Irish love folktales about imaginary fairies. The most famous of
these "wee folk" are leprechauns, who are shoe makers for all other
fairies. A leprechaun looks like a tiny old man. He is tricky and
mischievous. If you catch one, he is forced to reveal the location of his
pot of gold if you look him steadily in the eye. Once you relax your gaze,
the leprechaun will escape! Pretend to be this imaginary fairy.
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Display a real shamrock or a picture of a shamrock. Discuss color,
number and shape of leaves, and any distinguishing characteristics. For
example, shamrocks close their leaves in the evening. The
shamrock is considered by many people to bring good luck. A legend tells
that St. Patrick used the shamrock as a symbol of Trinity. The shamrock has
become a national symbol of Ireland.
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St. Patrick's Day happens early in the spring. It is a great time not only to celebrate the day but the coming of the green. Focus on green activities as well as have fun with some leprechauns.
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The shamrock is one of Ireland's most famous
symbols. It is said that Saint Patrick used the shamrock, or seamorg, and
it's 3 leaves to explain the concept of the Trinity - the
father, son, and the Holy Spirit. The shamrock is also associated with good
luck! Many people wear shamrocks on St. Patrick's Day.
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The legendary leprechaun is an elf-like creature. In most representations he looks like a small, old man. Leprechauns like to spend their time alone making shoes. They live in the
woods and hide from everyone, but maybe this has something to do with their
mysterious pots of gold! The leprechauns are said to
keep their pots of gold at the end of the rainbow. Some stories say if a
leprechaun likes you, he will share his gold. Others stories say you must
catch a leprechaun, and then he will take you to his pot of gold.
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The famous Blarney Stone is not pretend it really exists! It is set in the wall of the Blarney Castle in the Irish village of, what else, Blarney. You can visit and kiss
the Blarney stone, but it is not an easy fete. To reach the Blarney stone,
you must lie down on your back and bend your head backwards and downwards
to reach it. It is said that kissing the Blarney Stone will give you the
gift of blarney, or speaking convincingly to all you meet!
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An Irish Folktale Adapted by Elizabeth McKinnon
One day a little old lady was out walking when she
heard a tiny little sound.
Tap, tap, tap. Tap, tap, tap.
"I wonder what that could be," said the little old lady.
She peeked behind a nearby tree. And there, to her surprise, she saw
a leprechaun dressed all in green. He was tapping away with his little
hammer, making shoes for the wee folk to wear.
The little old lady grabbed hold of the leprechaun's coat. "I've
caught you now ,Mr. Leprechaun!" she cried.
"Indeed you have," said the leprechaun calmly. "But I'll thank you
to let me go so I can get on with my work."
"Oh, no," said the little old lady. "Not until you tell me where to
find your gold. Everyone knows that when a leprechaun is caught, he
has to show where his pot of gold is buried."
The leprechaun chuckled." So, you want my pot of gold, do you? Very
well. Just follow me & I'll show you."
The leprechaun started off with the little old lady holding tight
to his coattails.
At last they came to a field where hundreds of bushes were
growing. The leprechaun pointed to one of them & said, "Just dig under this
bush & you'll find all the gold you want."
The little old lady looked at the hard ground. "I'll have to go home
& get a shovel," she said. "But first I'll tie my red scarf on this
bush. Then I'll know where to dig when I come back."
" That's a good idea," said the leprechaun with a twinkle in his
eye. "Enjoy the gold when you find it!" And with a wave of his hand, he was gone.
The little old lady ran home & got a shovel. As she started back, she
began thinking about how she would spend all her gold.
But when she reached the field, her eyes widened in surprise. Instead
of one red scarf, she saw hundreds of them. Every single bush had a red scarf
tied on it!
"Oh, no!" cried the little old lady. "That leprechaun tricked me! I
can't dig under all these bushes. Now I'll have to go home without my
pot of gold."
And so she did.
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May the road rise to meet you. May the wind be always at your back. May
the sun shine warm upon your face, the rains fall soft upon your fields, and
until we meet again. May God hold you in the palm of his hand.
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Jack and the Leprechaun by Ivan Robertson
Learning About Spring and Summer Holidays (1988) and The Complete
Color Book(1991).
St. Patrick's Day in the Morning by Eve Bunting
The Good Luck Clover by Troll
MISC
Two weeks ago, a leprechaun "lost" all his gold in our play spaces, he left us his pot and a reward notice saying that if we could find all his gold and refill his pot by St. Pats Day, he would leave us a reward. The children have been having a wonderful time finding the gold (gold spray-painted items - anything I could think of - marbles, rocks, buttons, keys, feathers, spoons etc.). Each time they find a piece of gold, they place it in the leprechauns pot and I give them a "Lucky Shamrock" sticker to put on their cubby name label (we count how many items we have and how many stickers each child has - Math). On St. Pats Day, the leprechaun will return at nap time and pick up his small pot full of gold - and in return he will leave a large pot (a Halloween witch's cauldron) full of a reward. The reward will consist of shamrock shaped cookies, a pitcher of lemonade tinted green, festive cups and napkins, and a goodie bag for each child.
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While the children are out playing or before they arrive make some silly changes in the room like putting things out of place, hiding things, leaving gold chocolate coins, etc. Leave green footprints Blame it on the leprechaun when they come in. Explain all about St. Patrick's day and leprechauns.
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Preceed this theme by casually mentioning that sometimes leprechauns perform mischief around St. Patrick's Day. Most of the kids may not know about leprechauns. Build excitement by leaving leprechaun "evidence" in the room when the children are away. Mess up books, toys, papers, their pencil boxes, backpacks, etc. Leave glitter behind and footprints (print with by stamping the side of your fist in green paint). As St. Patrick's Day draws near, make the messes bigger!
