Elementary School St. Patrick's Day Activities

Have your child create a little leprechaun to celebrate the season and create a little mischief.

Show your third grader how to string together a pretty, decorative harp.

This shamrock wreath will allow your child to practice tracing and layering shapes and is the perfect way to get everyone in the mood for St. Patrick's Day.

Your child will love making this adorable clover clock that will help him learn how to tell time.

Design a colorful leprechaun trap—and make some memories—with this fun St. Patrick's Day craft project!

Celebrate Irish history and culture this St. Patrick's Day by making a miniature version of the Blarney Stone!

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with a few riotous rounds of Hot Potato--played with a real potato!

St. Patrick's Day may be all about the 'luck" of the Irish, but this project encourages your child to share her personal experience with luck.

Your children will squeal with delight when they discover all the mishaps that come about after a visit from the leprechaun.

Get excited for St. Patrick's Day by making a Celtic knot.

Your child can create his own colorful leprechaun paper bag puppet for St. Patrick's Day in this kindergarten arts and crafts activity.

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day by painting the green Irish countryside in this 2nd grade arts and crafts activity.

Help your child make a picture of a four-leaf clover this St. Patrick's Day. It's thought that whoever finds a four-leaf clover will enjoy good luck!

This St. Patrick's-themed color game reinforces your kindergartener's recognition of green objects, and also gives her reading and listening skills a work out.

Pay tribute to the color green this St. Patrick's Day by creating a tactile sensory collage filled with green things in this kindergarten art activity.

We're sure your kid already knows that people often wear green on March 17th. This shamrock necklace is the perfect addition to any St. Patrick's Day ensemble.

Let these cute shamrock earrings bring the luck of the Irish to your fifth grader's ears!

Make a rainbow chain for St. Patrick's day to introduce your child to Roy G. Biv.

Let your fifth grader craft a gleaming green shamrock pin for himself or a friend this St. Patrick's Day!

Watch your first grader marvel at how fun and simple it is to turn ordinary potatoes into custom shamrock stamps.

These flying potato poppers make a cool sound, create a celebratory mood, and they can teach your child about the power of air pressure.

Your kids will love this tradition of finding a leprechaun's gold hidden all over.

This hands-on activity will introduce your third grader to the concepts of positive and negative space as she makes a shamrock!

Your little one will have fun making this pot of gold craft that can easily be displayed on any doorknob or hook.

Decorate with a banner made from paper, clover shapes and buttons to celebrate spring or St. Patrick's Day!

This St. Patrick's Day have your little mischief-maker create a simple leprechaun disguise that's sure to inspire a some good-hearted giggling.

Any St. Patrick's Day celebration is sure to involve mischief, treats, and a whole lot of green. This leprechaun game will add a little learning to the mix.

These gorgeous emerald green cupcakes can be topped with a taffy rainbow and marshmallow fluff clouds for extra luck.

Can your third grader catch a leprechaun using a homemade trap? Help her entice these folkloric Irish fairies with gold coins that they simply can't resist.

Craft this leprechaun hat-covered jar, brimming with St. Patrick's Day charm!