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40 Fun St. Patrick’s Day Activities for Kids

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Britni Vigil

03/10/2025

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Super fun St. Patrick's Day activities for families
The best St. Patrick's Day games for kids, adults, and all ages! All kinds of St. Patrick's Day activities for a party, classroom party, or at home!
The best St. Patrick's Day games for kids, adults, and all ages! All kinds of St. Patrick's Day activities for a party, classroom party, or at home!
kid with a felt rainbow and text over top

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! 

kid with a felt rainbow and text over top

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.

These hilarious St. Patrick’s Day games are fun for kids or adults! Play them as minute to win it games or play them just as regular old party games for some of the most hilarious St. Patrick’s Day activities ever!

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!

A hand holding one of many St. Patrick's Day bingo cards

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!

Free printable roll a rainbow St. Patrick's Day game

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!

Filled out leprechaun games for St. Patrick's Day

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! 

a boy playing charades

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!

printed out dice skittles game cards

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!

Two copies of a 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!

Printed out guess the rainbow game cards and a bag of Skittles

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!

Pile of St. Patrick's Day would you rather questions

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! 

Three St. Patrick's Day scavenger hunt riddles on a blue background

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!

DIY St. Patrick's Day games with dice and gold coins

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! 

a boy taping gold to a rainbow mural with a black pot at the bottom.

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!

printed out St. Patricks Day word search with shamrocks all around

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!

colored in St. Patrick's Day coloring pages

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!

A saint Patrick's day i spy card clovers, green hats, green boots and other items.
colorful asterisk star

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!

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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?

Pin the 4 leaf clover game and other St. Patrick's Day activities

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!

St. Patrick's Day activities like musical shamrocks
Photo credit: Grandma’s Ideas

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!

  1. Lucky Charms cookies – they’re magically delicious
  2. Green velvet cupcakes – cupcakes with green food coloring and a gold surprise inside
  3. Shamrock shake – these are always a good time
  4. Rainbow donuts – it would be a lot of fun to make these along with some rainbow shamrock crafts
  5. St. Patrick’s Day pudding cups – layers of chocolate, cake, and more all topped with a rainbow and gold coin!
  6. St. Patrick’s Day marshmallows – making these could be both a treat and an activity for Saint Patrick’s Day!
  7. Rainbow cake balls – chocolate covered cake balls with a rainbow surprise inside!
  8. Andes Mint Dip – this green colored dessert dip would be perfect for a St. Patrick’s Day treat!
  9. 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 marshmallows on sticks

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).

leprechaun craft made out of popsicle sticks

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!

4 pictures on of a hat with cereal underneath, one with a pot of gold, one with a green hat and rainbow over it, and one with a box and ladder

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!

Black pot with green slime inside

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!

bowl of lucky charms and a graphing paper

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!

poster board with words i am lucky because

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!

kid stamping a cut pepper

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!

stacked balls of edible playdough

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.

Woman playing 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!

letters on white dice

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!

Hilarious St. Patrick's Day activities for adults

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!

Pile of printed out St. Patrick's Day trivia questions

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!

St. Patrick's Day activities and free printables

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!

who is most like a leprechaun game

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  1. tasnim-science
    03/21/2025

    I just thought I’d say keep up the fantastic work! thank

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    1. Britni Vigil
      03/28/2025

      Thanks!

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    03/13/2019

    Can you please send me the directions for the Rainbow Dice Game as I can’t find them. Thanks

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      03/13/2019

      You can find them in the post here –> https://www.playpartyplan.com/rainbow-printable-st-patricks-day-game/

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