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Caught a Leprechaun! Children may draw or write about what three wishes they would ask for if they caught a leprechaun.
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Leprechaun leaves a note and Magic Powder (pistachio pudding powder) sprinkled over floor and tables...
Copy of Note:
Dear ................
After I messed up your room last night, I felt bad, so I came back and left some magic powder for a treat. Just mix it with 2 cups of milk in the refrigerator. Shake it in a jar and see what happens. I'm sorry I don't have time to clean the room.
Your Friend, *****
Saint Patrick's Day (March 17th), is an Irish holiday honoring Saint Patrick, the missionary credited with converting the Irish to Christianity (in the A.D. 400's). Saint Patrick was not actually Irish. Historical sources report that he was born around 373 A.D. in either Scotland (near the town of Dumbarton) or in Roman Britain (the Romans left Britain in 410 A.D.). His
real name is believed to be Maewyn Succat (he took on Patrick, or Patricus, after he became a priest). He was kidnapped at the age of 16 by pirates and sold into slavery in Ireland (I am not making this up). During his 6-year captivity (he worked as a shepherd), he began to have
religious visions, and found strength in his faith. He finally escaped (after voices in one of his visions told him where he could find a getaway ship) and went to France, where he became a priest (and later a bishop).
When he was about 60 years old, St. Patrick travelled to Ireland to spread the Christian word. It's said that Patrick had an unusually winning personality, and that helped him win converts. He used the shamrock, which resembles a three-leafed clover, as a metaphor to explain the concept of the Trinity (father, son, holy spirit).
Green is associated with Saint Patrick's Day because it is the color of spring, Ireland, and the shamrock
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St. Patrick: The patron saint of Ireland and the Irish, was born about 385 A.D. in Northern Wales. He studied religion in Europe to become a priest and bishop. He then brought Christianity to the Irish by teaching in Ireland for 29 years. According to early Irish tradition, he died on March 17, 461 AD. The anniversary of his death is celebrated as Saint Patrick's Day. St. Patrick is most known around the world as driving all the snakes out of Ireland through trickery.
The symbol of shamrocks: An Irish tale tells of how Patrick used the three-leafed shamrock to explain the Trinity. He used it in his sermons to represent how the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit could all exist as separate elements of the same entity. His followers adopted the custom of wearing a shamrock on his feast day.
Today St. Patrick's Day is celebrated on March 17 by the Irish as well as many Canadians with parades, parties, wearing of green, Irish songs and jigs.
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Display a map of Ireland and discuss: Ireland is an island. People who come from Ireland or whose ancestors came from Ireland are called Irish. An emerald is a precious stone which is green. Ireland is often called the "Emerald Isle" because it is so green with vegetation. The color green symbolizes Ireland and the Irish.
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Send a letter home, ask the parents to dress the children in green
clothing on a certain day.
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Provide blank books for the children. Make them by folding four sheets of 4
1/4 x 5 1/2 sheets of paper in half. When closed, fold the fold over 1/2'
and staple on that fold. Have the children draw a different green thing on
each page. Put a green cover on the book and title it "The Green Book"
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To make it a fine reading activity, write a simple language pattern
throughout the book as the children tell you what they have drawn.
Try:
A ____________________ is green. This is a green ________________.
See the green _________________.
Put them in the library for the children to read at their leisure.
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Give each child a circle cut from yellow construction paper. Have
them draw a self-portrait on the circle. Display the circles on black
bulletin board paper cut into a pot shape. Title the display More Precious
Than Gold!
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Make a list of all the Irish-related words you can think of. Jumble
the letters of each word. Make a list of the jumbled words for each
guest. Set a time limit for the words to be unscrambled - ie...
leprechaun, green, rainbow, potato, shamrock, etc...
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Kind of like an Easter egg hunt, w/ treats for each four leaf clover
found. The other was "Magic Leprechaun Spells." You could you a magic gold
coin or wand and wave it over the children. Have them change into
different animals by saying the magic words: " Lucky Leprechaun we want to
play, make us all (dogs, cats, cows...) today." The children can be an
animal as interest holds then say: " Lucky Leprechaun that was fun, now
let's do another one!"
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Send home a note to the parents asking that the children bring
something green from their home for the Sharin' of the Green on the same
day that will be Wearin' of the Green.
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Have the children earn stickers for good behavior, helpers, etc. When the
chart is complete they get a gold wrapped chocolate coin, or special new
pencil
I have the leprechaun leave a note saying he needs our help, as he has
lost all of his gold items. (Decide in advance how many items maybe one per
child, and spray paint them gold, these can be used the following year
example: pencil, eraser, toy, paper cup, paper shamrock, use your
imagination!) When we have helped him locate all his missing items, he will
reward us. Gold chocolate coins.
Certificate: Date, is name 's Lucky Day Because __________ Mrs. ____
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Monday:
a) While the children eat their AM snack, read the books "Go Away Big
Green Monster" by Ed Emberley and "Franklin's New Friend" by Paulette
Bourgeois & Brenda Clark. Help the children find items that are green in
each story.
b) Using brown paper lunch sacks, Green Paper and assorted scraps of
paper, felt, fabric, buttons, pom poms, pipe cleaners, etc., let each
child make their own Big Green Monster puppet to take home.
Wednesday:
a) While the children eat their AM snack, read the books "Chicka Chicka
Boom Boom" by Bill Martin, Jr. & John Archambault and "My Crayons Talk" by
Patricia Hubbard. Again, help the children decide
what items in the books are green in color.
b) Using construction paper, have precut shapes for the children to use in
gluing their own 'Chicka Chicka Boom Boom' tree onto a heavy piece of
paper. After the children have completed their trees, let them glue green
dyed alphabet macaroni pieces onto their trees.
