Top 10 St. Patrick's Day Jokes to Keep Your Kids Laughing All Week

Humor is what keeps a family together, often in times when there's not a lot to laugh about. With bad news all around us, it's important to keep laughing together as a family to get through it. In fact, it seems like just yesterday when my oldest son beamed from ear to ear because he "got" his first knock-knock joke.

So, keep your heads high, and keep laughing..

It's often been said that laughter keeps the world spinning.

Here are a few of my favorite, one-line St. Patrick's Day jokes to test on your own kids. Have fun, and keep smiling. Happy St. Patrick's Day! Let's all "go green" not just on this day, but every day of the year.

Q: What is left out on the lawn all summer and is Irish?
A: Paddy O'Furniture

Q: What do you call a fake stone in Ireland?
A: A sham rock

Q: Why do frogs like St. Patrick's Day?
A: Because they're always wearing green

Q: When is an Irish Potato not an Irish Potato?
A. When it's a French fry!

Q: What does it mean when you find a horseshoe?
A: Some poor horse is going barefoot

Q: Why did St. Patrick drive all the snakes out of Ireland?
A: He couldn't afford plane fare

Q: What do you call a diseased Irish criminal?
A: A leper con

Q: Why would you never iron a four-leaf clover?
A: Because you shouldn't press your luck!

Q: Why can't you borrow money from a leprechaun?
A: Because they're always a little short

Q: What would you get if you crossed Christmas with St. Patrick's Day?
A: St. O'Claus

Extend the family fun this St. Patrick's Day with these at-home craft ideas:

Handprint pillow
Leprechaun hat for chips
Shamrock T-shirt

Quick "Green" tip of the day: Think outside the box, and ditch the wrapping paper, using instead what's already in the house. Cover a child's gift in the Sunday comics or wrap a graduation gift in the classified ads (circle the funniest ads with a red grease pencil). You can also use outdated road maps for a travel lover, or cut pictures from old greeting cards to make fun gift tags. The key is to recycle and reuse.