Are you searching for St. Patricks Day activities for your classroom? The fun can last all day, while still sticking to academic concepts: STEM, math, reading, writing, you name it! Our team has put together another Lucky Little Party Plan for St. Patrick's Day including some brand new activities, and we know you are going to love it!
Lucky Little Party Plan
Looking at the party plan below, you will see it is full of St. Patricks Day activities: crafts, snack & decor ideas, read aloud suggestions and more. A big part of St. Patrick's Day is the STEM activity: making a Leprechaun trap, and that is what a majority of this post will focus on. However, we will still take a walk through each section of the party plan!
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1) Suggested Materials
The following are suggested letters and resources to print out ahead of your St. Patrick's Day activities. If you choose to do Leprechaun traps or the snacks, these letters will need to be sent home at least a week prior to the special day.
Leprechaun Trap Letter
What better way to bring in STEM skills than with engineering a leprechaun trap? The actual process of this project is laid out later in this post. Grab the Leprechaun Trap Letter in the All Access Membership Library and get started today!
Snack Supply Letter
Snacks with a purpose are what Lucky Cereal Graphing and copycat shamrock shakes are about. Graphing the marshmallows works with graphing and bonus, students get a little treat when they have finished. The shamrock shakes can be used to teach liquid measurement!
Download the snack supply request letter below, and grab an easy DIY shamrock shake recipe from Kid Friendly Things to Do.
Leprechaun Note
Practice letter writing skills to see what your students would do if they got their hands on the leprechaun's hidden pot of gold. A quick letter writing review might be needed.
Lucky Little Leprechaun
Lucky Little Leprechaun is an age old game with a twist. Have a student head to the hallway or cover their eyes. They are the seeker. Choose another student to be the hider. The hider will hide Lucky Little Leprechaun somewhere in the classroom. (I always tell my students at least part of the leprechaun has to be visible.) The seeker will then begin their search for the leprechaun with the class telling them cold, colder when they are further away and hot, hotter when they are getting closer.
Bonus idea: Use this game to teach shades of meaning. What are words that could mean the seeker is SO close to finding the leprechaun (on fire, hottest, burning)? What are words that would mean they are far away (freezing, frigid, chilly, cold)? Work on building a shades of meaning chart showing the words in farthest to closest order.
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2) Decor Ideas
Do you have to decorate your classroom and make it a leprechaun's paradise for St. Patrick's Day?? No! But would it be a fun break from the same old, same old? Yes! Check out these ideas below.
St. Patrick's Day Placemat
A quick download and print of a class set of these placemats and you are set with morning work for the day!
Tablecloths & Coins
Heading to the dollar store for green, white, gold or orange tablecloths can make the day feel extra special. Bonus idea: find some plastic or chocolate gold coins to sprinkle around the room.
St. Patrick's Day Art
Although this would need to be done ahead of time, these leprechaun directed drawings make easy and cute decor.
3) Snack Ideas
As mentioned above, the Lucky Cereal Graphing and DIY shamrock shakes serve a multipurpose. Here is another spot to grab your snack supply letter!
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4) Centers & Crafts
The following example activities would work well as station rotations. Each student group could have 15 minutes or so at each activity. Check the party plan for even more center ideas. An easy and fun afternoon!
Spelling
There are two activities for students to practice their spelling words (or phonics sounds) with a St. Patrick's Day Twist: Spelling Tic-Tac Gold and Leprechaun Trap Spelling.
St. Patrick's Day Math Puzzles
There is a nice assortment of March themed math puzzles, including some for St. Patrick's Day. Students love the mystery of these, while teachers love the versatility. Print off the scrambled version for an extra challenge!
Leprechaun Toothy
Lucky Little Learners truly has a Toothy mat for any situation! Grab the Leprechaun Toothy mat below to use with ANY Toothy review game! New to Toothy? Check out this post: Toothy Task Kits.
5) Read Alouds
Using an engaging picture book is the perfect way to kickoff any special day! Here are a few of our favorites for St. Patrick's Day.
How to Catch a Leprechaun
This book will come back into this post in the STEM section below, but we can't say enough how fun this book is! Reading it will get students thinking about how they would catch a leprechaun.
There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Clover
Did you sing the title? I know I did! Matching the rhythm of the old childhood verse, this book brings out the silliness of St. Patrick's Day!
Springtime Reads
Or, check out this list of Springtime Read Alouds & Activities.
6) Party Games
Who doesn't love a good game? Besides the Lucky Little Leprechaun game mentioned above, our team came up with a few more ideas.
Musical Pictures
Musical pictures is a student AND teacher loved game. Think musical chairs with no running, pushing or fighting! Students will each get a St. Patrick's Day themed picture, while the teacher has a smaller, matching set. Play some Irish dance music while students walk in a circle around the pictures. When the music stops, each student stands by a picture. The teacher pulls out a picture and the student with the matching picture is out. Easy peasy!
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St. Patrick's Day Bingo
Bingo is always a hit, so print off the St. Patrick's Day themed game today!
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Other St. Patrick's Day Games
Kidsactivities.net has a fun list of St. Patrick's Day themed games that could be fun to throw in as well.
7) STEM
STEM Idea: Leprechaun Traps
Your students will devour this project! Find out the details here: Leprechaun Traps in the Classroom.
See St. Patrick's Day Ideas in Action!
Join Katie, from Team Lucky Little Learners, as she walks you through our favorite St. Patrick's Day activities for your classroom.
P. S: Here is a fun BONUS idea! Try a Garden Day Classroom Transformation to create another special day for your students. Read all about it!
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