This will not only help the children have fun with the color green,
but will help develop their fine motor skills by picking up the
small macaroni pieces. (The macaroni can be dyed by mixing 1 T. rubbing
alcohol with 1 tsp. Food coloring, and pouring over 2 cups macaroni which
is inside a zip-baggie. Close the baggie and work with the mixture until
the color is evenly distributed. Spread macaroni on a cookie sheet and let
dry overnight, or for 30 minutes in an oven set on 200 degrees.)
Friday:
a) While children are eating their AM snack, read them the books "The
Foolish Tortoise" by Richard Buckley & Eric Carle and "Franklin Wants A
Pet" by Paulette Bourgeois & Brenda Clark. Talk about items that are green
in each story, and also ask the children to help name pets that may be the
color green.
b) Using a cool-melt glue gun, help each child make their own pet
caterpillars by gluing several green pom poms onto a strip of green felt.
Add green pipe cleaner feelers and wiggly eyes to whichever end has the
head. As each child completes their pet, they can play with it in a group
while the other children wait to make their pets.
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As the children do the activities post them on the bulletin board.
Make sure that most things are green and that each shows something made of
a different texture of material.
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The children in Mrs. _____'s class are good as Gold! Have rainbow across
bulletin board, curving down into a pot filled with gold glitter circles
with the children's names.
"Over the Rainbow" make a rainbow with a pot of gold at the bottom
Leprechauns & tiny green footprints.
Tree with shamrock leaves.
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Rainbows- Submitted by Sherry
The rainbow can be seen in hands
That make the world a better place
A rainbow of the human race.
Cornstarch Finger Paint- Submitted by Sherry
Green Playdough- Submitted by Sherry
Rainbow Mobiles- Submitted by Sherry
St. Patrick's Day Candy Holder- Submitted by Sherry
Leprechaun Hat- Submitted by Sherry
St. Patrick's Day Crown- Submitted by Sherry
Surprise St. Patty's Day Tube- Submitted by Sherry
Stuffed Shamrocks- Submitted by Sherry
Shamrock Lunch Bags- Submitted by Sherry
St. Patrick' s Day Play Dough- Submitted by Sherry
Shamrock Hat- Submitted by Rose
Clay Dough Shamrocks- Submitted by Rose
Tear and Paste Shamrock- Submitted by Rose
Rainbow Art- Submitted by Sherry
Pot O'Gold- Submitted by Carol
Shamrock Man- Submitted by Carol
Shamrock Cut Outs- Submitted by Barb
Shamrock Collage- Submitted by Barb
Irish Flag- Submitted by Carol
Shamrock Necklace- Submitted by Rose
Paper Plate Shamrocks- Submitted by Christi
Coffee Filter Shamrock- Submitted by Christi
Class Rainbow- Submitted by Carol
Rainbow Necklaces- Submitted by Carol
Easy Shamrock- Submitted by Carol
Texture Shamrocks- Submitted by Carol
Shamrock- Submitted by Sherry
Hearty Shamrock- Submitted by Sherry
Shamrock Wands- Submitted by Carol
Shamrock Men- Submitted by Carol
Shimmering Shamrocks- Submitted by Carol
"Magical" Shamrocks- Submitted by Carol
Filter Paper Shamrocks- Submitted by Carol
Bell Pepper Shamrock Prints- Submitted by Carol
Green Collage- Submitted by Sherry
Shamrock Rubbings- Submitted by Sherry
March Flyer- Submitted by Sherry
Tissue Paper Rainbow- Submitted by Carol
Melted Crayon Laminations- Submitted by Carol
Rainbow Plates- Submitted by Carol
Color Collages- Submitted by Carol
St Pat's Ribbons- Submitted by Christi
St Pat's Shamrocks- Submitted by Christi
Sparkle Shamrocks- Submitted by Christi
Lucky Leprechaun Hats- Submitted by Carol
Shamrock People- Submitted by Christi
Shamrock Puzzles- Submitted by Barb
Pot of Gold- Submitted by Sherry
That I am sending you today
To bring you luck and happiness
On this fine St. Patrick's Day
It's a wee and tiny present
Full of good luck and wishes
Seems the little folk of Ireland
Have sent you Leprechaun Kisses!
Shamrock Buddy- Submitted by Sherry
Leprechaun Ladders- Submitted by Sherry
St. Patty's Leprechaun Hat- Submitted by Sherry
Puffy Shamrocks- Submitted by Sherry
Green Shaving Cream- Submitted by Christi
Shamrock Art- Submitted by Sherry
Green and White Art- Submitted by Sherry
Shamrock Hats- Submitted by Sherry
Shamrock People- Submitted by Sherry
Green Spray Paint Art- Submitted by Sherry
Kool Aid Art- Submitted by Sherry
Rain and Rainbow Collage- Submitted by Sherry
Torn Paper Rainbows- Submitted by Sherry
Easy Rainbows- Submitted by Sherry
Cereal Rainbows- Submitted by Sherry
Leprechaun Foot Prints- Submitted by Sherry
Pistachio Pudding Finger Paint- Submitted by Sherry
Potatoe Prints- Submitted by Sherry
St. Patricks Day- Submitted by Sherry
Leprechaun Hats- Submitted by Christi
Shamrock Painting- Submitted by Cheryl
Tissue Paper Painting- Submitted by Sherry
Rainbow Streamers- Submitted by Sherry
Shake and Make Shamrocks- Submitted by Sherry
Glitter Shamrocks- Submitted by Sherry
Shamrock Puppy- Submitted by Sherry
Rainbow Stew- Submitted by Sherry
Shamrock Soda Bottles- Submitted by Sherry
Over the Rainbow- Submitted by Sherry
Pots of Gold - Submitted by Sherry
Shamrock Sun Catcher - Submitted by Sherry
Water Color Surprise- Submitted by Sherry
Finger paint Clover Field - Submitted by Sherry
Leprechaun Wishes - Submitted By Sherry
In case I chance to meet
Any day a Leprechaun
Coming down the street.
