With Tinker’s birthday coming up we’re not quite ready to pull out our St. Patrick’s Day activities yet, but I did find a couple things tucked away from last year’s fun that I thought you would enjoy. Today I’m sharing our St. Patrick’s Day play dough. It’s full of rainbows and gold for your little ones to enjoy.
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To make our play dough we used the no cook play dough recipe from The Homemade Play Dough Recipe Book. We added green icing colors and green glitter to give it a festive touch.
To create the invitation to play set the play dough out with:
- Glass gems with green and gold tones
- Pony beads in a rainbow of colors
- Pom poms in a rainbow of colors
- Gold coins
All of the kids played with the play dough. Lovey especially enjoyed making rainbows with the pom poms and pony beads. Big Buddy preferred making big piles of gold.
Are you starting any St. Patrick’s Day activity yet? What do your kids enjoy most?
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More St. Patrick’s Day Fun
Looking for more ideas? Try some of these fun St. Patrick’s Day activities from our archives.
And don’t forget to read some great books for St. Patrick’s Day too!
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Michelle
Where did you get the great trays at?
Shaunna
Hi Michelle,
Our specific divided trays are from the seasonal housewares section at Walmart. They are “technically” fruit and veggie trays. You’ll often find a selection at Dollar Tree as well. However, over the years I’ve seen many other stores carry them in their housewares sections. If you are outside of the US, then you might try looking for vegetable trays in the housewares or dishware section of your local stores.
Thanks for reading!
Deb @ Living Montessori Now
This is such a fabulous activity, Shaunna … so inviting! I loved featuring your post and photo in my St. Patrick’s Day Playdough Activities roundup. 🙂
Natalie F
I love this colorful tray. Thanks for sharing with After school!
Laurie
I would have never thought to add those sensory items to use with play dough. My kids would have so much fun with that. Thanks for the suggestion. 🙂
Kelly
I love this tray. So pretty!
Renae
Beautiful sensory bin. I have my eye on those green coins as well. We already have the gold ones, so the green ones are a must at this point. Great post.
Renae