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St. Patrick's Day Party Ideas
By Colleen Moulding
Ideas for invitations, decorations, dress, food, drinks, music and games to make sure that your guests have a great time.
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St. Patrick's Day Party Ideas
by Colleen Moulding
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St. Patrick's Day is a great excuse for a party. Here are a few ideas
to make sure everyone has a great time.
Invitations
Shamrocks, rainbows, Irish flags and pots of gold are all possible
shapes forthe invitations. Make a template then just draw around it
and cut invitations out of thin card. Decorate with leprachauns,
lucky horse shoes, four leaf clovers etc. and write on them with
green ink. Or make some on your computer and just print
them off.
Decorations
Party shops will have lots to choose from, green balloons,
bunting, banners, wall signs or of course you can make your own.
Cut triangles from green and orange paper or fabric and string
together for bunting. Tie green ribbons on all your door and
cupboard knobs. Set a shamrock on the table in a pretty green pot,
and scatter around some gold chocolate coins. Gather any green
items from around the house and use them all in one room to make
a green statement, this could be a cushion, a throw,
glass vases, a lamp - together they will have more impact.
Put out green soap and towels in the bathroom. Find green
or gold candles, and make sure that you have a "Blarney Stone" for
your guests to kiss on the way in.
Dress
Everyone must wear at least one green item of course!
Shamrock shaped head boppers are fun for the kids, as are
green eye masks, green face paint, green wigs (all available from
party supplies shops on and offline. Also consider green ribbons tied
at wrists and in hair, badges that declare "I speak fluent Blarney"
And don't forget the "Kiss Me I'm Irish" felt hat!
Food
Use our St. Patrick's Day page at
http://www.allthatwomenwant.com/stpatrick.htm
to find recipes for traditional Irish dishes such as Colcannon,
Boxty, Irish Stew, Irish soda bread and lots more. You can also
have fun with food colouring, turning foods like mashed potato,
milk shakes, scrambled eggs or fairy cakes bright green. Another
option is that every dish has something green in it. Broccoli, kiwi fruit,
mint, gooseberries, salad, cress, peas, mint ice cream, green sweets
etc. Or if you have really fussy eaters just make lots of baked potatoes
and have a selection of fillings for them
to choose from.
Drink
Guinness of course! You can also use a drop of food colouring to
make lemonade green for the kids, or beer or white wine green for
the adults. End the evening with Irish Coffee.
Music
Traditional Irish folk songs, Celtic harp music, choose whatever suits
the mood want for your party. Print out the lyrics to Irish songs that
most people know the tune to, like The Irish Rover or Danny Boy
and lead the singing. Or bring it bang up to date with Westlife,
The Pogues, The Corrs, Enya and U2.
Games
Pin the pot of gold on the end of the rainbow.
Make a big rainbow out of thick paper or thin card, the children
will love to help with this. Make a black pot filled with gold or
yellow coloured coins. Blindfold each child in turn and get them
to pin the pot to the end of the rainbow. Closest to the right
spot wins. Use blue tack if you feel it is safer than a pin for
little ones.
Musical shamrocks.
Cut out large shamrock shapes from green paper or card.
Tape or tack them to the floor. Before you start the music
everyone stands on a shamrock. When the music is playing
everyone dances around the room, you remove one shamrock
and the person who can't find one to stand on when the music
stops is out. Repeat until there is only one shamrock left and
the winner is the first person to claim it when the music stops.
A treasure hunt for "lucky"; lottery tickets can be fun, just hide
them around the house, or do the same with gold wrapped
chocolate coins. You could arrange an Irish quiz where everyone
in turn has to name something Irish, or alternatively
something green, until everyone but one is out, or organise a limerick
writing competition, the verses to be read out loud in their best
Irish accent!
Have fun and don't forget your camera!
Colleen Moulding
Copyright 2006
About the Author
Colleen Moulding is owner/editor of the All That Women Want web sites. She would love you to visit http://www.allthatwomenwant.co.uk or http://www.allthatwomenwant.com. She also publishes the popular All That Women Want monthly free monthly ezine for women which you can join by sending a blank email to allthatwomenwant-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
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