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St. Patrick’s Day Activities

March 12, 2019 by Annette Kaminsky Leave a Comment

St. Patrick's Day activities for the early childhood classroom. Sensory tray, writing center, and dramatic play center ideas included.

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It’s March, but there is still lots of snow outside in Edmonton.  St. Patrick’s Day activities and the green color they surround us with are so welcome.  Here are three centers my class is currently playing in.

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St. Patrick’s Day Sensory Tray

Items included in this sensory tray:

  • spinach rice vermicelli noodles (broken up)
  • green bowls, sieves, and scoops
  • green buttons, beads, and bead garland
  • shamrock and leprechaun shaped erasers
  • green coins
  • leprechaun mini hats
  • shamrock ice cubes
St. Patrick's Day rice noodle tray with leprechaun hats, green sieves, utensils and loose parts.

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The green vermicelli noodles are a great find, as they are “ready-made” for this activity.

Green rice vermicelli noodles for sensory play.

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St. Patrick’s Day Play Kitchen

Pretend play is hands down one of children’s favorite activities to do.  When effort is put into adding details to a play kitchen, children respond with delight.

St. Patrick's Day house center dramatic play accessories. Tableware, play food, jewelry, coins, and decorations are included.

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St. Patrick’s Day pretend play items:

  • St. Patrick’s Day themed plates and napkins
  • shamrock felt decorations (to use as cookies)
  • shamrock felt garland (taken apart to be “pretzels”)
  • green and yellow pom-poms (play food)
  • green and white flowers
  • shamrock-shaped tray
  • green serving utensils and ice cube tray
  • shamrock table scatter
  • bead necklace
  • gold coins

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St. Patrick’s Day Creating And Writing Center

St. Patrick's Day writing center with office supplies. Themed tracers, stickers rulers, rubber stamps, erasers, hole punches, and writing papers are included.

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The items in this creating and writing center are:

  • felt pens in varying shades of green
  • shamrock ink stampers
  • shamrock paper punch
  • leprechaun hat and shamrock tracers
  • St. Patrick’s Day erasers
  • St. Patrick’s Day stickers
  • sticky note pad
  • green stencil rulers
  • paper and pencil
  • gold coins
  • St. Patrick’s Day glasses
  • flowers and Irish blessing for decoration

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All these activities are stocked with accessories easily found at Dollar stores or party stores. They are versatile pieces and can be used in the same or different ways in upcoming years.

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To find out how the city of Chicago celebrates St. Patrick’s Day, click here.

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You may also like:

St. Patrick’s Day Sensory Tub

St. Patrick's Day sensory table inspired by the city of Chicago, USA. Green and shamrock themed loose parts invite sensory play opportunities.

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Spring Bunny Canvas Art

Spring bunny Art activities suitable for all ages.

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St. Patrick's Day activities for the early childhood classroom. Sensory tray, writing center, and dramatic play center ideas included.

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© Annette Kaminsky March 12, 2019

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