I pride myself on trying to be a fun person.  That doesn’t mean that I’m fun all the time mind you.  You catch me from Halloween to Christmas and I will be on my “A” game, but when it comes to the other holidays, I struggle.  I was trying to decide what the equivalent of a  Christmas  ” bah humbug”  would be for St. Patrick’s Day.  I came up with a ” Crabby Paddy”. (Any Sponge Bob fans out there)?  Maybe when you look at this blog you think I’m being too hard on myself. Maybe you imagine I just run around doing festive things for my children from dawn till dusk.   Nope.  As you read, please remember this:  There are two sisters creating this blog.   ONE of us is a little more into the kid “hoopla”. ( Rhymes with:  “It’s her”).  Anyway…this post is to bring hope to the hopeless.  You don’t have to own a Cricket or a Silhouette.  You don’t have to have printables with cute St. Patrick’s Day themes, or spend a lot of money to be “fun”.  Most kids don’t care how much effort you put into something, they’re just happy when you do.

If you own a shamrock cookie cutter, here are some quick and easy St. Patrick’s day ideas. If  you don’t own one, get one. (unless you can freehand it).  Bahahaha.

• Brownie shamrocks (Make the mix in a jelly roll pan instead of a 9×13 so they are thinner).* Eat extra pieces.
• Rice Krispie shamrocks (Same as above.  Thinner is easier). Eat extra pieces.
• Pancakes with green food coloring added to the mix.  Make pancakes and cut them with the cutter.* Eat extra pieces
• Cut their sandwich with the cutter for lunch.*Eat extra pieces
• Use the cutter to trace a shamrock on paper for backpack for a note in a backpack. * Don’t eat extra pieces.

The possibilities are endless.  Remember you can keep it simple and be “fun”.  Oh, and if you happen to run into a lady with a shamrock painted on her face on the 17th, make sure to say, “Hi!”….Cuz it might be me!