Just a quick shout-out to Susie for her great St. Patrick's Day crafts and ideas. Her ideas included making St. Patrick's Day green pepper paintings and leprechaun footprints leading to a pot of gold. They were originally featured on Mommysavers, … [Read more...]
St. Patrick’s Day Dessert: Mint Brownies
I was looking for something quick and easy to make as a St. Patrick's Day dessert. I was tempted by this super fast and delicious-looking Chocolate Mint Pie, but I really needed something from scratch (premade Oreo pie crusts are few and far between … [Read more...]
Photo Crafts: Silly St. Patrick’s Day Card Idea
I really like making holiday cards to send to relatives that live far away. St. Patrick's Day isn't typically a big holiday for us (we're not Irish) but when I saw these wigs at the Dollar Spot at Target I had a flash of inspiration. I took some … [Read more...]
St. Patrick’s Day Activity for Kids: Green Pepper Shamrock Paintings
This St. Patrick's Day craft came together really quickly. I used half of a green bell pepper to make shamrock-shaped peppers for Maggie's green shamrock-themed muffin tin lunch today. Then we used the other half of the pepper to make shamrock … [Read more...]
3 Ways to Dye Rice and St. Patrick’s Day Sensory Box Activity
A new homemade activity the kids and I have been exploring lately is the sensory box concept. We've tried a few different themes and variations on sensory boxes. One that I wanted to try was dyeing rice different colors to use as filler in the … [Read more...]
St. Patrick’s Day Activity for Kids: Make a Blarney Stone
I saw this homemade treasure stone craft ages ago and never got around to making it. I thought making a homemade rock would be a great excuse to teach my preschooler about the Blarney Stone and be a good St. Patrick's Day activity. Making the … [Read more...]