Rice Shamrocks - Submitted by Sherry
Shamrock Poster - Submitted by Sherry
St Pats Day Derby Wind Sock Craft - Submitted by Sherry
Shamrock Wishes - Submitted by Sherry
Family Leprechauns - Submitted by Sherry
Leprechaun Footprints - Submitted by Sherry
Leprechaun Catchers - Submitted by Sherry
Pot-O-Gold Craft - Submitted by Sherry
Shamrock Pin - Submitted by Sherry
Blarney Stone - Submitted by Sherry
Spiral Snake Craft - Submitted by Sherry
Leprechaun Trap - Submitted by Sherry
Shamrock Patterns - Submitted by Sherry
Little Leprechauns - Submitted by Sherry
Shamrock Hats - Submitted by Sherry
Rainbow - Submitted by Sherry
Rainbow - Submitted by Sherry
Elf Ears - Submitted by Sherry
Shamrock Placemats - Submitted by Sherry
Green Jello Fluff- Submitted by Sherry
Green Pudding- Submitted by Cheryl
St. Paddy's Day Cookies- Submitted by Cheryl
Irish Soda Muffins- Submitted by Lisa in VA
Shamrock Punch- Submitted by Lisa in VA
Shamrock Pie- Submitted by Lisa in VA
Potato Chive Pancakes- Submitted by Lisa in VA
Irish Lamb Stew- Submitted by Lisa in VA
Leprechaun Poem for Nuts- Submitted by Lisa in VA
Leprechaun's Shake- Submitted by Sherry
Green Snacks- Submitted by Christi
Sweet Green Treat- Submitted by Sherry
Green Vegetable Snack- Submitted by Sherry
Shamrock Shake- Submitted by Sherry
Pot o' Gold Rainbows- Submitted by Sherry
Baked Potatoes- Submitted by Sherry
Potato Pancakes- Submitted by Sherry
Green Rice Krispie Treats- Submitted by Carol
Rainbow Gold- Submitted by Sherry
Rainbow Ribbons- Submitted by Sherry
Magic Milk Shakes- Submitted by Sherry
Leprechaun Footprints- Submitted by Sherry
St. Patrick's Day Cookie Pops- Submitted by Sherry
Leprechaun Pudding- Submitted by Barb
Big Shamrock Cookie- Submitted by Cindy
Shamrock Cookies- Submitted by Sherry
Irish Stew- Submitted by Sherry
Green Milk- Submitted by Sherry
Leprechaun's Magic Potion- Submitted by Carol
Snack Ideas- Submitted by Sherry
Green shamrock jello
and Rainbow Cupcakes
Green jello - make with juice instead of water to make a fruit serving or add pineapple
Gold pineapple chunks
Pistachio pudding
Silver Dollar Pancakes-
Add a drop or two of food coloring to the bottom of the mixing bowl so they magically turn green
Green jigglers cut out with shamrock cookie cutters
"Magic Powder" (Pudding)- Submitted by Carol
Rainbow Cookies- Submitted by Carol
Make Mulligan Stew- Submitted by Rose
Irish Soda Bread- Submitted by Sherry
Gold Coins- Submitted by Sherry
Irish Gold- Submitted by Sherry
Leprechaun Bars- Submitted by Sherry
Leprechaun Treasure Hunt - Submitted by Sherry
Rainbow In A Cup - Submitted by Sherry
Breakfast and Snack - Submitted by Sherry
Magically Delicious Drink - Submitted by Sherry
Shamrock Sandwiches - Submitted by Sherry
Green Bread With Golden Butter - Submitted by Sherry
St. Patrick’s Day Buffet - Submitted by Sherry
Green Cookie Dough - Submitted by Sherry
Irish Potatoes - Submitted by Sherry
St Pats Peanut Butter - Cream Cheese Muffins - Submitted by Sherry
Leprechaun Pudding - Submitted by Sherry
Tastin’ Of The Green - Submitted by Sherry
I'm A Little Leprechaun- Submitted by Barb
Sung to "I'm a Little Teapot"
Dressed in green,
The tiniest man
That you have ever seen.
If you ever catch me, so it's told,
I'll give you my pot of gold.
I'm a Little Shamrock- Submitted by Christi
Sung to "I'm a Little Teapot"
Count my three petals if you please.
If you give me water and lots of sun,
I'll bring you good luck and lots of fun!
Catch a Leprechaun- Submitted by Cindy
Sung to "Mary Had a Little Lamb"
In the woods, in the woods.
I would catch him if I could,
To get his pot of gold.
How Many Leprechauns?- Submitted by Christi
(Hands out questioningly.)
Can you count them, one, two, three?
(Count with fingers.)
How many skinny ones, how many fat?
(Use hands to show skinny and fat bellies.)
How many leprechauns without a hat?
(Point to head.)
St. Patrick's Day- Submitted by Christi
(Hands over brow as if looking.)
Count the leaflets, one, two, three.
(Count on fingers.)
Like a hat with three feathers.
(Hold up three fingers over head.)
Like a coat with three buttons.
(Pretend to button three buttons.)
Like a stool with three legs.
(Rest three fingers on opposite palm.)
Like a hat rack with three pegs.
(Hold three hooked fingers in the air.)
Wee Little Patrick- Submitted by Barb
Sung to "Yankee Doodle"
He has a sack of gold
He hides it in a special place
Between two stumps, I'm told
Out in the woods at play
He smiled and laughed and winked his eye
And then he ran away
To find his treasure sack
He'll twist and jump and run away
And he never will come back.
I'm A Little Leprechaun- Submitted by Barb
Sung to "I'm a little teapot"
Here is my shamrock but I can't be seen,
When you pull my feather,hear me scream
(everyone scream)
I'm a little Leprechaun, short and green.
