We just finished the most fun St. Patrick’s Day party! We played four games, did a science experiment, and drank green milk. Everybody got in on the fun, even Mom and Dad. Here’s everything we did, so you can throw your own homeschool St. Patrick’s Day party.
What you’ll get from this post
- Four silly games using cereal, straws, popsicle sticks and a head of cabbage
- How to set up each game and how to win
- An easy Skittles rainbow experiment
- How to make green milk
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Chapters
- 0:00 Introduction
- 0:12 Game 1: Feeling Lucky
- 2:10 Game 2: Get Off My Lawn
- 3:45 Game 3: Balance the Rainbow
- 5:01 Game 4: Cabbage Crawl
- 6:59 Skittles experiment
- 7:27 Green milk
Game 1: Feeling Lucky
This one is from Play Party Plan’s St. Patrick’s Day games.
You’ll need: a big bowl of Lucky Charms, spoons, and kids.
Two kids play at a time. Each puts a spoon in their mouth and fishes marshmallows out of the bowl, no hands at all. The goal is to find all eight different marshmallow shapes in Lucky Charms. It gets really crazy and silly.
Our two oldest were neck and neck, then the little boys took a turn, and finally it was time for Mom and Dad to face off.
Game 2: Get Off My Lawn
This one is from Feels Like Home’s St. Patrick’s Day minute to win it games.
- Set a line down the middle of the table. We just used a straw.
- Two kids play at once, and each gets their own straw.
- Put a cup of Fruit Loops on each player’s side of the table.
- They blow their Fruit Loops onto the other person’s “lawn.”
Whoever has the most Fruit Loops on the other person’s side after one minute wins. Fair warning: you might get Fruit Loops on the floor.
Game 3: Balance the Rainbow
Also from Feels Like Home. Each player needs their own thick popsicle stick. Start a one-minute timer, and see how many Fruit Loops they can stack on the stick.
Little kids can just hold the stick. Older kids have to hold it in their mouth, which is where it gets real fun. We saw some very interesting techniques.
Game 4: Cabbage Crawl
You’ll need: a head of cabbage.
Players get on their hands and knees and roll the cabbage from one end of the room to the other with their nose. No hands. Fastest time wins. Our first player did it in 31 seconds, and they were really committed.
Activity sheets we used
We also used some super cute St. Patrick’s Day activity sheets from Creative Fabrica. We’d found Creative Fabrica while looking for graphics for our print-on-demand shop. Their library is massive and includes commercial licensing on all their graphics and fonts. Their All Access subscription includes the teaching resources from their Teachers Club card. Here are my links for a Creative Fabrica free trial with 10 free downloads and the Teachers Club card.
Skittles rainbow experiment
- Arrange Skittles in a circle around the outer edge of a plate.
- Carefully pour warm water into the middle of the plate until the Skittles are half underwater.
- Watch the colors slowly creep toward the middle of the plate, making a rainbow.
It’s really pretty, and the Skittles turn white on the bottom.
Green milk
To finish the party, we made green milk. Add a few drops of green food coloring at a time until you get the color you want. Easy and festive.
Key takeaways
- Lucky Charms, Fruit Loops, straws and popsicle sticks make four games’ worth of fun.
- Most games are one-minute rounds with two players at a time.
- Let parents play too. Our Mom and Dad face-off was a highlight.
- A Skittles rainbow on a plate is an easy, pretty science moment.
- Green milk is the simplest St. Patrick’s Day treat there is.
What viewers say
This video is soooo fun!!! What a cool idea 🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀 The cereal games looked fun! Hopefully you had a vacuum handy lol 😂 Cabbage crawl!! Too fun!! And green milk!!! Yummmm 🙌🍀🍀🍀🍀
@roryandsage on YouTube
SO cute!!!! Love all the sweet games
@GenteelandBard on YouTube
Thanks for the easy and fun ideas!
@emmareads734 on YouTube
Things we mentioned
- Play Party Plan St. Patrick’s Day games: Feeling Lucky
- Feels Like Home St. Patrick’s Day minute to win it games: Get Off My Lawn, Balance the Rainbow and Cabbage Crawl
- Creative Fabrica free trial and Teachers Club card: where our activity sheets came from
- 7 outdoor games for an end of school year party
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FAQ
What are fun St. Patrick’s Day games for families?
