Kids’ Craic: Celebrate: It’s St. Patrick’s Day!
by Dottie Wenger
You don’t have to visit the Emerald Isle in order to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. Here are some fun ways to recognize the holiday wherever you are:
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1. Beat butter, cream cheese and vanilla together.
Literature Highlights
For Younger Kids:
Ten Lucky Leprechauns written by Kathryn Heling and Deborah Hembrook, Illustrated by Jay Johnson.
A rhyming St. Patrick’s Day celebration! Kids count to ten with a bunch of silly leprechauns.
For Older Kids:
Patrick, Patron Saint of Ireland Popular author-illustrator Tomie dePaola tells the life story of Saint Patrick–from his early beginnings, to his Ireland captivity, to his eventual founding of the first Christian church in Ireland.
A Few of the St. Patrick’s Day Events for Kids in Ohio
*Dottie taught kindergarten and second grade for a total of thirty-two years, and now handles marketing and promotions for Yorktown Service Plaza in Parma Heights. She is a baker extraordinaire, and in her spare time enjoys participating in 5K events and going on adventures with the Cleveland Hiking Club in order to offset collateral damage from her baking hobby.
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