Shamrocks- Submitted by Sherry
On Ireland's hills,
Greenest of green
Over rocks and rills
Good luck do they bring,
For one and all
On St. Patrick's Day
We can see them all.
Poem: “Leprechauns”- Submitted by Rose
Along came another and then there were two.
Two little leprechauns climbed up a tree.
They called to another and then there were three.
Three little leprechauns knocked on the door.
They said “hello” to another and then there were four.
Four little leprechauns got honey from a hive.
They met another and then there were five.
Five little leprechauns counted out their gold.
You can have it if you catch them… so I am told.
Leprechaun, Leprechaun- Submitted by Rose
Sung To "Jingle Bells"
Fast at fun and play.
Running, laughing, chasing
On St. Patrick’s Day.
Or get you in a hold,
Tales and legends have it
We’ll get your pot of gold.
Leprechaun Chant- Submitted by Carol
They're marching through the hall
They're marching on the ceiling
They're marching down the wall.
And now it's four by four
You say you cannot see them
LOOKOUT! Here come some more!
Irish Lullaby- Submitted by Rose
Too-ra-loo-ra li.
Too-ra-loo-ra, loo-ra
Hush, now don’t you cry.
Too-ra-loo-ra loo-ra
Too-ra-loo-raa loo-ra
That’s an Irish lullaby.
Leprechaun's Gold- Submitted by Carol
Sung to "Mary Had a Little Lamb"
left some gold,
left some gold,
A leprechaun has left some gold in our room today.
We'll go and find that lucky gold,
lucky gold,
lucky gold,
We'll go and find that lucky gold in our room today.
Five Green Shamrocks- Submitted by Carol
(Child's name) picked one, and that left four.
Four little shamrocks, green as they can be.
(Child's name) picked one and that left three.
Three green shamrocks so shiny, fresh and new
(child's name) picked one and that left two.
Two little shamrocks nodding in the sun,
(Chills name) picked one, and that left one.
One little shamrock for St. Patrick's Day fun.
(Child's name) picked it, and that left none.
St. Patrick's Day- Submitted by Carol
The day when all that's seen
To the right and left and everywhere
Is green, green, green!
The Leprechaun- Submitted by Carol
He hides where he cannot be seen.
But if you catch one on this day,
He must give his gold away.
March- Submitted by Carol
Good morning to the lamb,
Good morning to the rainbow in the sky.
Good morning to the shamrock,
Good morning to the wind,
Good morning to the kite flying high.
I'm a Little Leprechaun- Submitted by Carol
Can't you see?
I'm as tiny as I can be.
I only come around just once a year.
That's when St. Patrick's Day is near.
I'm a Little Leprechaun- Submitted by Carol
The tiniest man that you've ever seen.
If you were to catch me, so it's told,
I'll have to give you my pot of gold!
Leprechauns- Submitted by Carol
Sung to "Three Blind Mice"
Hiding here, hiding there,
They don't want us to see them play,
Every year on St. Patrick's Day.
See them smile in their cute little way,
Leprechauns, Leprechauns.
Green Song- Submitted by Sherry
Sung to "Bingo"
by chicky
That I say
Represents St. Patrick's Day
G-R-E-E-N
G-R-E-E-N
G-R-E-E-N
And Green is that color
The Clover Song- Submitted by Sherry
Sung to "The More we Get Together"
by chicky
A clover, a clover
If I could be a clover
I would have 4 leaves
One leaf for luck and one leaf for fun
If I could be a clover
I would have 4 leaves
One leaf for wisdom and one leaf for love
If I could be a clover
I would have 4 leaves
Where oh Where?- Submitted by Sherry
Sung to "Where oh Where has my Little Dog Gone?"
by chicky
Oh Where, Oh Where could it be?
It's black and big and full of gold,
Oh Where, Oh where could it be?
My Gold Lies Under a Rainbow- Submitted by Sherry
Sung to "My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean"
by chicky
My Gold Lies Under a tree
My Gold is Under a Leprechaun
Bring back my gold to me.
Bring back, bring back
Bring back my gold to me, to me
Bring back, bring back
Bring back my gold to me, to me.
Leprechaun Song- Submitted by Sherry
Sung to "I'm a little teapot"
by Chicky
Quick as can be
I hide my gold
Under a tree
If you see a rainbow
You may find
Where I left
My gold behind.
Did You Ever See a Lassie- Submitted by Sherry
Did you ever see a lassie, a lassie, a lassie
Did you ever see a lassie go this way and that?
Go this way and that way and this way and that way
Did you ever see a lassie go this way and that?
Who is Wearing Green Today?- Submitted by Sherry
Green Today, Green Today?
Who is Wearing Green Today?
All Day Long
(Child's Name) is Wearing Green Today
Green Today, Green Today?
(Child's Name) is Wearing Green Today?
All Day Long
Leprechaun, Leprechaun Where's Your Gold?- Submitted by Sherry
Chanted and played like "Doggie Doggie Where's your Bone?"
by Chicky
Somebody stole it, they are bold,
Under the rainbow, Behind a tree
Find your gold as quick as can be!
This Little Leprechaun- Submitted by Carol
(Point to thumb)
This little leprechaun stayed at home.
(Point to index finger)
This little leprechaun picked a shamrock,
(Point to middle finger.)
This little leprechaun found some gold.
(Point to ring finger.)
This little leprechaun cried,"See if you can catch me,"
(Point to little finger.)
As he ran home.
(Wiggle little finger.)
5 Little Leprechauns- Submitted by Carol
One jumped away, then there were 4.
Four little leprechauns climbing in my tree,
One hid in the green leaves, then there were 3.
Three little leprechauns, just a busy few,
One went for a pot of gold, then there were 2.
