Little Leprechauns at Play

I'm not at all Irish, but when it comes to school, kids, and fun, it's hard to resist all those bright green shamrocks, colorful rainbows, and smiling little leprechauns dancing around their little pots of gold!

Right now, my first graders are busy painting pictures of the colorful monsters they created on their iPads using the Yay!Monster app, so we're not quite ready to "go green" yet, but I've been scouting Pinterest and a few of my teacher blogs to see what I can find.

One of the cutest, and simplest, ideas came from Blog Me Mom. This creative mom had her kids use heart-shaped cookie cutters dipped in green paint to create the outlines of shamrocks that were then colored in with green paint. It doesn't get much easier than that!

For the complete directions and lots of good pictures to follow, check out this link:
http://www.blogmemom.com/st-patricks-day-activities-shamrock-printing/

While searching for shamrocks and little green elves, I came across some good blogs for parents and grandparents with young children. Check out the links on the side to Brick by Brick (so nice to see a male role model teaching kindergarten kids!), PreK + K Sharing (a collaborative site with lots of good ideas), and Blog Me Mom (source of the shamrock printing idea- this site is full of great projects for young children).

 

Now, if food ideas are more to your liking, check out this great blog with some yummy and colorful ideas for serving healthy lunches and snacks for St. Patrick's Day. This mom blogger serves up plant based meals that would be fun for even the pickiest of preschool eaters.  Actually, I think I wouldn't mind eating these lunches myself!

http://www.bentoriffic.wordpress.com/