Today we celebrated St. Patrick's Day.
It was so much FUN!
Our gathering activity was a 4 leaf clover maze. We learned the differences between a shamrock and a 4 leaf clover. A shamrock has 3 heart shaped petals. They stand for Faith, Hope, and Love. We discussed how these same qualities are in the scriptures. A 4 leaf clover has 4 petals. They stand for Faith, Hope, Love, and Luck. A 4 leaf clover is not as common as a shamrock.
We had 'Leprechaun Punch' aka lime sherbet and 7up.
Andes mints dotted the table.
After our opening (recite the Faith In God theme and a prayer), we talked about the history of the holiday. We learned that St. Patrick was one of the first people to bring the written word to Ireland in the form of the Bible. Isn't that interesting. We talked about their customs and food and wondered what Activity Day girls might do in Ireland.
Then we played the 'hide-the-gold-coin' game.
We also played 'Lucky' which is a version of Bingo and used rainbow Skittles as our markers. We played until 'blackout' and it was very exciting!
We had hot parmesan and garlic potato wedges to go with our Leprechaun Punch.
We learned that potatoes are a staple food in Ireland.
AND, in-between all of the above, the girls made a St. Paddy's banner to take home and decorate with! (from Simple As That)
Pages from an old book taken out and cut with a V at the bottom, green shamrocks cut out and glued on. They all let their personality come out with the buttons they chose for the shamrock center. We had some all the same, some were in a pattern, and some were all different colors. Then we folded over the top of the page and they stapled it together on some twine.
They worked hard and were very pleased with their creations.
We closed and asked Heavenly Father to bless the people in Japan. The earthquake and tsunami is on everyone's mind.
As the girls left, we sprayed their hair with green hair paint!
It was a great way to end the activity.