Two little leprechauns, having lots of fun,
One hopped over the rainbow, then there was 1.
One little leprechaun, with all his work done.
He slipped off for a nap, then there were none.
Saint Patrick's Day- Submitted by Carol
Sung to "Do Your Ears Hang Low"
(pull on top of ears)
Do you have a lot of luck?
(cross fingers on both hands)
Can you dance an Irish jig?
(dance)
For a pot of gold you'd dig.
(pretend to dig)
Can you toss gold over your shoulder
(pretend to toss over shoulder)
Like a giant throws a boulder?
(pretend to throw heavy object)
Do your ears point up?
(pull on top of ears)
Saint Patrick's Day Song- Submitted by Carol
Sung to "Mary Had a Little Lamb"
I'm looking for a leprechaun
Do you know where's he gone?
Made of green, made of green,
He wears a suit that's made of green,
Do you know where he is?
Hides his gold, hides his gold.
He lives by a rainbow and hides his gold,
Do you know where he's gone?
If you see a leprechaun,
Please tell me where he's gone.
Leprechaun Song- Submitted by Sherry
Sung to "Mary had a Little Lamb"
by chicky-ma-ma
Leprechaun
Leprechaun
I'm a little Leprechaun
Who likes to hide the gold
Five Little Leprechauns- Submitted by Sherry
One ran away and then there were four.
Four little leprechauns dance under the tree.
One ran away and then there were three.
Three little leprechauns making Irish stew.
One ran away and then there were two.
Two little leprechauns sleeping in the sun.
One ran away and then there was one.
One little leprechaun said, 'St Pat's Day is done.'
He ran away and then there were none!
Five Little Leprechauns- Submitted by Sherry
The first one said, “Oh, my! We’re having fun!”
The second one said, “We need to spread some joy!”
The third one said, “Let’s find some girls and boys.”
The fourth one said, “There’s gold to be found!”
The fifth one said, “Let’s look all around!”
Then out came a rainbow, shining bright and bold.
So, five little leprechauns ran to find some gold!
Leapin’ Leprechauns!- Submitted by Sherry
(sung to “The Wheels on the Bus”
(Up and down), (Up and down)!
A leprechaun (jumps up and down)
On St. Patrick’s Day!
5 Wee Leprechauns- Submitted by Sherry
One jumped away, then there were 4.
Four wee leprechauns climbing in my tree,
One hid in the green leaves, then there were 3.
Three wee leprechauns, just a busy few,
One went for a pot of gold, then there were 2.
Two wee leprechauns, having lots of fun,
One hopped over the rainbow, then there was 1.
One wee leprechaun, with all his work done.
He slipped off for a nap, then there were none.
Tall and Small- Submitted by Sherry
(children stand up tall)
Here is a leprechaun who is small, small, small.
(children slowly sink to floor)
The leprechaun who is small will try, try, try,
(children slowly rise)
To reach the giant who is high, high, high.
(children stand tall and reach high)
I Saw a Leprechaun- Submitted by Sherry
Sung to "If You're Happy and You Know It"
I saw a leprechaun yesterday
Yes, I saw him yesterday
Going on his merry way
With a twinkle in his eye,
He said, "Good Day."
Paddy is His Name-O- Submitted by Sherry
Sung to "Bingo"
he is a leprechaun;
he is a leprechaun;
he is a leprechaun;
And Paddy is his name-o.
He lives across the ocean wide; He's rarely ever seen.
He is a leprechaun; he is a leprechaun; he is a leprechaun;
And Paddy is his name-o.
Saint Patrick's Day- Submitted by Sherry
Sung to "If You're Happy and You Know It"
If you close your eyes and wish, and pretend you are Irish,
On Saint Patrick's Day, you might see a leprechaun.
On Saint Patrick's Day you might see a rainbow bright (2)
If you close your eyes and wish, and pretend you are Irish,
On Saint Patrick's Day you might see a rainbow bright.
On Saint Patrick's Day you might see a pot of gold (2)
If you close your eyes and wish, and pretend you are Irish,
On Saint Patrick's Day you might see a pot of gold.
On Saint Patrick's Day you might see a shamrock green (2)
If you close your eyes and wish and pretend you are Irish,
On Saint Patrick's Day you might see a shamrock green.
On St. Patrick's Day - Submitted by Sherry
Sung to: "The Mulberry Bush"
Dance a jig, dance a jig.
Let's wear green and dance a jig,
On St. Patrick's Day.
How Many Leprechauns? - Submitted by Sherry
Sung to: "Twinkle Twinkle Little star"
Can you count them, one, two, three?
How many Skinny ones?
How many fat?
How many leprechauns with out a hat?
The Leprechaun (Fingerplay) - Submitted by Sherry
(Use hand to indicate a small person)
He hides where he cannot be seen.
(Cover eyes with hands)
But if you catch one on this day,
(Shake finger.)
He must give his gold away.
(Pretend to put gold in pocket)
The Shamrock is Green - Submitted by Sherry
(may be sung to the tune of “The Farmer in the Dell”)
The shamrock is green
Hi, Ho, St. Patrick’s Day
The shamrock is green.
Ten Little Leprechauns - Submitted by Sherry
(children may out this out)
10 little leprechauns, hear them sing!
Ooooooo-oooooooooh
10 little leprechauns wave their arms high;
10 little leprechauns give aloud cry;
Ooooooo-oooooooooh!
10 little leprechauns in a hollow tree,
10 little leprechauns quiet as can be~
Shhh....
Leprechaun - Submitted by Sherry
And fetch an emerald shamrock for you and for me.
Do not bring a nettle or a thistle for a joke,
But bring an Irish shamrock, for we are Irish folk.
And you and I, my leprechaun, will wear the shamrock gay,
And match it with an Irish smile upon St. Patrick's Day!
