Last Updated on July 20, 2025 by Sheryl Cooper
Inside: Toddler and Preschool St. Patrick’s Day Theme Ideas – Activities, printables, and more!
Updated: 7/20/2025
During the first two weeks of March we start adding St. Patrick’s Day ideas to our toddler and preschool classroom. We still have a lot of our rainbow themed activities out as well.
This page shows some ideas that I will be considering when planning our circle times and centers time.
Toddler and Preschool St. Patrick’s Day Theme Ideas
Previous Years’ Classroom Tours:
St. Patrick’s Day Theme (with Rainbows) 2025
St. Patrick’s Day Theme Resources:
Toddler and Preschool St. Patrick’s Day Ideas
Art
- Cardboard Pom Pom Shamrocks
- Spin Art Shamrocks
- Shamrock Fold-Overs
- Shamrock Printable for Art Activities – Freebie!
- Shamrock Painting (Color Mixing)
- Bubble Wrap Printed Shamrocks
- Shamrock Collages
- Green Collage – Tint glue green using a dollop of green tempera paint and provide miscellaneous green pieces to press on top.
Fine Motor
- Shamrock Dot Pages – Either using Dot Markers or Circle Stickers (from our Spring Dot Stamping Sheets Packet)
- Shamrock Lacing – More Suitable for Preschoolers (from our St. Patrick’s Day Packet)
- Shamrock Left-to-Right Pre-Writing (from our St. Patrick’s Day Packet)
Circle Time
- Five Little Leprechauns Jumping on the Bed (from our St. Patrick’s Day Packet)
- Gold Coin Counting (from our St. Patrick’s Day Packet)
- Shamrock Props – Children Hold These While Singing and Reading Books (Freebie)
- Shamrocks 1-10 (Freebie)
- Five Shamrocks (from our Seasonal Songs Packet)
CLICK HERE for St. Patrick’s Day and Rainbow Circle Time Activities!
St. Patrick’s Day Activity
We will follow rainbow colored yarn from our classroom all the way upstairs, where gold coins are hidden. Each child will find 3 coins and place them on a free printable. (Read more about it here.)
Table Activities
- Shamrock Color Matching Cards (from our St. Patrick’s Day Packet)
- Count & Clip Shamrock Counting (from our St. Patrick’s Day Packet)
- Shamrock Color Cards – I Use Matching Pom Poms or Buttons (Freebie)
- Shamrock Shape Puzzle Cards (Freebie)
- Shamrocks 1-10 Cards – for Preschool – You Can Add Small Shamrock Erasers to Place On Top (Freebie)
Writing Table
- St. Patrick’s Day Color/Tracing Sheet (from our St. Patrick’s Day Packet)
- Pot of Gold and Rainbow Color Pages (from our Seasonal Coloring Pages Packet)
Playdough
Literacy
Alphabet Cards – for Preschoolers (Freebie)
Dramatic Play
Colorful Foods (Pretend Food That Are the Colors of the Rainbow and St. Patrick’s Day/Rainbow Accessories)
Blocks
- Green Blocks, Treasure Chests, Gold Coins
- Building Materials That Are the Colors of the Rainbow
Sensory Bin
Green Rice, Gold Coins, Treasure Chests, Scoops, Cups
St. Patrick’s Day and Rainbow Books
Music
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