St Patrick’s Day Toddler Activities you don’t want to miss!

If you’re looking for St Patrick’s Day Toddler Activities that your toddler will love and are easy to recreate, then you are in the right spot! St. Patrick’s Day is such a fun holiday to plan activities for because you get to use leprechauns, rainbows, and our favorite…TREASURE!

St Patrick’s Day Toddler Activities

Image shows St Patrick's Day sensory activities for toddlers. A sensory bin is shown with rainbow rice, 3 black leprechaun pots, some coins and pom poms are scattered, and cards with the numbers 1, 2, and 3 are shown. — If you have a toddler, let me walk you thru how to create beautiful st patricks day sensory activities and activities you can do with this bin!

If you’re still a little unsure about sensory bins, be sure to check out these common fears and ways you can tackle them… because sensory play is SOOOO beneficial for your toddler! Try this treasure hunting and counting sensory bin and these st patrick’s day toddler activities with your toddler at home!

How to recreate this St. Patrick’s Day sensory bin!

Sensory Bin Supplies:

Rainbow Rice (Get the recipe for free here along with other sensory play recipes!)

Pots – Dollar Tree

Gold Coins – Dollar Tree

Yellow and Orange Pom Poms – Dollar Tree

Scoop – I used a recycled formula scoop! Measuring cups work great as well. These are my FAVORITE scoops for toddler hands!

Counting Cards – My TPT Shop

Steps to recreate:

1 Create rainbow rice (I have the recipe for rainbow rice in this free sensory play recipe book. Don’t worry, it’s easy to make!)

2 Add the rainbow rice to your bin. (We use these Ikea Trofast bins along with our Ikea Flisat Table… but truly, any bin will do! We’ve used sterlite bins, shoe boxes, and Amazon boxes in the past!)

3 Add in your pots, coins, and pom poms.

4 Introduce the bin to your toddler! I find that it’s best to let your toddler free explore the bin first before trying a more focused activity. This tends to help them focus better when it comes time for an activity!

Skills to work on with this bin:

1 Counting & Number Recognition:

Have your toddler read the number on the card then count to put the correct number of coins into the pot of gold! This will help your toddler further develop their one-to-one correspondence, and develop the idea that we stop when we get to the desired number! These St Patrick’s Day toddler activities are a great way to practice counting with your toddler while having fun playing!

2 Prepositions:

There is no need to formally teach your toddler prepositions. Introduce them thru play and watch your toddler learn! You could say things like “Do you see the coin UNDER the pot?” or “Look BESIDE the scoop to find another coin!”.

3 Fine Motor:

Let your toddler scoop the rice and pour it into the pots. This is a great time for them to explore how to accurately scoop and pour. I love watching toddlers become experts thru experimentation! You will be amazed at how quickly they learn to accurately pour!

4 Color Sorting:

Show your toddler a yellow pom pom and place it in a pot. Then show your toddler an orange pom pom and place it in a pot. Have your toddler name the colors and sort them to the correct pot! If your toddler is just not getting it, don’t worry! Another activity I like to do is have my toddler match. So I would show her a yellow pom pom and have her find another yellow pom pom to match it.