Does your family do anything to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day? Dress in green? Eat green food? Get visited by a sneaky leprechaun? Make an Irish dinner? Do an Irish jig? Search for four-leaf clovers and rainbows?
In elementary school, I used to love wearing my green stirrup pants each St. Patrick’s Day. In fact, I think I wore them about everyday, but felt especially great wearing them on St. Patrick’s Day 😀
Leprechaun Treats on St. Patrick’s Day
Last St. Patrick’s Day we found a poem, written out on Post-it Notes, left by a leprechaun. Usually the leprechauns that visit our house leave surprises while everyone is sleeping, but this year our leprechaun was running a little late and visited our house while I was picking the kids up from school. When we got home, my kids read the poem and used the clues to find a pot of gold!
They found the pot of gold in one of the kitchen cabinets:
The “gold” was actually simple doughnuts (the kind you might get at a grocery store bakery, with just a bit of sugar sprinkled on them) with Ferrero Rocher golden-wrapped chocolate in the middle of the doughnut. What a treat! There was a doughnut and chocolate for each person in our family. The kids ate their golden doughnuts as an after-school snack and then enjoyed blowing bubbles outside (Thank you, Mr. Leprechaun, for the bubbles in the green containers!).
Later, after dinner, we ended the day with green Choco Mint Chip ice cream.
Have a happy St. Patrick’s day!
*If you aren’t planning on making the traditional corned beef and cabbage dinner, but would like to at least have some green-colored foods to serve on St. Patty’s Day, here are a few ideas:
- Pesto Pasta with easy HOMEMADE PESTO SAUCE
- super yummy Vegetarian Broccoli Salad
- Rice Krispie Treats with green sprinkles on top
- Spinach Mashed Potatoes
- And a few very simple green fruits and veggies to serve: green grapes, green peas, sugar snap peas, cucumber, a green salad, green bell pepper slices, avocado or guacamole, or asparagus.