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St. Patrick's Day the Toddler Way

Throw an Irish Bash With Your Little One

By Donna Smith

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St. Patrick's Day is a wonderful time to do something special with your child. This year, throw a St. Patrick's Day bash! Here are some suggestions to help you with the green theme. Your toddler will love helping and your older children may even have some ideas of their own.

The Invitations
How many children should you invite? A house full of small children can get out of control if not entertained constantly. Becca Gladden, a party consultant for The Party Shop, suggests to base the number invited on your child's age.

"A good rule-of-thumb is to invite one child for each year of the host child's age, for example, five children for a 5-year-old," says Gladden. "If you have more parent helpers at the party, you can safely invite about four children for each adult. Be sure you have enough adults on hand to keep things under control, or hire a neighborhood teenager as a party helper."

Shamrock Invitations

You'll need:

  • Green construction paper
  • Scissors
  • Crayons or markers

Draw a shamrock shape onto the construction paper. Help you child cut it out, then write all the information about your party on the shamrock.

Instead of mailing the invitations, hand deliver them with your child. "I find hand-delivering the invitations is much more friendly and personal," says Gladden. If you do mail the invitations, drop them in the mailbox at least 10 days to two weeks before the party.

Decorations
What color should you decorate with? Green, of course! Use green streamers, green and white cups, plates and napkins, and green and white balloons. "Cut green shamrocks from construction paper or poster board and glue gold glitter on them," says Gladden. "Hang them all around the room."


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