I don’t know about you but St. Patrick’s Day is one of my absolute favorite holidays! Mostly because it’s a low-key holiday for the classroom. One, you can incorporate some St. Patrick’s Day fun without overloading. And two, you don’t need to have a party for it, students don’t get hyped up on sugar, and your whole day isn’t wasted by chaos. These hands on St. Patrick’s day activities will get you and your kiddos excited for the holiday with just the perfect amount of celebration!
Hands On St. Patrick’s Day Activities for Your Classroom
Planting Shamrocks
I’ve planted shamrocks in my class for the last few years and it is such a simple but fun St. Patrick’s Day activity. I buy small plastic cauldrons for students to plant their seeds in. During the activity, I pull students in small groups to plant them. Then, I put them in our window to get light. I pull an equity stick each day for a student to water all of them with a spray bottle. This is a very non-stressful way to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day!
Worth More Than Gold Craftivity
This art project is a perfect bulletin board for St. Patrick’s Day. Students pick something that is worth more to them than gold and write why. Then they color the cauldron full of gold. When you staple the top page to the bottom page, it doubles as a writing and art project! Plus it’s very low prep. Who else loves a holiday craftivity? Find it here!
St. Patrick’s Day Write the Room
If you’ve read any other holiday posts, you know I love celebrating with a write the room activity. My students love to get their bodies moving and read and write new vocabulary.
Build Leprechaun Traps
A very common St. Patrick’s Day activity is building leprechaun traps. I start this lesson off with a poem from Lucky the Leprechaun. (You can find this for free in my TeachersPayTeachers store here!)
Once we’ve read the poem, we brainstorm our traps. We draw a blueprint, write out what materials we’ll need and then finally how we’re going to catch the leprechaun. Once we’ve thought our traps through (and I teach kinder so these are always very creative and imaginative) we get to work. I spread this activity out over a few days and ask for each student to bring in some sort of box before we get started on the trap creations. I always love seeing how they’ll lure in the leprechaun and how he’ll get trapped once inside! You can find all of these activities in my St. Patrick’s Day Week Long Lesson Plans.
I love celebrating St. Patrick’s Day in my classroom. These hands on activities for St. Patrick’s Day make the day fun and engaging while still keeping the chaos at a minimum. Do you celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in your classroom? Share how below!
