7 free St. Patrick’s Day printables that will give luck o’ the Irish to kids everywhere
To help your kids celebrate St. Patrick’s Day this year, you could bake pans and pans of soda bread, or painstakingly place leprechaun prints around the house…or you could download some free St. Patrick’s Day printables to add to lunch boxes or have...
9 fun and easy rainbow crafts to brighten up your St. Patrick’s Day
We’re willing ourselves out of this snowstorm to focus on sunshine and pots of gold at the end of rainbows on St. Patrick’s Day. I searched through our favorite craft and blogger sites to find the most fun and easy rainbow crafts for kids, most of which...
Beer cocktails that make the weekend go down easier.
If you want to amp up your March Madness schedule this week, or you happen to be combining a watching party with a St. Patrick’s Day celebration, may we suggest some beer cocktails? (No coincidence they’re both the same week, say beer and basketball fans...
A lucky charm we love for St. Patrick’s Day and beyond.
You know what they say: If you’re lucky enough to be Irish, then you’re lucky enough. Yet on St. Patrick’s Day, we couldn’t resist posting about his adorable little wishbone lucky charm from one of our favorite indie jewelry companies, Julian...
Web coolness: St Patrick’s Day treats, an interesting reaction to Zootopia, the awesome thing 50 celebs are doing for kids.
Here are a few of our favorite links around the web this week. We hope you like them too. Naturally-colored Matcha tea shortbread cookies for St Patrick’s Day. Even more dye-free St Patrick’s day recipe for the kids at Cool Mom Eats. Fun! How to make...
Irish rock band t-shirts: Cool on kids every day of the year
While a ton of kids and babies are going to end up with “Kiss me I’m Irish” shirts today, we thought we’d take a slightly different tack and track down some cool kids’ t-shirts featuring some of our favorite Irish rock bands. Because St....
6 easy St. Patrick’s Day crafts for kids that look pretty darn cute.
As we all know, everyone is Irish on St. Patrick’s Day, so even my family dons the green and plays some jigs on March 17th. And though we don’t go crazy decorating our house with shamrocks or setting up leprechaun traps, there are plenty of easy,...
4 Lucky Charms dessert recipes for St Patrick’s Day that are all about those marshmallows
I will not get into the ingredient list on Lucky Charms cereal because, well. Yeah. But, hey, no judgments. I’m not one of those no-sugar-ever-moms. And once in a while, for a special occasion like, say, St. Patrick’s Day, I can totally see how putting...
7 easy school lunch ideas for St. Patrick’s Day from rainbow fruit to leprechaun sandwiches. (Contains no actual leprechauns.)
St. Patrick’s Day falls on a weekday this year which means it’s time to get festive with your kid’s bento box. (How’s that for a super specific column for you? St. Patrick’s Day Bento Lunches.) Don’t worry: You don’t need a PhD in crafts—or even the...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz!
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