St. Patrick - Submitted by Sherry
A country trimmed with green.
It has the shamrocks and the pipes -
Those leprechauns you’ve seen.
Those leprechauns will trip you -
You'll fall flat on your face.
They'll tickle your nose and sour the milk,
Then find a hiding place!
Johnny the Leprechaun - Submitted by Sherry
(Sung to Six little ducks )
Once upon a time there was a little man.
Once upon a time there was a little man.
And his name was Johnny the Leprechaun, the
Leprechaun.
(sung three times)
He went in search of a pot of gold.
He found gold at the rainbows end.
He took the gold and he disappeared.
Eensy, Weensy Leprechaun - Submitted by Sherry
(Sung to"Eensy Weensy Spider")
Came out St. Patrick's Day
To look for the gold
That was hidden far away.
Over the rainbow
Was where he was told,
So,with a wink of his green eye,
He ran to get the gold.
Leprechaun, Leprechaun - Submitted by Sherry
Hiding in the hay.
(Hide pointer finger under opposite hand.)
Leprechaun, leprechaun,
Don't you run away.
(Hop pointer finger around.)
Leprechaun, leprechaun,
Let's go out and play.
(Hop both pointer fingers together.)
Leprechaun, leprechaun,
It's St. Patrick's Day!
(Dance pointer fingers up and down.)
I'm a Little Shamrock - Submitted by Sherry
(Sung to: "I'm a little teapot")
Count my three petals if you please.
If you give me water and lots of sun,
I'll bring you good luck and lots of fun.
Can't Catch Me - Submitted by Sherry
(Sung to: "Skip to my Lou")
Can't, can't, can't Catch me!
Can't, can't, can't Catch me!
For I'm wearing green, you see!
Go On A Leprechaun Hunt - Submitted by Sherry
(an adaptation of the Bear Hunt)
Shamrocks - Submitted by Sherry
along came a leprechaun skipping down the path
he picked one up and put it on the door
that's for good luck now there are 4
4 little shamrocks lying in the grass
along came a leprechaun skipping down the path
he picked it up and and put it on a tree
that's for good luck now there are 3
3 little shamrocks lying in the grass
along came a leprechaun skipping down the path
he picked it up and put it on his shoe
that's for good luck now there are 2
2 little shamrocks lying in the grass
along came a leprechaun skipping down the path
he picked it up and held it toward the sun
that's for good luck now there is 1
1 little shamrock lying in the grass
along came a leprechaun skipping down the path
he left it there so there'd always be 1
that's for good luck and now my stories done!
St. Patrick’s Day - Submitted by Sherry
(Sung to the tune of "He's a Jolly Good Fellow")
We'll dance a jig for the Irish (3 X) On this St.
Patrick's Day.
Me father & mother were Irish (3 X) and I am Irish
too.
We kept a pig in the parlor (3 X) and he is Irish too.
St. Patrick's Day Song - Submitted by Sherry
(to the tune of "If You're Happy and You Know It")
If you're wearing green today, dance a jig,
If you're wearing green today,
Dance a jig, then smile and say,
"Have a very Happy St. Patrick's Day"
Leprechaun, Leprechaun - Submitted by Sherry
(tune: Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear)
Leprechaun, Leprechaun, Touch the ground.
Leprechaun, Leprechaun, Point your ears.
Leprechaun, Leprechaun, Touch your beard.
Leprechaun, Leprechaun, Tip your cap.
Leprechaun, Leprechaun, Clap, clap, clap.
Leprechaun, Leprechaun, Dance a jig.
Leprechaun, Leprechaun, Smile so big!
What time is it Mr. Leprechaun?- Submitted by Sherry
Leprechaun Magic- Submitted by Cindy
What's under the Rainbow?- Submitted by Sherry
Who's Sitting on Gold- Submitted by Christi
Shamrock Bounce- Submitted by Christi
Run Little Leprechaun- Submitted by Christi
St. Patrick's Day Game- Submitted by Christi
St. Patrick's Day is here,
Let's give a clap and dance a jig
St. Patrick's Day is here.
Guess What's Missing?- Submitted by Sherry
What is Green Made Of?- Submitted by Sherry
"Conini"-An Irish children's Game- Submitted by Sherry
Pot of Gold- Submitted by Sherry
Hide, Leprechaun, Hide!- Submitted by Sherry
Five Green Shamrocks- Submitted by Sherry
(child's name) picked one, and then there were 4.
4 little shamrocks, green as green could be,
(child's name) picked one, and then there were 3.
3 little shamrocks, sitting by my shoe,
(child's name) picked one, and then there were 2.
2 little shamrocks, nodding in the sun,
(child's name) picked one and that left 1.
1 little shamrock for Saint Patrick's Day fun,
(child's name) picked it, and that left none.
