St. Patrick's Day Play Dough

Green food coloring and glitter make fun play dough for St. Patrick's Day.  Being creative to keep my sanity shares the recipe.

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://beingcreativetokeepmysanity.blogspot.com/2012/03/st-patricks-play-dough.html

Candy Megilla Esthers

A couple of Smarties candies wrapped in a Purim picture makes a cute Megilla Esther with ifood.tv.

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.ifood.tv/blog/how-to-plan-a-purim-dinner-party

Toilet Paper Roll Dioramas

 

Toilet paper tubes take an artistic form thanks to artist Anastassia Elias who inserts images into the tube to make a three dimensional sculpture.

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get inspiration here:
http://anastassia-elias.com/view-photo/10/648

The gold jelly bean uses colors in her version and calls them a telescope.

Get the instructions here:
http://thegoldjellybean.com/2012/06/diy-make-your-own-telescope-kids-craft.html

St. Patrick's Lucky Penny

A bright and shiny new penny makes a cute gift for St. Patrick's Day with this free printable from pumpkin petunia. 

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the template here:
http://pumpkinpetunia.blogspot.com/2009/03/st-patricks-day-printable-free-template.html

Shaken together life places a lottery ticket insider her version.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.shakentogetherlife.com/2013/02/feeling-lucky-lotto-gift-for-st.html

We made that has a glitter version.

Get the instructions here:
http://we-made-that.com/st-patricks-day-lucky-penny/

Paper Purim Masks

Kids can cut out these free printable Purim masks from alpha mom and reenact their own Purim spiel. 

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the template here:
http://alphamom.com/family-fun/holidays/purim-mask-printables/

Paper Cup Leprechaun Bank

A paper coffee cup is painted green and leprechaunized and then turned into a bank so kids can save in case they don't get a pot of gold for St. Patrick's Day.  Katherine maries shares all of the details.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://katherinemaries.com/blog/archives/1012

Pots of Gold

Make your own pot or bottle of gold inspired from St. Patrick's Day and healthy recipe collections.  She adds gold paper to each bottle and labels as the leprechaun's.

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://healthyrecipecollections.blogspot.com/2013/04/st-patrick-day-craft-wee-bottle-of.html