Think Green Activity Ideas
Pot of Gold
Materials: small yogurt cup, cardboard, scissors, gold spray paint, black spray paint, gold paint pen
Directions:  Wash and dry thoroughly the yogurt cup.  Spray paint the yogurt cup with black paint. Let
dry. Spray a few coats to cover. Cut circles out of cardboard. Spray paint the cardboard circles with gold
paint. Let dry. Fill your "pot" with "gold." Display on your table as a place setting. Use a gold paint pen to
write on a name on the pot.

St. Patrick's Day Party Invitations
Use a shamrock cookie cutter to shapes on green card stock. Cut out shamrocks. On one side of the
shamrock write your message: Everyone's Irish on St. Patrick's Day! Add your party details on the other
side. Attach a gold foil- wrapped chocolate coin on the front of the shamrock invitation. Remind your
guests to dress in green!

Paper Plate Shamrocks
Materials: 3 paper plates, Green Crayons, Green Construction paper, glue, scissors
Directions: Color all 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.

Creative Writing Project
Write a story about what you could find at the end of the rainbow or what would you do if you were
caught by a leprechaun.

Shamrock Hunt
Take children into back yard or a park and have them look for four leaf clover. We actually found
one last year! 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.

Coin Hunt
Scatter gold chocolate coins in yard before children arrive and have fun searching for the "luck"
left by the leprechauns.

Shamrock Math
Cut out Shamrock shapes. Place some in a little cup or bag. Have the child separate them by color and
count them.

I'm Looking for a Leprechaun
(sung to: "Mary Had a Little Lamb" )
I'm looking for a leprechaun,
Leprechaun, leprechaun.
I'm looking for a leprechaun,
Do you know where he's gone?

He wears a suit that's made of greeen,
Made of green, made of green,
He wears a suit that's made of green,
Do you know where he's gone?

He lives by a rainbow and hides his gold,
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,
Leprechaun, leprechaun,
If you see a leprechaun,
Please tell me where he's gone!

Recipes
Leprechaun Pudding
Materials: 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.
Direction: Put tablespoon of pudding mix in sandwich bag, add milk, then close the baggy and have kids
shake and squeeze, then eat.
St. Patrick DAZE
c. Marcia Arpin
www.alltheDAZE.com
established July, 1,
2002
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