I’m actually glad St. Patricks day is almost here. I don’t really like to “overlap” holidays…don’t they all deserve some special attention? But, it’s been really hard not decorating for Easter or having some Easter fun.
I know many moms out there will be filling their menus with green food on Wednesday, and I’m starting to work on that too……but I didn’t prepare early enough and order my natural food coloring/dyes
We’ve been having some St. Patricks Day fun with free crafts and templates from First – School.
Free Printables!
Leprechaun hat- my daughter is really learning to use her glue stick and it reinforces shapes and sizing too.
Sequences – this is early math. It reminds me of Sesame Street and Bert’s Pigeon Patterns. She had to figure out what went next in the sequence and glue them on.
Of course there are plenty of activities for older preschoolers and just plain holiday coloring pages too!
What fun things do you do with the kids on St. Patricks Day?
I know St. Patty’s Day is far off but I am so grateful to have read this! I never knew about natural food coloring. No, I didn’t crawl out from under a rock this morning or anything I have just been so busy checking what does and doesn’t have the colorings mainly red and yellow that I hadn’t thought maybe someone made natural! Yahoo!
Gladys P
I put some links for recipes and activities here:
http://www.momondealz.com/2010/03/dont-forget-st-patricks-day-freebies.html
One of my readers suggested green eggs and ham, I thought that was cute
Hmm, foods that are green- lime sherbet, pickles and cucumbers!
I found this article from KIWI about the
dangers of artificial dyes
and some suggestions for plant-based food coloring.