Exciting St.Patrick’s Day Activities For Kids (With Printable)

You are in luck as you have found the best and most fun St. Patrick’s day activities for kids! Sure to entertain your little leprechauns, these educational and exciting Paddy day activities will have everyone, from toddlers to tweens, dublin over laughter.

From easy crafts to St. Patrick’s day games and worksheets, this list has everything it takes to keep mischief, learning and fun rolling all week long.

Fun St. Patrick’s Day Activities

1. Rainbow Oobleck

Nothing can be more exciting than making rainbow Oobleck. Just the perfect activity for St. Patrick’s day, it will keep kids of all ages happily busy and having fun. 

2. Learn St.Patrick’s Day History

This 17th March, make sure to take a deep dive into St. Patrick’s day history with kids. Learn about the patron saint of Ireland, origins of St. Patrick’s day parade and discover how leprechauns came to be associated with green day.

3. St.Patrick’s Day Unscramble

Get your kids exercising their brains with this Paddy day themed Unscramble. This St. Patrick’s day worksheet is perfect for home as well as classroom and is a fun way to build vocabulary and polish cognitive skills.

St.Patrick’s Day Unscramble

4. St. Patrick’s Day Would You Rather

Make way for fun conversations with Would you rather questions – Patrick’s day edition! These ice-breaker questions will get everyone choosing from silly options. Hands-down one of the most fun St.Patrick day activities for kids, teens and adults.

5. Make Rainbow Slime

This paddy day, skip the green slime and instead make this eye-catching Rainbow slime! We bet it will charm your kids (and leprechauns!) like no other slime. Super simple and easy to make, it takes only a few minutes to make.

6. Roll-a-Patrick’s day-Story

Fire up creativity and imagination with roll-a-story! A wonderful St. Patrick’s day activity for the classroom, it will encourage kids to work in groups to cook-up the best story possible.

St.Patrick’s Day Roll-a-Story

7. Patrick’s Day Facts

If you think you know all about St. Patrick’s day, think again! We bet these St. Patrick’s day facts will astound you and build your knowledge around the fun Irish holiday.

8. St. Patrick’s Day Colouring

If you are looking for St. Patrick’s day activity for toddlers, preschoolers and kindergarten kids, your search ends here. Simply download the free bundle of St. Patrick’s day colouring sheets, which include trace & colour and simple colouring sheets to keep your little ones busy polishing their fine motor skills.

St.Patrick’s Day Colouring

9. St. Patrick’s Day Jokes

Crack these clean Paddy day jokes with friends & family to enjoy on the day of conviviality. We bet these silly Patrick’s day jokes will work like a charm and have everyone chasing you instead of leprechauns!

10. Play Patrick’s Day Trivia

Play a game of trivia to see who knows it all when it comes to this fun holiday! A perfect St. Patrick’s day game for classroom and home, it will get everyone, from kids to adults, in a friendly competitive spirit!

Tip: It is more fun to play as teams. If you are not too many, turn it into a rapid fire session to notch up the nerves & excitement.

11. Feeling Lucky!

Here is a novel St. Patrick’s day activity for kids that will get them to count the blessings they already have and get them feeling lucky. 

Feeling Lucky Worksheet

12. Make an Irish Meal

A wonderful paddy day activity for family, this one will encourage your kids to get hands-on in making an Irish meal and immerse in Irish culture. If you have older kids, try baking Irish soda bread.

With younger kids, choose from simple Irish cabbage recipes to boost their self-esteem and confidence.

13. Paddy Day Picture Puzzle

Gather your little leprechauns and let them race to finish this Patrick’s day inspired picture puzzle. A fun way to sneak in vocabulary and spelling, this fun activity is perfect for kids 8 years and above.

St. Patrick’s Day Picture Puzzle

14. Learn About Rainbows

Paddy day is a perfect time to explore the science behind rainbows with kids. Dive into these fascinating Rainbow facts for kids that will leave them mesmerised and not just chasing rainbows!

15. St. Patrick’s Day Bingo

Celebrate St. Patrick’s day with the whole family with a fun game of bingo. Just make sure to keep snacks handy.

