Did you know St. Patrick the patron saint of Ireland is famous for driving all the snakes from Ireland while preaching to the people of Ireland about Christianity?

Most people in the US synonymize St. Patrick’s Day with green colored clothing, pots of gold and stories of leprechauns, Wait the day isn’t limited to this. The day is celebrated as a remembrance of the patron saint of Ireland, who died on March 17^th in the year 416AD.It, is also a worldwide celebration of Irish culture and history. People of Irish heritage (and even those who aren’t) in the United States love to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.

Everyone is Irish on St. Patrick’s Day! What do you plan to do on this day? I would suggest plan activities with your kids and communities to enjoy the day and honor this festive holiday.

To start with the family can Dress according to the occasion or even better make a Shamrock T-Shirts together. Show your festive nature this St. Patrick’s Day or just bring yourself some good luck by dressing all in green.

Food always makes everyone happy so go ahead and add to the joy by making some traditional Irish inspired recipes, It could be some Irish soda bread, Roasted Cabbage and Apples or Roasted  Potatoes and bacon. Whatever you cook do not forget to add the scrumptious oatmeal Lace Cookies to your menu.

To make the day memorable try out your hand at crafting Kissed Blarney Stone, Blocks, Hand-print rainbows and off course Chips. You will find plenty blogs online that will guide you how to craft them.

Plan to relax a little on this day watch a movie Kaboose movie experts Jane Louise Boursaw and Bethany Porter have chosen their top choices for movies (like The Gnome-Mobile, seen above) that make the cut for the best flicks to watch this St. Patrick’s Day.

Last make use of technology try out some fun online games and coloring pages which are about St. -Patrick’s Day and do play some quizzes to increase IQ of your kids and maybe even yours 🙂

Share with us any activities that you have lined up for this day.