If you are Irish like me, you know how much of a big deal St. Patrick’s Day really is! It is a day of Celebrating our Irish Roots with our loved ones. Sadly, many may not be able to celebrate as we normally would because of Covid-19. Well, don’t fret lads and lassies, because I am here to help! I will share a few pandemic friendly ways to celebrate St. Patty’s Day.

St Patrick’s Day Charades: This activity is great because it can be done with family, a small group of people, or even over zoom or google meet! It is pretty simple but tons of fun. You will play charades against friends and family. I recommend splitting up into two teams because with too many teams it gets confusing, but you can do whatever you would like. One person from the team will act out the clues to the rest of the team to see how many they can correctly guess in rounds each 1 minute long. After you are out of clues see what team has the most correct guesses, and you have a winner!

St. Patty’s Day themed charade clues:

• Leprechaun
• Pot of Gold
• Rainbow
• River Dance
• Bagpipes
• Shamrock
• Green Parade
• Kiss Me I am Irish
• Lucky Four Leaf Clover
• March 17th
• Ireland
• Pinch
• Horse shoe
• Lucky Charm
• Top of the mornin’ to ya
• Harp
• Irish Corned Beef
• Fairy
• Flag
• March
• Luck of the Irish
• Good Luck
• Lucky Penny
• Gold
• Buckle
• Magic
• Irish Jig
• End Of The Rainbow
• St. Patrick

St Patrick’s Day Zoom Scavenger Hunt: A great way to have fun with friends and family virtually is this St. Patty’s Day Scavenger Hunt! Get everyone ready with a list of things they need to bring back to the zoom in 3 minutes. Whoever comes back with the most items on the list wins! The objects can be anything from around your house. Here are some things that they will need to find:

• Something Green
• Something Gold
• A Penny
• A Shamrock
• Something With Rainbows
• A Potato
• A Calendar With March 17th
• Lucky Charms Cereal
• Black Shoes
• Striped Socks
• A Hat
• Anything Irish

BONUS ITEMS:

• Irish Flag
• Four Leaf Clover
• Corned Beef
• Something Made In Ireland
• Make Your Very Own Shamrock Shake:

A Shamrock Shake that is fun to make and that also tastes amazing will be a great thing to do with family this St. Patty’s Day. McDonald’s famous shamrock shake is a special drink put on the menu for St. Patrick’s Day, but have you ever tried to make one? Well below you can find a McDonalds copycat Shamrock Shake recipe at Delish.Com! Feel free to add anything you would like, top the shake with chocolate syrup, lucky charms, marshmallows, or anything you would like and enjoy this festive St. Patty’s Day Treat! https://www.delish.com/cooking/recipe-ideas/a46050/copycat-mcdonalds-shamrock-shake-recipe/

I hope you enjoy your St. Patrick’s day with your loved ones while still staying safe. It has been tough to enjoy the things we love, but for now we can still stay connected even during a pandemic! So even though celebrating St. Patty’s Day might not be the exact same as years past, we can still celebrate our Irish roots with family and friends. So, I wish you a very very Happy St. Patrick’s Day!!