17 At-Home St. Patrick’s Day Activities for Kids That'll Keep Them Entertained for Hours

Caregivers can create clue cards, word searches, and other activities to lead their kids on a scavenger hunt around the house. Then, the winner gets a treat, like Lucky Charms, a pot of gold, or green Peeps!

Who knew so many picture books about St. Patrick's Day exist? Kids can read about leprechauns, luck, shamrocks, Ireland, and pots of gold.

Creating a kid-friendly charcuterie board lunch is a great idea because it's an easy and fun way to incorporate a variety of foods and nutrients. For a St. Patrick's day twist, add green foods like grapes, broccoli, green pea snack crisps, and of course chocolate gold coins!

Watching a bath bomb work its magic is so cool, especially when special items are inside. Consider buying or making a bath bomb for your kids with small toys and gold coins, and let them hunt for those special treasures as the bath bomb dissolves!

Decorating cookies is one of the most enjoyable (and delicious) holiday activities. The polka dot clover above is especially cute!

If your pet doesn't seem to mind a little dressing up, put them in a St. Patrick's Day costume! Other than the adorable headband and bow tie shown in this Instagram picture, you can consider putting them in shamrock glasses, green sweaters, or simply a green collar.

Do your kids want to catch a leprechaun? After reading How to Catch a Leprechaun, they can create traps with Lucky Charms, gold coins, popsicle stick staircases, and whatever else they think of. What an entertaining way to get creative!

Kids can make leprechaun hat cups out of construction paper for their movie snacks while watching a themed film. (We love The Luck of the Irish on Disney+.) Since this is a more relaxed activity, it's a great fit for something to do right before bed.

Tie-dye shirts aren't only for summer camp! Grab a white shirt and some green (or even yellow) dye, and you're set.

For a creative building activity, make a pan of green Jello-O and cut it into differently sized blocks. Kids can then take those blocks to create leprechaun houses or other cool structures!

Just about anything dipped in chocolate tastes good, though this classic combo of pretzels, sandwich cookies, and cake pops can't be beat. With a caregiver, kids can dip their way to variety of St. Patrick's Day treats — topped with shamrock sprinkles, of course.

Yes, Play-Doh is fun, but it's even more fun when it's homemade. After making green dough with a teenager or adult, kids can use cookie cutters, gold coins, or other themed props to create to their heart's content.

Are your kids feeling lucky? Why not play a few rounds of St. Patrick's Day Bingo? You can create your own cards or buy them on Etsy for a few dollars.

For another book-and-craft combo activity, kids can read Green Shamrocks then decorate their own shamrock using cut-up green paint swatches. This activity will help kids practice reading and using their fine motor skills!

That way, you can laugh in the future about how cute and small your kids' hands used to be! If you have multiple kids, each kid can have their own painting, or the painting can be a family rainbow with everyone's hands.

Sensory items can help kids relax. To create a St. Patrick's Day sensory bin like this one, you can incorporate small toys with various textures, peas, and intricate plastic clovers kids can trace. Or, fill it with whatever you have around — Play-Doh, gold coins, or rainbow pipe cleaners would also work.

A classic shamrock sun catcher brightens up any window! Plus, it's so simple even the littlest leprochans can give it a try.