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DLTK's Holiday Activities for Kids
Saint Patrick's Day Poems

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By Killarney's Lakes and Fells   by Edmund O'Rourke

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Five Green Shamrocks Poem   with felt board printouts

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Lake Isle of Innisfree   by William Butler Yeats

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Leprechaun Stew Poem   action poem

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Limericks

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Oh, Did you Ne'er Hear of the Blarney   by Samuel Lover

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Saint Patrick was a Gentleman   by Henry Bennet

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The Shamrock Poem   by Andrew Cherry  

Saint Patrick's Day Songs

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He Lived Under a Rainbow  (tune of B-I-N-G-O)

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I'm a Little Leprechaun  (tune of I'm a Little Teapot)

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I'm a Little Shamrock  (tune of I'm a Little Teapot) 

Saint Patrick's Day Game

bulletModify Doggy Doggy where's your bone to be Leprechaun, Leprechaun where's your shamrock
  
bulletOne child is the leprechaun -- sits in the middle of the circle with eyes closed
  
bulletOne of the children in the circle hides the shamrock behind their back - I always have an adult distribute the shamrock so all the kids get a turn.
  
bulletCircle children say:  "Leprechaun, Leprechaun where's your shamrock?  Somebody has it in their Pocket!  Guess who?  Maybe you?  Maybe a monkey from the zoo!  Come on Leprechaun find your shamrock."
  
bulletLeprechaun opens eyes and has 3 guesses as to who has the shamrock.
  
bulletChild with the shamrock becomes the next leprechaun.