2nd and 3rd Grade St. Patrick's Day Activities

Have your child create a little leprechaun to celebrate the season and create a little mischief.

Design a colorful leprechaun trap—and make some memories—with this fun St. Patrick's Day craft project!

This shamrock wreath will allow your child to practice tracing and layering shapes and is the perfect way to get everyone in the mood for St. Patrick's Day.

This hands-on activity will introduce your third grader to the concepts of positive and negative space as she makes a shamrock!

Take advantage of the upcoming Irish holiday, Saint Patrick's Day, to encourage your third grader to flex his poetry muscles and come up with a haiku.

Brighten up everyone's day with this circular rainbow plate perfect for celebrating spring or St. Patrick's Day.

Show your third grader how to string together a pretty, decorative harp.

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day by painting the green Irish countryside in this 2nd grade arts and crafts activity.

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with a rainbow card filled with three dimensional four leaf clovers!

Enjoy this kid-friendly recipe for Irish soda bread, just in time for St. Patrick's Day!

Can your third grader catch a leprechaun using a homemade trap? Help her entice these folkloric Irish fairies with gold coins that they simply can't resist.

St. Patrick's Day may be all about the 'luck" of the Irish, but this project encourages your child to share her personal experience with luck.

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with this sweet mint-flavored milkshake you and your child can make together.

Perform a special St. Patrick's Day magic trick with this fun craft project! 

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day by making personalized art out of some Celtic letters.

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with this second grade shamrock tote bag craft.

You've got to try it to believe it! Making these sweet treats allows your second grader to practice with measurement and boost his motor skills.

Your child can celebrate St. Patrick's Day by creating this textured clover made from tissue paper.

Measuring and mixing is half the fun with these Irish oatmeal cookies, and it's a great way to introduce your second grader to cooking and kitchen tools.

A riff on the classic board game, St. Patrick's Day Snakes and Ladders is a fun game the whole family can enjoy.

Tap into your Irish roots by making an adorable leprechaun hat vase for St. Patrick's Day in this 3rd grade arts and crafts activity.

We're sure your kid already knows that people often wear green on March 17th. This shamrock necklace is the perfect addition to any St. Patrick's Day ensemble.

Here's a St. Patrick's Day card your child can make, write, and give. Great learning and lots of fun--a "lucky" combination for a lucky holiday!

Your second grader will get great measuring practice as she helps you make this rich and creamy green dip!

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day this year by making your very own lucky pot of (chocolate!) gold in this 3rd grade arts and crafts activity.