The Internet offers lots of free coloring pages and other no-cost activities to print for St. Patrick’s Day parties or month of March events. Young children will enjoy using computer-printed pages to make St. Paddy’s Day party invitations, Irish themed party favors, fun games, prizes, and party decorations using easy and free designs to spark ideas.
Young children will enjoy using computer-printed pages to make St. Paddy's party invitations, Irish themed gifts, party favors, fun games and party decorations using easy and free designs to spark ideas.
Once printed, fun and unique Irish - Celtic colorful designs may be used as-is, or outline drawn pages may be colored with Crayons, colored pencils, paint or markers, or even glitzed-up with sparkling sequins, rhinestones, and glitter. Arts and crafts created can be used to spruce up a party for kids.
How to Make St. Patrick’s Day Invitations Using Free Prints
- For one-of-a kind invitations to a St. Patrick’s Day or Irish theme party for children, nothing is cuter than invites made by the kids themselves. For a helpful start, invitations may be created with free printable online designs.
- DLTK-Holidays website online has a very impressive custom invitation and greeting card application that is free and easy for adults or children to use online. One can customize printables by kind (invites, birthday cards, money-holder cards, thank you notes and more). Steps are simple to follow to choose the theme, format (b&w or color), front image, title wording, and then the inside wording. One is able to choose the font, size, color and alignment of the message in each card or invitation. This super feature has helpful tips and areas to see previews all along the way. Very impressive, indeed!
Free Printable St. Patrick’s Day Fun and Party Activities for Kids
One can find no-cost March St. Patrick’s Day pages to print at DLTK's Growing Together printables website. Some of those available to print for free include:
- St. Patrick’s Day coloring pages (or posters) - These include cute drawings of shamrocks, rainbows with pots of gold, happy leprechauns and other designs kids will enjoy. Many of the Irish designs are available with the choice of printing as black and white line art or in full color.
- Free printable crafts for St. Patrick’s Day – These are more complex printable pages to color, print, cut and/or glue to make St. Patrick’s Day party decorations. These include a kids’ paper bag leprechaun puppet, rainbow crafts, paper pots of gold, a toilet paper roll leprechaun craft and more. According to the site, ‘You can add a "Wee Bit O' Irish" to everyone from Raichu to Scooby Doo using these templates. They'll work on any of the Favorite Friends or Animal tp roll crafts.’
- Games to print – These fun games are educational and charming. Look for St. Patrick’s Day shamrock bingo, dominoes, memory cards, word games, and cutout puzzles. These are great fun for parties! Games are available to print pre-colored or making games can be a party activity (and favor to take home)
- Other goodies to print on DLTK include awards, spinning pinwheels, and party treat bags.
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With free fun holiday activities like these online, kids of all ages will have many ways to share blarney (lots of talk), good luck, and friendship on and around the St. Patrick’s Day holiday.
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