St. Patrick’s Day provides us with an opportunity to break up the daily routine and share creative moments with our family. To celebrate Saint Patrick, the foremost patron saint of Ireland, green shamrocks and ribbons have been worn since the 1680s. To join in the festivities, we’ve gone green and pulled together a full day’s worth of shamrock inspired food and activities any child would be lucky to get – they’ll think they struck gold!
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Breakfast
Start your St. Patrick’s Day off with a simple yet, special special treat. Sugary cereal isn’t typically on the menu, so this breakfast only comes once-a-year and is something your child will consider a special treat. Add green food coloring to the milk to make it extra-lucky.
Mid-Morning Play
Keep your child busy chancing their luck at a game of memory: featuring photos of their loved ones!
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Lunch
A cucumber-carrot sandwich and a rainbow of fruit will have your little leprechaun munching through lunch. Head on over to CoolMomPicks for an innovative round up of St. Patty’s Day Lunches.
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Afternoon Craft
Keep your child busy stringing fruit loops for a bonafide rainbow necklace, topped off with a lucky four leaf clover. No fruitloops? No worries! Try a rainbow paper chain necklace instead. BONUS: You can sneak in a lesson about colors of the rainbow: ROY-G-BIV!
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Afternoon Snack
Keep the rainbow, pot-of-gold theme going with a colorful afternoon snack. Whip up your favorite hummus recipe and pair it with a collection of your child’s favorite go-to veggies. It’s a fun way to sneak in a healthy snack.
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Dinner
Their favorite dinner – with a twist: healthy and green! Lindsay from Baby Center shares a classic mac-n-cheese recipe with spinach!
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Bedtime Story
You can’t go to bed without a good book. Finish the day off with a book filled with all the loved ones your child is so lucky to have.
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A self-proclaimed New Yorker from the Midwest, Rachel Castro lets design and color inspire her everyday life. Designer by day and DIYer by night, you can follow all of her latest projects on Digs & DIY, where she documents her favorites from recipes to redesign.