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St. Patrick's Day Fun!
by Patty Dost

St. Patrick's Day is just around the corner and I thought it would be fun to share what my son's old babysitter used to do so that she and the kids could have fun.

Early in the morning, she would get up and sprinkle green glitter on the sidewalk leading into her home. She would then put little bits of glitter around the house and tell the kids that a special St. Patrick's Day elf has visited her home.

Throughout the day, they would color different pictures with leprechauns, rainbows, and, of course, a pot of gold.

At the end of the day, she would send each one of them home with their own 'Pot of Gold.' She had cut small-sized paperplates in half after coloring them all black, glue the sides together to make a little pot, and then added some pretty rainbow colored string. She then filled them with a few St. Patrick's Day cookies and some gold candy coins.

She would tell them that they were so good, the special little leprechaun had left them their own 'Pot of Gold.'

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