Last Minute St. Patrick's Day Ideas

Did you procrastinate because of the beautiful weather and have nothing

ready for a St. Patrick's Day meal?

Here are some quick suggestions:

{White Chocolate Dipped Oreos}

{Green Fruit Kabobs}

{Shamrock Chips}

{Shamrock Shakes}

{Shamrock Floats}

What's on your menu today??

 

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Shamrock Floats

As I've mentioned before, St. Patrick's Day ranks up there next to Christmas for my hubby,

so I try to think of fun "green" food for the holiday.

When I made these ice cream floats for Valentine's Day, I knew from their

success that a St. Patrick's Day version would be in the future!  So here it is...

You will need:

green sherbet

ginger ale

whipped topping

sprinkles

mint jelly candy

St. Patrick's Day free printables

Take your green mint candy and smush it between wax paper with a rolling pin.

(I also used my fingers!)

Cut out your hearts with kitchen shears to form a shamrock.

Because ginger ale is on the yellow side, I decided to add blue food coloring

first to get to the color green.  I then added yellow until I got my desired color.

Add a little whipped cream, some sprinkles and your shamrock and you've

 got an easy St. Patrick's Day treat!

If you are looking for other St. Patrick's Day ideas, check out my Pinterest Board!

Oh....and you'll have to look at your shamrock really quickly because 

it will sink to the bottom before you know it!

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St. Patrick's Day Ideas

For some, St. Patrick's Day is know as one of those "lesser" holidays...

celebrated by some and ignored by others.

Growing up....my family basically ignored it and then, I met my husband!

St. Patrick's Day ranks right there behind Christmas in his mind!

I'll never forget our first married St. Patrick's Day....I had never before

set my eyes on corned beef or Irish potatoes!

Let's just say that it was the LAST time I ate corned beef!!

Here's some Pinterest Inspiration to get you inspired for St. Patrick's Day this year!

{Key-lime Shamrock Cake}

{Shamrock Cakeballs}

{Rainbow Pudding}

{Minty Milkshakes}

{Printables}

{Party Favor with free printable}

{Treat bag with printable}

{Party Printables}

{Preschool Activity Kit}

{Lucky Bingo}

{Math games and more}

{Paper roll shamrocks}

{Crocheted Shamrock}

{Rag Wreath}


So glad that there's a lot more to this holiday than corned beef!

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Ice Cream Floats

Our Valentine's Day was a great success...

I have no idea how Bloggers post their holiday pictures before the actual holiday...

Do they stage the holiday a month before??? Post last year's pictures??

Tell me...how do you all do it??

I'm lucky to get pictures loaded on the computer, edited and in a post 2 days after the holiday!

I wanted to share these ice cream floats that we made because I think that they would be 

WONDERFUL for St. Patrick's Day with just a little bit 'o tweaking!

I waited until....oh, Valentine's DAY to actually prepare.......it's been a busy month!

As I was driving to the Goodwill, I was just asking God..."Could there please be something

that resembles ice cream float cups at the Goodwill??"
I had seen THIS idea and wanted to try it!

Now there was a reason that I wanted to make this day "extra special!"  We had

our dear friends and neighbors with us...well, 2 of their kids.

The rest of the family spent the night at the hospital...again....the 2nd time in a week...

the kids were worried about little sister and I wanted to make the keep their minds

off of missing Mom and Dad...so I prayed!

And God answered my prayer!!

There were 10 ice cream float cups on the top shelf at the Goodwill!!!

I really felt that was a blessing from God that day!

We decorated our floats with pink....but I can also see green shamrocks, 

green sherbet, Ginger Ale and green sprinkles working for St. Patrick's Day!!

We added the sherbet, poured Cranberry Ginger Ale over them, added

whipped cream and Valentine heart sprinkles....

The best part.......the smiles!

Hope you all had a "love"ly day, too!

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Blog Swap.....St. Patrick's Day Ideas

{St. Patrick's Day Stackers}

Hi, I'm Kathy from Dandelions and Dust Bunnies.  I'm the mother of two boys that keep me hopping and are always on the go.


I also have a wonderful husband that tolerates all my projects and messes that are always ongoing. (This picture is a little outdated, but you get the idea.)


When I'm not at home with my boys, I work part time as a legal assistant. I also love to do crafts and other projects around the house - thus the beginning of my blog. I love to share crafts, thrift store find makeovers, recipes, organization and decor projects.


Many of you have probably seen those adorable vinyl stackers for various holidays. So today I'm going to share my St. Patrick's Day stackers I made. Start off with a 2x2. I cut mine into 4, 6, 8 and 10 inch pieces.







I painted mine black with some craft paint and then sanded down the edges.





I ordered some vinyl from Utah Vinyl and then attached it to some scrapbook paper.





used Mod Podge to attach it to the wood and then added another coat over the top.





Now you have some adorable St. Patrick's Day Decor. The possibilities are endless.

Thanks Nikki for letting me visit today.

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Thanks so much for sharing, Kathy!  Here are some of her other amazing St. Patrick's Day crafts!

{Shamrock Specimen Art}

{St. Patty's Day Frame}

{"Recycled" St. Patrick's Day Sign}

Kathy does fun and easy crafts over at her blog Dandelions and Dustbunnies......if you have a chance go take a look.  She also shows us how to display the crafts that she makes!!

Alot of Kathy's crafts include vinyl from Jill at Utah Vinyl......next week, I will have my FIRST GIVEAWAY and it will be some of Jill's vinyl!  Keep watching!

Update:  If you'd like to purchase the vinyl for the St. Patrick's Day Stackers, it's only $5.00 plus shipping.  You can contact Jill to order HERE.

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