St. Patrick's Day

Remember to wear green tomorrow, because it will be St. Patrick's Day this Wednesday. Each year St. Patrick's Day is celebrated on the 17th of March. There will be parades in several cities across the US to celebrate the day. If you have kids you might want to build a leprechaun trap to see if you can catch one, or at least have some fun doing some St. Patrick's day crafts together. The history of St. Patrick's Day
This is the celebration of Ireland's most known patron saint, Saint Patrick. Patrick became a bishop after escaping from being a slave. He set out to save both the rich and the poor. He used the shamrock three leaf clover to teach about the holy trinity, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. He died on March, 17 461 and was named as a saint by the Catholic Church.
Wearing green on St. Patrick's Day didn't happen right away, at first the color was centered on Blue. The wearing of a Shamrock became a thing to do on St. Patrick's Day, in honor of his teaching the trinity. Then the clothing turned to wearing green. And today if you don't wear green you just might get pinched. It wasn't until 1903 that Ireland made St. Patrick's Day a national holiday.
Leprechaun's and the Pot of Gold
Leprechaun's come from Irish folklore and are depicted as men that are no taller than a child, in some stories even smaller. They dress in either a green or red jacket and they are very mischievous. In the early stories they had a red jacket but in more modern day stories they wear green. They had red hair most often with a red beard. The leprechauns are known to repair and make shoes. In their free time they like to do practical jokes.
In Dublin, Ireland the National Leprechaun Museum will be opening this month to commemorate these little troublemakers. They will encompass the rainbow with the pot of gold at the end of it.
How do you catch a Leprechaun? With a trap of course. But don't think it will be easy to accomplish. You have to think like a Leprechaun and trick them before they trick you.
Plant a Potato and have Good Luck
The Irish love potatoes, so why not plant a potato on St. Patrick's Day. People claim that it will bring you good luck, but I think you have a better chance of growing a few potatoes that you will be able to enjoy eating later on in the year.
St. Patrick's Day Crafts
You can do a lot of different crafts with the themes of either the shamrock or the rainbow with the pot of gold at the end. You could have your kid build their own leprechaun trap.
Some websites that offer crafting ideas and projects for St. Patrick's Day are:
http://dltk-holidays.com/patrick/craft-index.htm has easy projects to have your young children to complete.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/stpatrick/ has a really neat marrionette puppet of a leprechaun for an older child to do. They also have other projects as well.
http://www.kinderart.com/seasons/stpatricksday.shtml has projects that even adults would enjoy doing. There is cooking projects as well as crafting projects for St. Patrick's Day. They show how to make green eggs and more.