10 Ways to Have Some Leprechaun Fun with Your Kids

St. Patrick's Day isn't always the easiest holiday to plan fun activities with your kids. There are no shamrock dyeing kits, shamrock ornaments to make for the tree, or shamrock green fireworks displays to go see. Unless you live in an area that puts on a great parade, most of us moms are relegated to baking a few green cookies. This Holiday tends to pass by without much notice from your children.

However, here is a list of 10 ways to spread the joy with your kids and have some leprechaun fun on St.Patrick's Day. We like to pretend that mischievous leprechauns snuck into the house the night before and left little green hints. Most of these ideas are best if done the night before after your kids are sound asleep.

To keep it simple, and inexpensive, you can create all these leprechaun tricks with just a bottle of green food coloring, a pack of shamrock stickers, green sugar sprinkles, and a tube of green lipstick. (No green lip stick? Mix some green food dye into a little of your lip gloss). I purchased all these items at my local dollar store for under $5.00 including tax. The morning giggles they create are of course priceless.

1) Start with the first thing that they see in the morning. Dye the potty water green! Then, just wait and listen for the funny reactions.

2) Put shamrock stickers on their bathroom mirrors

3) Put shamrock stickers on their door handles

4) Leave a shamrock sticker trail to the kitchen, on the stair railing, floor, wall, etc..

(At this point, you have the option to meet them in the kitchen sporting green sunglasses and green lipstick. Definitely worth a few more laughs.)

5) Pull green milk from the fridge to serve up on their "Irish" charm cereal.

6) Put green sprinkles on their cereal, oatmeal, or breakfast food of choice.

7) Drink water with green ice cubes (made the night before)

8) Put some shamrock stickers on their back-packs or lunch bags

9) Slip a sheet of shamrock stickers into their back packs to share.

10) Send them out the door with a big green lipstick smooch on the cheek!

By Kathy Kline Danner

© 2007

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