Lucky Penny Shamrocks for Meals on Wheels

This was a really easy project. I bought some glitter shamrocks at Micheal's last week.

Then I simply hot glued a penny onto the front of the glitter shamrock. I put the shamrock lucky pennies into little cellophane bags.

I used these gold-lined labels to write "Happy SaintPatrick's Day - Here is a Lucky Penny."

Have a blessed Ash Wednesday.

Packaging the Little Leprechauns

I packaged the little leprechauns in cellophane bags with some green Easter grass.

Then I stapled a piece of green scrapbook paper over the cellophane bag and put a sticker on the scrapbook paper.

I hand wrote the labels while I was watching TV.

I packaged over 50 of these little leprechauns. I hope the Meals on Wheels recipients like these little leprechauns.

I am Lucky to Have You in My Class

I substitute teach Religion classes 1st through 5th grade. Lately I have been teaching the same 5th grade every week. I no longer need to use the name tags I know everyone's name and the kids in the class are really smart . This week we were going over the Ten Commandments and Monsignor John came into our class. You could have heard a pin drop! He asked the class some questions and no one raised their hand. It was so embarrassing. However, we got through it! And the kids all got a little treat because they are such a great class! Plus, I get it - no one wants to say the wrong answer in front of Monsignor John.

I simply put some Lucky Charm cereal into cellophane bags and found a free pre made tag that I printed out and stapled the tag to top of the bag. I found the tags on teachingblogaddict and she has many freebie tags that you can print out for your classroom.

Packaging the Shamrock Pins

After I made the Shamrock pins for Meals on Wheels - I had to individually package them.

I found some clear 4 x 6 inch clear bags in my craft closet. Then I routed around and found some green paper and rainbow scrapbook paper. I cut the scrapbook paper to fit the clear bag.

I downloaded some free St. Patrick's Day  printable labels  (from Google and Pinterest) and added them to the top  of the scrapbook paper with some double stick tape.

The pin fit perfectly at the bottom of the clear bag. And I was able to write a note on the back of the scrapbook paper.

These little Shamrock pins would be fun to make for a classroom, club or sports team.

Pipe Cleaner Shamrock Pins

I made some Shamrock pins out of pipe cleaners.

For this project you will need:

Green pipe cleaners

Clear pony beads

Scissors

Glue gun

Small bar pins

I bought the pipe cleaners and pony beads at Hobby Lobby. I  need to make 50 of these pins for a Meals on Wheels monthly project. The Meals on Wheels that I deliver the monthly treats is 20 - 25 minutes from my home so I am going to try to deliver two months at a time.

These are so simple to make - I will try to give you some good directions.

Put the pony bead in the middle of the pipe cleaner.

Thread the right side of the pipe cleaner back through the pony bead.

Now thread the left side of the pipe cleaner throughout the pony bead.

Now thread the long end through the pony bead - making the third loop.

Cut the stem so that the shamrock is in proportion.

Heat up the glue gun and put a dot of hot glue on the pony bead and press the bar pin on  to the hot glue.

You can make these very small to glue on bobby pins or larger to glue on a headband.

I am going to package these creatively and I will post the packaging pictures in a few days. Meanwhile grab some pipe cleaners and pony beads and start making your shamrocks!

Homemade Shamrock Shake

My son loves the McDonald's Shamrock Shakes! I happened to notice a lot of homemade Shamrock Shake recipes on Pinterest and decided to try out the recipes at home. The last time he was sick - he had no appetite. But the once he started feeling a little better - the first thing he wanted a Shamrock Shake.

You only need a few ingredients and a blender to make a Shamrock Shake at home.

Ingredients:

4 cups of good quality Vanilla ice cream

1 3/4 cup milk

1/2 tablespoon of mint extract

2 drops of green food coloring

whipped cream

green sprinkles (optional)

maraschino cherry

Directions:

In a blender add the ice cream, milk, mint extract and green food coloring. Blend until it is the same lovely mint color as the McDonald's Shamrock Shake.

Have a little taste - do you need to add a little more mint extract? Is it a little runny? Add a little more ice cream. P.S. I have a Breville blender and I LOVE it!

This recipe filled three huge glasses. I gave each a dollop of whipped cream and a few sprinkles. I am the only one who likes cherries.

These were so easy to make. My husband liked it better then the McDonald's shake. But Christian said I used too much mint - next time he wants me to use less mint extract. You can't please everyone!

My tradition whenever I post a St. Patrick's day craft or recipe is to end with an Irish Blessing.

May your Blessings outnumber the Shamrocks that grow. And may Trouble avoid you wherever you go.

Shamrock Sugar Cookies

I made these cookies for our 6th grade Bible study class. They are to be a reminder of the Holy Trinity. Or you can just make them to celebrate St. Patrick's Day!

First make your favorite sugar cookie recipe and cut out the cookies with a shamrock cookie cutter. Yesterday I saw some shamrock cookie cutters at Michael's for one dollar. But the St. Patrick's Day items are on sale for 40% off this week at Michael's. So the cookie cutter is only .60 cents!

Once your sugar cookie shamrocks have cooled you can start the decorating process. I melted some white chocolate and spread it over each shamrock and sprinkled with green sugar.

Once everything was dry I packaged them in cellophane bags and tied them with shamrock ribbon - which I also picked up at Michael's for 40% off.

This is an easy way to pass out cookies for a classroom or sports team. Guess what? My baseball team snack day is Saturday, March 17th! Yes, I got the St. Patrick's Day snack! I will be making something super fun for the boys!

May the Irish hills caress you. May her lakes and rivers bless you. May the luck of the Irish enfold you. May the blessings of Saint Patrick behold you.  - Irish Blessing

Shamrock Headband

Noelle and I made shamrock headbands for her to give to friends. I wore one today to Christian's class.

So easy - as you have seen in my other posts. Quick tip: I started using a glue gun - which really wasn't holding that well so I went back to using Super Glue.