Either way it was a great day & I am happy to share some of the highlights with you:
Books:
St. Patrick's Day by Gail Gibbons
It's St. Patrick's Day by Rebecca Gomez
Breakfast - Shamrock Pancakes I opted not to make them green as my food coloring supply was depleted by our cupcakes yesterday! It would have been a cute touch though.
Crafts
Handprint Leprechauns - if you've been around a bit you must have noticed that I love handprint art - I try to do something for every holiday - such a great keepsake!
What You Need:
Background paper - I used white cardstock for durability
Green paint
Orange Paint
Tan/Beige Paint
wiggly eyes
pom pom balls
glue
What To Do:
Step 1: paint area across thumb and bottom of palm green - this will be the hat
Step 2: paint middle of palm beige - this will be the face
Step 3 - paint fingers and area right above orange - this will be beard
Result will look like below oce pressed onto paper:
Step 4: add wiggly eyes and pom pom nose - my youngest also added one to the hat
Behold your completed handprint leprechauns:
Easy Irish Flag
What You Need:
white paper
green crayon
orange crayon
What To Do:
1. Fold white paper into thirds and color 1 side green, leave middle white & color opposite side orange
There were so many amazing & fun crafts & activities we simply did not get to but they are being filed away for next year! :)
How did you spend your St. Patrick's Day?