For St. Patrick's day this year we threw a little party for 10 little leprechauns! It was filled with pizza and green sides. (green grapes, green skittles, green chips, green kiwi's, green pickles, green drink (Sprite with lime sherbet. Sorry, no green beer served here!) and sugar cookies with green frosting and green M&M's to decorate!) They feasted only after they received their Irish tats and green beads upon arrival. Then the party was filled with fun Irish themed games. We played classics like hot potato...with an actual potato of course! And there was the chocolate coin toss. Seth also showed them a demo of how to dance an Irish jig (Riverdance) and then tied green balloons to their feet and they had to stomp and dance the jig as they tried to pop each other's balloons... it was great to watch! Then there was the treasure hunt-- as they solved the riddles to get from clue to clue to find the leprechaun's pot of gold (which was gold candies like butterscotch's, PB cups, Rollos, chocolate gold coins, etc). Lastly, they had a classic game of green balloon volleyball. :) I sent them home with baggies full of the "treasure" they found, and a cute little 99 cent scholastic reader book about Leprechauns. The kids seemed to love the games and wanted to play each game multiple times. It took a full 2 hours to get through it all. Connor loved the party and the other kids (with the exception of one screaming, tantrum throwing child) seemed to really enjoy the party, too! Connor thanked me repeatedly after the party was over and kept saying how much fun he had. I was very pleased. :)
3 comments:
No fair! How come you cannot live by me! I wish somebody appreciated this holiday a bit more around here. How cute! Your kids are quite lucky - must be the irish in them! :)
You are such a cool mom! I'm totally stealing those party ideas and storing them away somewhere deep in my memory, so that hopefully, a year from now, I will be able to throw an awesome party like you!
ps. If you want a recipe for a healthy, but still delicious, green drink we've got a great one we make on St. P's day.
I think Connor could be an Irish poster child. That picture is awsome! That cake is pretty amazing too! I do miss the McKeehan St. Patricks festivities.
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