St. Patrick’s Day Bingo

16. Make Patrick’s Day Crafts

Immerse in green day celebrations and get crafty with these easy Patrick’s day crafts for kids. Pick from a range of crafts to make cutest shamrocks, pot of gold, leprechauns and much more.

17. Host a Irish Music & Movie Party

Soak into the Irish spirit by hosting a classroom party or night party at home with traditional Irish music and Irish movies. 

18. Paddy Day Secret Message

Time to beat the naughty leprechaun and hide the pot of gold using a secret code. This fun St. Patrick’s day activity for the classroom will get kids thinking out of the box and scouting for clever ideas. Super fun!

Patrick’s Day Secret Message

19. Roll-a-Leprechaun

This fun Roll-a-Leprechaun game is perfect for St. Patrick’s day get together. Simple and easy to organise, it will test your luck and fine motor skills.

Roll-a-Leprechaun

20. Take a Virtual Field Trip To Emerald Isle 

This Patrick’s day, take a virtual trip to Ireland to explore its beauty & rich history. Choose from the selected 23 virtual trips and relax as you get teleported to Emerald Isle.

21. Paddy Day Memory Game

Build cerebral power with this Patrick’s day inspired memory game for kids. Such fun ideas are a big hit with children and a clever way of sneaking in cultural vocabulary.

Paddy Day Memory Game

22. St. Patrick’s day Idiomatic Expressions

This educational St. Patrick’s day activity for kids will boost their literacy skills and creative writing abilities. A great addition to St. Patrick’s day classroom activities, it is best suited for grade 4 and above.

Paddy Day Idiomatic Expressions

23. Learn Irish Step Dance

Take this holiday as an opportunity to teach kids traditional Irish step dance. Dancing is a great activity for kids and promises a host of benefits like neurological development, improved cognitive skills, stamina & energy to name a few.

24. St. Patrick’s Day Boggle

Here is another educational St. Patrick’s day worksheet that does not look like a worksheet! Instead it’s a fun game of boggle, which challenges kids to think of new words and expand their mind. Perfect for the classroom as well as home!

St. Patrick’s Day Boggle

25. Paddy Day Puzzle

Make your DIY jig-saw puzzle and challenge your friend to fix it up! Such activities promote cognitive skills, team work and are actually fun.

St. Patrick’s Day Puzzle

26. Rainbow Volcano

This simple baking soda experiment makes for a fun Patrick’s day science activity for preschoolers, kindergarten and older kids.

27. Patrick’s Day Graphing

Get your naughty leprechauns practising their numeracy skills with these graphing worksheets for paddy day. Suitable for grade 1 and above, they make for a fun math activity for the month of March.

St. Patrick’s Day Graphing

28. Patrick’s Day Word Maze

Word mazes are favourite with kids across all ages. They are fun to do and serve as an excellent brain exercise for kids. When doing these word mazes with older kids, set a time limit or turn it into a ‘minute-to-win-it’ challenge to make it more exciting.

St. Patrick’s Day Word Maze

29. Find The Number

Work on your children’s arithmetic skills with these number puzzles. Kids will have to use logical reasoning along with math skills to solve these clever puzzles, making them a great addition to their math routine.

St. Patrick’s Day Find The Number

30. St. Patrick’s Day Maze 

These toddler approved Patty day mazes are super fun! They are great at building concentration skills, visual-motor skills and logical thinking. 

St. Patrick’s Day Maze

31. St. Patrick’s Day Comprehension Activity

Sneak in reading comprehension skills with this St. Patrick’s day worksheet for kids. Kids read a small paragraph detailing the holiday and answer simple questions based on it. 

St. Patrick’s Day Comprehension

This activity works two ways – they help kids learn what they read & comprehend while sneaking in patty day facts at the same time.

32. Patrick’s Day Charades

This St. Patrick’s day charade is high on fun quotient and super easy to play! Simply print the charades free download and cut out the images for an epic session of Patrick’s day inspired charades. Giggles guaranteed!

St. Patrick’s Day Charades

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