"Pot of Gold" Shape Game- Submitted by Sherry
Shamrock Search- Submitted by Sherry
Shades of Green- Submitted by Sherry
Shades of Green 2- Submitted by Sherry
Shades of Green 3- Submitted by Sherry
Shamrock Sequencing- Submitted by Sherry
Treasure Hunt 1- Submitted by Sherry
Treasure Hunt 2- Submitted by Sherry
Four Leaf Clover- Submitted by Sherry
Four Leaf Clover Sizing- Submitted by Sherry
Shamrock Hunting- Submitted by Barb
Lucky Charms Cereal- Submitted by Carol
Silent Shamrock Game- Submitted by Sherry
Math Activity- Submitted by Carol
Green Things- Submitted by Carol
Bubbles- Submitted by Carol
Cooperation Game- Submitted by Carol
Glitter Sparkle Bottles- Submitted by Carol
Lepreachaun Hunt- Submitted by Carol
The Leprechaun
The Leprechaun
Milk Explosions- Submitted by Carol
Rainbow Jell-O- Submitted by Carol
Leprechaun Traps- Submitted by Carol
Discuss Rainbows- Submitted by Carol
Skittles- Submitted by Carol
Coin Hunting- Submitted by Barb
St. Pat's Lava Lamp- Submitted by Sherry
Water Table- Submitted by Christi
Sand box- Submitted by Christi
Green Goop- Submitted by Christi
Shamrock Counting Books- Submitted by Sherry
Shamrock Line-Up- Submitted by Sherry
Living Leprechauns- Submitted by Carol
Find The Hidden Shamrocks Game- Submitted by Rose
Graphing: “Do You Believe in Leprechauns?”- Submitted by Rose
Find the Four Leaf Clover Game- Submitted by Rose
Hunt for Green- Submitted by Sherry
Shamrock Fishing Game- Submitted by Sherry
Rainbow in a Jar- Submitted by Sherry
Prism Fun- Submitted by Sherry
Which Color is Missing?- Submitted by Sherry
Sand and Water Table Ideas- Submitted by Sherry
The Hunt for Gold- Submitted by Sherry
Pot of Gold Toss- Submitted by Sherry
Shamrock Hop- Submitted by Sherry
Shamrock Match Up- Submitted by Sherry
File Folder Ideas- Submitted by Sherry
Leprechaun Steps- Submitted by Sherry
Count the Coins- Submitted by Sherry
Shamrock Height- Submitted by Sherry
Growing Shamrocks- Submitted by Sherry
Pot Of Gold- Submitted by Cheryl
Leprechaun Traps- Submitted by Sherry
What Do You See?/Fun With Green- Submitted by Sherry
Sand and Water Table- Submitted by Sherry
Leprechaun Play- Submitted by Sherry
A Few Cute St. Patrick’s Day Games - Submitted by Sherry
File folder game - Submitted by Sherry
Leprechaun Gold Game - Submitted by Sherry
Irish Potato Bounce - Submitted by Sherry
Hide the Gold - Submitted by Sherry
Somebody’s Been Sneaking In My Daycare - Submitted by Sherry
Follow the Leprechaun - Submitted by Sherry
The Leprechaun Says - Submitted by Sherry
Leprechaun Freeze - Submitted by Sherry
Pin the Shamrock on the Leprechaun - Submitted by Sherry
Runnin’ With The Green - Submitted by Sherry
Grow a Potato - Submitted by Sherry
Lucky Charms Sort - Submitted by Sherry
Sprouting Leprechauns - Submitted by Sherry
Shamrock Finger Puppets- Submitted by Sherry
St. Patricks Day Fun- Submitted by Sherry
Leprechaun glasses- Submitted by Sherry
St. Patrick's Day Books- Submitted by Carol
Let's Make Green- Submitted by Cheryl
(hold up yellow)
Here's little blue
(hold up blue)
Hello yellow!
(wave)
Hello blue!
(wave)
Let's make GREEN!
(put two together)
Have you seen - little green?
Where's little yellow?
Where's little blue?
Here we are
( seperate colors)
Did we fool you?
Where is Green?- Submitted by Sherry
child with green paper stands and sings: Here I am, Here I am!
Teacher: How are you today sir/maam?
Child: Very well I thank you
All: Sit right down, Sit right down.
If your Clothes Have Any- Submitted by Sherry
(tune: If you're happy and you know it)
Read About Green- Submitted by Sherry
Book and Activity- Submitted by Carol
Book and Activity- Submitted by Carol
Book and Activity- Submitted by Carol
Book and Activity- Submitted by Lorenna
Recommend Book- Submitted by Lorenna
Books- Submitted by Sherry
Shamrock Seat Markers- Submitted by Sherry
Song and Activity- Submitted by Sherry
Song and Activity- Submitted by Sherry
The Throwaway Hearts Shamrock Story- Submitted by Sherry
Movement-March of the Leprechauns- Submitted by Sherry
They're marching on the floor
They're marching in a circle
They're marching out the door
The leprechauns are marching
Marching to the beat
Marching all around the place
On their tiny feet
The leprechauns are marching
They're marching down the hall
They're marching on the ceiling
They're marching on the wall
the leprechauns are marching
Marching to the beat
Marching all around the place
On their tiny feet.
Story Starters- Submitted by Sherry
Find Green- Submitted by Sherry
Circle Time Activities- Submitted by Sherry
Leprechauns- Submitted by Sherry
Shamrock- Submitted by Sherry
St Pat's Day- Submitted by Sherry
Meaning of Shamrocks - Submitted by Sherry
What is a Leprechaun - Submitted by Sherry
What is a Blarney Stone - Submitted by Sherry
The Little Old Lady and the Leprechaun - Submitted by Sherry
Irish Blessing - Submitted by Sherry
St. Patrick’s Day Books - Submitted by Sherry
Leprechaun Activity- Submitted by Barb
Leprechaun Mischief- Submitted by Barb
Leprechaun Fun- Submitted by Carol
Creative Writing- Submitted by Carol
Leprechaun Fun- Submitted by Carol
Lucky
St Patrick's Day Info- Submitted by Lorenna
St Patrick's Day Info- Submitted by Sherry
Social Studies- Submitted by Sherry
Green Day- Submitted by Sherry
Readin’ of the Green - Submitted by Sherry
Writin’ of the Green - Submitted by Sherry
More Precious Than Gold Bulletin Board - Submitted by Sherry
Jumbled Irish Words - Submitted by Sherry
Four Leaf Clover Search - Submitted by Sherry
Sharin’ Of The Green - Submitted by Sherry
Incentives - Submitted by Sherry
Lesson Plan for the Week - Submitted by Sherry
Bulletin Board - Postin’ Of The Green - Submitted by Sherry
Bulletin Board Ideas - Submitted by Sherry
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