
Budget-Friendly St. Paddy’s Day Activities
Parades
One of the most popular St. Paddy’s Day traditions is also
free! Many cities and towns have St. Patrick’s Day parades that are open to the
public. Some parades are held on St. Paddy’s Day while others are held the
weekend before or weekend after. Two of the most famous parades are in New York
City (March 17) and Boston (March 19). Scan your local news or do a simple
Internet search to see if there will be a parade in your area.
Treasure Hunt
Find the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Set up a
treasure hunt similar to an Easter egg hunt. Scatter trinkets and candies
throughout your house or yard with clues attached to them. If you want to skip
the candy, just use paper shamrocks with the clue printed on them. Each clue
will lead to the next treasure. The final treasure can be the grand prize—a
bucket of goodies as the pot of gold!
Costumes
Create your own leprechaun costume cheaply. Green is the
theme so use green pants and a green shirt, vest, or jacket. If you don’t have
these green items, you can dye khaki or light-colored clothing green. What
really makes the outfit is a green hat. Buy some green felt and cut out a
rectangle for the body of the hat, a circle for the top, and ring to affix as
the brim. Glue or sew these items together. And don’t forget to add a shamrock.
You can buy shamrock cutouts or make your own using a simple pattern and green heavy stock paper.
An even easier way to dress up is to decorate a white shirt.
For this kid-friendly project, use fabric paint and foam stamps to create
shamrocks, rainbows, and more.
Food
Start the day off right with a healthy green smoothie. Add
spinach or kale to your favorite smoothie combination and watch it turn green.
Soda bread, cabbage, and corned beef are the traditional
foods associated with St. Paddy’s Day. And for good reason: the ingredients are
usually inexpensive and can be found in most area supermarkets and grocery
stores.
It does not get any simpler than Ina Garten’s sautéed cabbage
recipe.
If you want to try something a little different, make these corned beef sandwiches.
They’re very easy and don’t take long to make. For an effortless dessert sure
to please the kids, bake these shamrock cookies.
They only require three ingredients! These satisfying potato cakes are a breeze to make even if you don’t have leftover mashed potatoes.
Drinks
Guinness is often the go-to drink on St. Patrick’s Day, but
you should try out a few other festive libations too.
Irish coffee is easy to make and it won’t break the bank. This
simple recipe requires
strong coffee, your favorite Irish whiskey, sugar to taste, and cream.
Think peppermint is just for the holidays? Peppermint hot
cocoa is perfect for when you’re standing at a chilly St. Paddy’s Day parade.
Make hot chocolate as you normally would but add in a drop of peppermint
extract per mug. You can also try melting in peppermint candies if you don’t have
the extract. For decadent hot cocoa with peppermint, try this recipe.
Crafts You Can Do with Your Kids
Want to get your kids involved in the festivities? Try our free printable St. Patrick’s Day bingo cards. They’re free and easy to print as
long as you have quality ink or toner
and paper.
Play-Doh is another fun way to play with your children on
St. Patrick’s Day. Use black Play-Doh to make a pot; it will probably more
resemble a bowl. Then, take yellow Play-Doh and create “coins” to place inside
the bowl. You can also use a paper cup as the
mold for the pot.
What would the holiday be without shamrocks? For this DIY project,
you can either use white paper and green crayons/paint or green paper and a
dark-colored pen or pencil. Have your kids draw three hearts connected by a
stem like so
and then cut out the clover pattern. Voilà, shamrocks!
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