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March 9, 2017 | Leave a Comment

21 St. Patrick’s Day Activities for Preschoolers

These St. Patrick’s Day activities for preschoolers can easily work for older and even some younger children, but I know they are great activities for preschoolers because I’ve used these ideas for years. The themes that I have found work the best for this age group and this holiday are hunting for gold, treasure, and of course, finding magic four-leaf clovers. While I enjoy going deeper into the life of St.Patrick with older kids, I think of these activities as an introduction to the day and its more visual symbols like shamrocks, rainbows, and lucky gold!

St. Patrick's Day activities for Preschoolers

 

 St. Patrick’s Day Activities for preschoolers

St. Patrick's Day activities for preschoolers

 

St. Patrick’s Day Sensory Bin
This is a great St. Patrick’s Day activity for preschoolers and toddlers. Dig, explore and work on a bunch of skills including but not limited to fine motor and hand eye coordination while having fun!

toddler st. Patrick's Day Craft
Puffy Paint Shamrock 
You have to click through and see the displeased face my daughter makes in the tutorial for this St. Patrick’s Day craft. It still makes me laugh even though she is now a displeased almost 13-year-old!

 

Trash Rainbow

Trash Rainbow 
Ah this is one of my very favorite St. Patrick’s Day-themed activity for preschool. It doubles as an Earth Day activity too!

shamrock treat for st.patrick's day
Shamrock Treats
Yum.

rainbow play dough color matching for toddlers
Play Dough Rainbow Match

Excellent fine motor work and it uses what you have on hand, this is a rad little rainbow activity!

easy st. patrick's day crafts

Marshmallow Shamrocks
Color sorting, counting… and a little eating perhaps but this is an excellent St. Patrick’s Day activity!

st p dig

Gold Dig Sensory Activity from Simple Play Ideas

shamrock art project
Rolling Pin Shamrock Prints
This was so much fun to do. The shamrocks pop up almost like magic!

st. patrick's day craft for kids
Potato Print Shamrock

rainbow craft

 

Cork Painted Rainbow

I don’t think a year has passed without me doing this activity in whatever classroom I am in. It works as a St. Patrick’s Day activity for preschoolers but it is also wonderful for weather lesson plans too. 

 

StPatricksDayGoldHuntGameForKids

 

Lucky Gold Hunt

marshmallow rainbow craft for kids

Marshmallow Rainbow Craft

OK, ok I love marshmallows but so do kids and they don’t eat nearly as many as you think they would.
rainbow sensory tub
Rainbow Gelatin Sensory Play
This is one of my favorite sensory play ideas, and it makes a great addition to this list of St. Patrick’s Day activities for preschoolers.

little bins little hands st. p

St. Patrick’s Day Sink & Float from Little Bins for Little Hands

 

 

St.Patrick's Day Spin art for kids

 

Spin Art Shamrocks and Rainbows

St.Patrick's Day Lego Challenge

St.Patrick’s Day LEGO Challenge

rainbow painting with kids

 

Comb Painted Rainbows

 

StPatricksDayTextureCollage

Texture Collage Shamrock 

rainbow bug hunt 7

Rainbow Bug Hunt

St. Patrick's Day gold hunt sensory tub

Leprechaun Gold Sensory Tub

nature art rainbow collage in nature

Nature Rainbow 

Want more great ideas for preschool activities? Check out our Build Preschool Thematic Curriculum Units!

 

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