St Patrick"s Day Games for Kids
Planning activities for St.
Patrick's Day should be fun for everybody.
Choose activities that are age appropriate for the age group that you are entertaining- kids won't enjoy games that are too easy or that are too difficult.
Traditional party games are great for children's parties because of how versatile they are, the original game rules are only a guideline and can be altered to fit any occasion and theme.
To make game play more fun for young children you should try and eliminate or minimize the competition.
Children under the age of 9 don't always understand the concept of winning and losing and feelings are sure to get hurt.
St.
Patrick's Day is about being "lucky" so make every child lucky by making them all winners.
If you will offer prizes for your games get creative and make them fit the theme.
For example leprechauns are known for their gold coins so why not buy some chocolate gold coins? To make your prizes double as favors provide a black sack (little bag with pull string), when the party is finished and the kids are departing they will have a great party favor that they will truly appreciate, a lucky sack of gold! Tip: reward each child equally and if some kids have more prizes than others be sure to have extra available so everybody is treated fairly.
Treasure hunt- a treasure hunt is a perfect activity for people of all ages and always lots of fun.
Hide "gold coins" that the leprechaun has hidden that the children must find.
Pot of Gold-this game is a simple modification to the traditional bean bag toss.
Use black buckets or containers to represent the "pot" and yellow bean bags to represent the "gold".
Leprechaun Says- this game is played exactly as Simon says only Leprechaun Says! Choose one child to be the "leprechaun" and call actions for the other players to follow when he says "Leprechaun says", if any players do the actions and "Leprechaun says" wasn't called they are eliminated.
The game is played until there is only one player left.
Pin the Shamrock-instead of pinning the tail on the donkey the players pin the shamrock on the leprechaun where it is supposed to go, you can make your leprechaun from poster board.
Give each child a shamrock with an adhesive on the back.
Blindfold the players one at a time and spin them 3 times and have them pin their shamrock.
The player who is the closest wins.
Irish Hot Potato- to make this classic game with an Irish twist be sure to play some jig music- it will really set the mood! Have the players all sit in a circle and pass the potato around as the music is playing, when the music is stopped the person holding the potato is eliminated.
The game is played until there is only one person remaining.
Patrick's Day should be fun for everybody.
Choose activities that are age appropriate for the age group that you are entertaining- kids won't enjoy games that are too easy or that are too difficult.
Traditional party games are great for children's parties because of how versatile they are, the original game rules are only a guideline and can be altered to fit any occasion and theme.
To make game play more fun for young children you should try and eliminate or minimize the competition.
Children under the age of 9 don't always understand the concept of winning and losing and feelings are sure to get hurt.
St.
Patrick's Day is about being "lucky" so make every child lucky by making them all winners.
If you will offer prizes for your games get creative and make them fit the theme.
For example leprechauns are known for their gold coins so why not buy some chocolate gold coins? To make your prizes double as favors provide a black sack (little bag with pull string), when the party is finished and the kids are departing they will have a great party favor that they will truly appreciate, a lucky sack of gold! Tip: reward each child equally and if some kids have more prizes than others be sure to have extra available so everybody is treated fairly.
Treasure hunt- a treasure hunt is a perfect activity for people of all ages and always lots of fun.
Hide "gold coins" that the leprechaun has hidden that the children must find.
Pot of Gold-this game is a simple modification to the traditional bean bag toss.
Use black buckets or containers to represent the "pot" and yellow bean bags to represent the "gold".
Leprechaun Says- this game is played exactly as Simon says only Leprechaun Says! Choose one child to be the "leprechaun" and call actions for the other players to follow when he says "Leprechaun says", if any players do the actions and "Leprechaun says" wasn't called they are eliminated.
The game is played until there is only one player left.
Pin the Shamrock-instead of pinning the tail on the donkey the players pin the shamrock on the leprechaun where it is supposed to go, you can make your leprechaun from poster board.
Give each child a shamrock with an adhesive on the back.
Blindfold the players one at a time and spin them 3 times and have them pin their shamrock.
The player who is the closest wins.
Irish Hot Potato- to make this classic game with an Irish twist be sure to play some jig music- it will really set the mood! Have the players all sit in a circle and pass the potato around as the music is playing, when the music is stopped the person holding the potato is eliminated.
The game is played until there is only one person remaining.
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