Looking for easy St. Patrick’s Day activities for kids? This collection of St. Patrick’s Day games, activities, and more will have you seeing green (or rainbows!) from the moment you wake up to the moment you go to sleep. There’s plenty of St. Patrick’s Day activities for both kids and adults. Fun for the entire family!
The Best St. Patrick’s Day Activities
What’s a St. Patrick’s Day party without games and activities? I’ve put together a collection of the best St. Patrick’s Day activities from all over – activities for kids, adults, and all ages!
Simply pick out your favorite activities from the list, serve with some of these green velvet cupcakes and rainbow donuts (or these broccoli cheese bites if you want something a bit healthier) and enjoy!
St. Patrick’s Day Games for All Ages
These St. Patrick’s Day games and activities work for any age! We’ve tried many of these St. Patrick’s Day activities with adults, kids, and even grandparents and had great luck. Ha, see what I did there – luck? These will be a bit hit for all ages!
St. Patrick’s Day Minute to Win It Games
Tons of different St. Patrick’s day themed games that can all be done quickly! It includes everything from a cabbage crawl to a Lucky Charms race!
Watch the video in this post to see how fun they can be then get full instructions for these hilarious St. Patrick’s Day games here.
St. Patrick’s Day Bingo
Who doesn’t love a good game of bingo? These free printable St. Patrick’s Day bingo cards from Play Party Plan are both colorful and cute!
Roll a Rainbow
See who can roll a rainbow first with these free printable St. Patrick’s Day game from Play Party Plan. Or skip the race and just have anyone who can roll a rainbow win a prize!
Leprechaun Hunt
Break into teams of all ages and see who can find the items on this leprechaun hunt from Play Party Plan first! Be creative – some of the things are a little tricky to find!
St. Patrick’s Day Charades
Use these St. Patrick’s Day charades words to play a rowdy game of charades inspired by the green day itself! See who can guess words like leprechaun, blarney stone, and potato soup first!
Chase a Rainbow Game
This fun Skittles dice game will have the entire family roaring as you try to hang onto your Skittles that are at the mercy of the roll of the dice! Great for all ages and all size groups!
Lucky Dice Game
Similar to the game above, dice run the fate in this fun St. Patrick’s Day themed game! But instead of Skittles, you’re using coins and trying to not end up with the unlucky one or you’re out! A fun game for any age and any group size in this lucky dice game!
Guess the Rainbow
Who can guess how many of each color are in a Skittles bag? You’d be amazed how fun this guess the rainbow game is – people can get competitive as you count the candies together to find the winner!
This would also make an awesome activity for students in a classroom to teach math skills or just have some sweet fun!
St. Patrick’s Day Would You Rather Game
Okay so this is a bit of a cheat because these questions really work for any age, but there are two variations of the game included in this St. Patrick’s Day would you rather post that work best for teens and adults!
Players have to choose from two absurd St. Patrick’s Day themed scenarios, which turns into hilarity and fun! Great for all ages!
St. Patrick’s Day Activities for Kids
These St. Patrick’s Day activities are games, activities, coloring pages, and more that are geared toward kids specifically. You could easily jazz them up a bit to make them work for adults or teens but they’re mostly for the little ones!
St. Patrick’s Day Scavenger Hunt
Kids will LOVE this free printable St. Patrick’s Day scavenger hunt . Send kids on a chase all over the house to find a sneaky little leprechaun who leaves clues and footprints along the way. This fun treasure hunt is one of our most popular St. Paddy’s Day ideas!
Do your kids love scavenger hunts? You can find over 25 scavenger hunt ideas (with free printable clues) here!
Roll a Pot of Gold
This roll a pot of gold game is a fun way to work on counting, adding, and numbers for kids! There are instructions for making the felt pot of gold and instructions for playing three different pot of gold themed games! Perfect for any St. Patrick’s Day festivities!
Pin the the Gold Game
Don’t need to work on numbers? Try this pin the gold to the pot game from Play Party Plan using the same materials! This one is perfect to make this year and use for St. Patrick’s Day parties for years to come! One of my son’s favorites!
St. Patrick’s Day Word Search
See how many lucky words kids can find in this printable St. Patrick’s Day word search! Or there’s even a more challenging version included just for teens and adults!
St. Patrick’s Day Coloring Pages
Skip the games and just put out a set of these St. Patrick’s Day coloring pages instead. There’s everything from a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow to green shamrocks and of course little leprechauns!
St. Patrick’s Day I-Spy
If your kids love I Spy as much as mine do, they will love this St. Patrick’s Day I Spy. It’ll keep kids busy finding the Irish themed hidden pictures throughout the page!
Love Printables? Get our st. Patrick’s Day bundle
Get our printable bundle that includes 14 different printable St. Patrick’s Day activities such as bingo, charades, scavenger hunts, would you rather, and more! There’s enough for an entire magical month of fun for the whole family!