We played Feeling Lucky (fishing Lucky Charms marshmallows with a spoon in your mouth), Get Off My Lawn, Balance the Rainbow and Cabbage Crawl.
How do you do the Lucky Charms spoon game?
Two players each hold a spoon in their mouth and fish marshmallows out of a bowl of Lucky Charms, no hands. The goal is to find all eight marshmallow shapes.
How do you do the Skittles rainbow experiment?
Put Skittles in a circle around the edge of a plate, pour warm water in the middle until they’re half covered, and watch the colors spread toward the center.
How do you make green milk?
Add a few drops of green food coloring at a time until you reach the color you want.
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Full transcript
We just finished the most fun St Patrick's Day party right guys yeah we played four fun games we did a science experiment we did some activities and we drank green milk we're gonna share it all with you today the first game we're gonna play today is called Feeling Lucky from playpartyplan.com the first thing you need is a big bowl of Lucky Charms the second thing you need is Foods the third thing you need is kids two kids are gonna play this at a time for parents they're gonna put the spoon in their mouth
And they're going to have to fish out the marshmallows from the bowl not using their hands at all this is gonna get really crazy and silly they have to find all eight of the different marshmallows that are in the Lucky Charms Ready Set Go nice good job well you got three oh good job Maggie Maggie you think guys Maggie's got four Titus has got four oh they're neck and neck okay Maggie just needs one more we need the heart and now it's Theo and Finn's turn oh all right little easier one two three four five six
And it's got seven oh okay good job do each other high five boys and now it's time for Mom and Dad to Face Off the second game we're gonna play is called get off my lawn from feels like homeblog.com first you need to set out a line in the middle of the table we're just using a straw then you're gonna have two kids play this game at the same time each kid needs their own straw and then you're going to put a cup of Fruit Loops onto each person's side of the table they have to blow the Fruit Loops onto the other person's lawn
And whoever has the most fruit loops on the other person's lawn at the end of one minute is the winter on your mark get set go yeah ah the straw immediately flew over okay good five four three two one time's up my friend might have the most this time now it's time for Theo and Titus to Face Off laughs I've got about a warning you can get a messy foot needs their own thick popsicle stick we're gonna start a minute timer and they have to see how many Fruit Loops they can stack onto their popsicle stick
So for little kids you could just let them hold it but for the older kids they have to have it in their mouth this gets real fun are you ready foreign oh look at that that's an interesting technique you got there okay okay okay oh okay okay hahaha we'll get Maggie very poised very focused Gotta Stay realistic five four three two one tightest one way to go buddy the fourth game we're gonna play is called cabbage crawl and it's from playpartyplan.com as well the first thing you need is a head of cabbage what they have to do is get on their hands
And knees and roll this head of cabbage from one end of the room to the other with their nose and whoever gets the fastest time is the winner no hands to be usually we've just qualified Ready Set Go you can use your head yeah all right 31 seconds on the clock you're really committed to that game you okay wow all right let's see how your siblings do let's go have you heard of creative Fabrica yet we were looking for graphics to use in our print on demand shop
And creative fabrica's Content Library is massive and it includes commercial licensing on all of their graphics and fonts they're all access subscription gives you access to over 6 million designs for crafters and designers plus it includes all of the teaching resources that their teachers Club card has like these super cute St Patrick's Day activity sheets that our kids loved use my link below and sign up today for a free trial and receive 10 download credits for your first month now back to the party 31 seconds great job helmet can you help me I'm gonna be able to film after this all right great job everybody
Now we're gonna do a skittles experiment arrange the Skittles in a circle on the outer curve of the plate carefully pour warm water into the middle of the plate so the Skittles are half submerged watch as the color of the skittle slowly starts to creep towards the middle of the plate making an amazing rainbow effect it's really cool really pretty they're turning white on the bottom oh y'all want to make some green milk yeah all right let's do it just add a few drops of green food coloring at a time until you reach your desired color green inside here wow all right was that fun guys yeah we hope that you all have an amazing St Patrick's Day we hope you can play some
Of these games yourselves check out the links below to the websites thank you to the websites for coming up with these amazing games and experiments that we can all try we had a blast so from our family The Johnson Crew to you happy St Patrick's Day thank you