Older Toddler +
So if I'm being honest, St. Patrick's Day has nearly always been a bit of a boring holiday for me. As a kid, I never really got that into it. Wearing green was sort of fun, I suppose, but the lack of other excitement (and probably treats, hahaha) always made it a bit of a bummer for me.
Once, though, when I was in 7th grade, my super amazing science teacher had set up a crazy scene for us. He'd tipped over some tables and chairs, left green glitter, tiny green footprints, and gold chocolate coins for us. Of course, we were old enough to know it was him...but it was still so much fun. I still fondly remember it every St. Patrick's Day! So I set out to create something fun that we could repeat each year for S (and eventually X) to make St. Patrick's Day a bit more of a holiday to look forward to.
I prefaced this whole thing by talking a little about leprechauns off-handedly last night with S. I told her that their job was to keep pots of gold at the ends of rainbows safe. But sometimes, I said, they are a bit forgetful. They can lose gold as they travel around leading up to St. Patrick's Day.
When she woke up this morning, a green envelope with her name on it was waiting outside her bedroom door.
"S--, did you drop something?" I asked.
"Oh!" she exclaimed - "This has my name on it...it must be for me?"
Then Dada offered to help read the message to her.
The set-up is five days of activities to locate gold coins - ten coins in all. On the fifth night she's supposed to leave the envelope full of rescued coins outside her bedroom. I have a feeling that when she wakes up the following morning there will be a thank you note from the leprechaun...and probably a little St. Patrick's Day treat! ;)
Follow along with our activities to rescue the coins each day here:
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What great family fun! I’m featuring it this week on Learn with Play at home. Thanks for linking it to Tuesday Tots. Have a great day :)
ReplyDeleteHi Deb! Thank you so much!!!! I'm very excited to be featured!!!!! We've really had so much fun with it. :)
DeleteI just love the activities you have linked to each day! Featuring on this weeks Kid's Co-Op on Triple T Mum :)
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Amie!!! It was so fun!
DeleteWhat a fun family tradition!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for linking up at Pink and Green Mama Blog and inspiring all of us with your sweet ideas - love the way you have different activities for each day.
Warmly,
Pink and Green Mama
MaryLea
Thank you for having a linky party! I think it's the only way anyone hears about my blog since I just started. :) And oh my gosh, you are such an inspiration to me!!!! Glad you like the activities - we had so much fun doing them. It's definitely the most exciting St. Patrick's Day has ever been around here. :)
DeleteGreat idea to extend activities out over the course of the week! Thank you so much for sharing with us today!
ReplyDeleteThank you! It was a fun week. :) Thank you for the opportunity to share!
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