Enjoy being Irish for a few weeks with these fun things to do!
Here are a few local St. Patrick’s Day Parades and their links for more information. Don't forget to pack a candy bag just in case! :)
Massachusetts | Rhode Island |
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Irish Festival Foxboro: March 16th 11am-4pm | Pawtucket, RI: March 2nd at 12pm Providence, RI: Saturday March 9th Newport, RI: March 16th at 11am |
I don’t know about you, but the Leprechaun visits our house! The kids love making their traps and crafts for the Leprechaun. Here are a few fun ways to celebrate with your kiddos!
How to catch a Leprechaun:
- Items to use:
- shoe box, cereal box, tissue box, or amazon box
- Popsicle sticks
- String
- Decorate trap: stickers, crayons, paint, markers, glitter glue (avoid the glitter mess)
- Set up the night before with a fun note
- Wait until morning to find a fun goodie! :)
Mischievous Leprechauns:
- Silly tricks the leprechaun did around the house:
- Green water in the sink
- Leprechaun footprints from the front door, across the floor, or in the bathroom (easy clean-up!)
- Four leaf clover chain
- Write on bathroom mirror with note
- Green milk in cereal
- Stickers on the toilet paper roll
Where to buy Chocolate Coins/Candy:
- Brockton: Gowell's Home Made Candy
- Easton: Hilliards Chocolates
- East Bridgewater: Skinners Sugar House
- Mansfield: 1829 Country Store
- Whitman: Pinches & Pounds
- Sharon: The Penny Candy Store
Magical Crafts:
- Rainbows with a pot of gold at the end- use finger prints/cotton balls/ paint brushes, sponges, or monster trucks
- Shamrocks- use hand prints, draw and cut the shape out, cut different size strips and form a heart add them together to make a clover
- Paper Leprechauns- find a google image for the kiddos to color or fun coloring books
- Make your own sensory bin- green playdough, gold coins and a small pot
St. Patrick’s Day pot of gold goodies:
- Lucky charms (mini boxes) with new cereal bowls
- Gold coins in old shoes or new spring shoes
- Items to make a sensory kit: Play coins, playdough, pipe cleaners, big beads, mini cups/pots
- Gold/green beaded necklaces
- Fun candy- rainbow sour candy, chocolate coins
- Cookies
- Fun Sunglasses
- Festive t-shirts
- Kite
- Books- How to Catch a Leprechaun, The Itsy Bitsy Leprechaun, Elmo's Lucky Day, The Lucky Loader, Spot's Lucky Day, Pout-Pout Fish Lucky Leprechaun, Pete the Cat The Great Leprechaun Chase, The Night Before St. Patrick's Day, There was an Old Lady who swallowed a Clover!, or I Spy with my little eye Leprechaun Luck & Find
