St. Patrick's Day Playdate Ideas + The Kids Co-Op Link Party

Have a Fun St. Patrick’s Day Playdate!

Do you and your kids celebrate St. Patrick’s Day? If not, this year’s the year to start! The creative mamas of The Weekly Kids Co-Op Link Party (plus the creative bloggers of the Kid Blogger Network) have tons of fun ideas for the perfect St. Partick’s Day playdate. Let’s check ’em out…

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Activities & Ideas for a Fun St. Patrick’s Day Playdate

Set up St. Patrick’s Day Themed Learning Stations
- Print out these St. Patrick’s Day cutting practice sheets and set up a cutting practice table to keep the toddlers and young preschoolers busy.
- Put these rainbow counting sheets along with some dice and rainbow candy on a table for some (yummy!) counting practice.
- Make a simple rainbow busy bag for another learning station with just colorful paper circles!
Offer Some St. Patrick’s Day Sensory Play
- Use shaving cream to make this fun rainbow coin hunt sensory activity.
- Throw some cereal and scoops in a bin for some easy (and edible!) St. Patrick’s Day sensory play.
Do a St. Patrick’s Day Craft
- Let the kids use a cookie cutter to help make clover watercolor art.
- Try these no-prep Scratch Art Shamrocks.
- Have the kids decorate treasure boxes to make sparkly leprechaun traps!
- Make Shamrock Ornaments with these easy craft kits.
- Help the kids use their own handprints to make some messy shamrock art.
- Let the kids make some open ended creations at a St. Patrick’s Day playdough station. Print out and offer these cute St. Patrick’s Day playdough mats to make it even more fun.
- Or try a different handprint craft – making a rainbow handprint coming out of a collaged pot of gold!
Sing St. Patrick Day Songs – Gather the kids around to sing some St. Patrick’s Day songs together. Check out these free St. Patrick’s Day song and rhyme resources that Living Montessori Now gathered up. Or purchase and download some St. Patrick’s Day Kids’ Music from Amazon.
Set Up a St. Patrick’s Day Game
- Use a simple cup and pipe cleaners to make this fun treasure toss pot of gold game.
- Print these free Bingo cards for a St. Patrick’s Day themed game of BINGO!
- Set up a St. Patrick’s Day treasure hunt for some active outdoor play.
Read a St. Patrick’s Day Book – Gather the kids around to read about St. Patrick’s Day. Try The Luckiest St. Patrick’s Day Ever or There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Clover for a giggle.
Serve a Rainbow Treat – The kids will LOVE a colorful rainbow treat at the end of their playdate. Whip up some rainbow swirl cookies or layered rainbow jello.