Pin a 4-Leaf Clover
Instead of pinning a a gold coin on a pot of gold, how about pinning a leaf on the four leaf clover in this fun game from Over the Big Moon?
Musical Shamrocks Game
Instead of a cake walk at a carnival or musical chairs, try this musical shamrocks game where kids walk around on the shamrocks. I originally got the idea from Grandma Ideas – it’s like musical chairs but with a shamrock shape! Bonus points if you play Irish music while you play!
And don’t forget to pick out some awesome prizes for the winners – I’ve provided an entire list of ideas at the bottom of this post!
Make St. Patrick’s Day Treats
One of our absolute favorite activities for any holiday is to make a festive treat, and I’ve put together a great list of St. Patrick’s day party food ideas that would be perfect for March 17th!
These are all treats that are fun and easy for you to make together with the kids! They’d be perfect to enjoy with a little corned beef, smashed potatoes, and soda bread!
- Lucky Charms cookies – they’re magically delicious
- Green velvet cupcakes – cupcakes with green food coloring and a gold surprise inside
- Shamrock shake – these are always a good time
- Rainbow donuts – it would be a lot of fun to make these along with some rainbow shamrock crafts
- St. Patrick’s Day pudding cups – layers of chocolate, cake, and more all topped with a rainbow and gold coin!
- St. Patrick’s Day marshmallows – making these could be both a treat and an activity for Saint Patrick’s Day!
- Rainbow cake balls – chocolate covered cake balls with a rainbow surprise inside!
- Andes Mint Dip – this green colored dessert dip would be perfect for a St. Patrick’s Day treat!
- Watergate salad – don’t be fooled by the word salad, this green dessert salad is full of things that kids will like!
Add a few of these St. Patrick’s Day printables to make the treats even cuter!
St. Patrick’s Day Crafts and Crafty Activities
If you want some fun St. Patrick’s Day activities that are a lot crafty and maybe a little messy, these options would be perfect! They use everything from pipe cleaners to popsicle sticks to make all sorts of St. Patrick’s Day magic!
Leprechaun Craft
Skip the games and set up a station for kids to make this popsicle stick leprechaun craft instead. It’s fun for kids and easy enough they can make it without a lot of help from parents! Plus, it never hurts to practice fine motor skills!
Or you can do one of the many other St. Patrick’s Day crafts out there! I just recommend sticking with beads and avoiding glitter (for all parents’ sake).
Make a Leprechaun Trap
Older kids (and younger kids with help) will love making a leprechaun trap. It’s both an easy craft and a fun activity for everyone to do together! Here are a bunch of leprechaun trap ideas to use for inspiration!
Make Green Slime
This fluffy St. Patrick’s Day slime recipe from little bins is the perfect opportunity to get younger children involved in the making and playing! Sensory activities like slime are perfect for young children who really like to touch all the things!
Graph Lucky Charms
Make it a magical math day with this fun Lucky Charms graphing activity that is so fun kids won’t even know they’re doing math!
I Am Lucky Activity
Get kids thinking about how lucky they are (perfect for St. Patrick’s Day) with this fun I’m so lucky activity! It’ll be magic to see how quickly they can come up with things they have and why they’re lucky!
Shamrock Stamping
Use a cut pepper to make shamrocks in this fun shamrock stamping activity! Kids will love stamping out their own shamrocks and then painting or decorating them inside!
Make Magical Edible Playdough
Use this edible playdough recipe to make varying shades of green playdough or all of the colors of the rainbow for some rainbow colored fun! You could even add in rainbow (or green) colored sprinkles and some St. Patrick’s Day cookie cutters for added fun!
St. Patrick’s Day Activities for Teens
Just like the section above with St. Patrick’s Day activities for kids, these activities are specifically for teens or adults. They’re a little more complicated than kids can probably handle but you could also play in teams – kids and adults if that works for you!
Lucky Roller Dice Game
This lucky roller dice game from Play Party Plan is a bit bunko, a bit Yahtzee, and a bit competitive fun. Perfect for adults who can grasp the simple rules that might be a little over the heads of kids! It’s one of the best St. Patrick’s Day games for adults.
St. Patrick’s Day Dicey Game
In this fun dice game, teens (or adults) have to roll out dice to try and get all of the letters of a word then unscramble it first! I’ve played this dicey words game with both teens and adults, and it’s hilarious every time!
Make Me a Leprechaun
This make me a leprechaun game from Let’s Get Together includes shaving cream, Cheetos, and turning grown men into leprechauns. Sounds absolutely hilarious!
St. Patrick’s Day Trivia
While technically these St. Patrick’s Day trivia questions could work for any age, they are best used with teens and adults who will be more likely to get the questions right!
St. Patrick’s Day Bunco
Want to stick with bunco instead of trying something new? This Luck of the Irish version from Froelich Means Happy is great for March!
Who is Most Like a leprechaun Game
This fun game will have people earning points for things that make them most like a leprechaun! The person with the most points wins!
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