St. Patrick’s Day Worksheets for Kids | Fun Irish Theme Activities
Age Group: 3–6 years No. of Pages: 11 Format: Printable PDF
St. Patrick’s Day is on 17 March. This 11-page printable pack for children aged 3–6 uses shamrocks, rainbows and pots of gold for counting, matching, puzzles, colouring by shape and scissor practice.
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About This Worksheet
St. Patrick’s Day is a celebration of Irish culture, known for shamrocks, rainbows and the colour green. Those bright symbols make fun pictures for early learning.
Children count items and mark the number, match pairs, find the different one, search for words such as shamrock, green, gold and luck, solve a picture sudoku, help a leprechaun reach the pot of gold, colour by shape, spot five differences, cut along lines and circle green objects.
Activities in This Pack
- How many? Count and mark the number
- Match the pairs
- Find the difference
- St. Patrick’s Day word search
- Picture sudoku
- Maze: help the leprechaun reach the pot of gold
- Colour by shape
- Spot the 5 differences
- Scissor skills: cut along the dotted lines
- Circle all the green objects
Skills Your Child Practises
- Counting
- Matching
- Logic and problem solving
- Shape recognition
- Colour recognition
- Scissor skills
How to Use This Worksheet
- Wear something green and hunt for green things.
- Talk about Ireland and its shamrock symbol.
- Start the sudoku together, one row at a time.
- Do the cutting page with an adult nearby.
- Count gold coins or buttons for extra practice.
What’s Next?
Next in the March calendar is World Poetry Day (21 March). For more themed days, see our General Knowledge worksheets.
Where This Worksheet Fits
St. Patrick’s Day (17 March) is one of thirteen March days in the IdeazSuper themed-day collection. Use the packs in date order to plan a full month of activities:
- World Music Therapy Day (1 March): instruments, rhythm and how music makes us feel
- World Hearing Day (3 March): ears, listening and loud or soft sounds
- World Obesity Day (4 March): healthy food, water and active play
- International Women’s Day (8 March): respect, family words and jobs women do
- International Day of Mathematics (14 March): counting to 20, shapes and patterns
- World Consumer Rights Day (15 March): shops, good choices and counting groceries
- St. Patrick’s Day (17 March): this pack
- World Poetry Day (21 March): rhyming and early reading
- International Day of Forests (21 March): trees, forest animals and caring for nature
- World Water Day (22 March): saving water and bodies of water
- World Meteorological Day (23 March): weather, clothes and graphing
- Ramadan (the ninth month of the Islamic calendar): the crescent moon, Iftar and good deeds
- Eid-ul-Fitr (1 Shawwal, at the end of Ramadan): Eid cards, sharing and gratitude
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Frequently Asked Questions
When is St. Patrick's Day?
St. Patrick’s Day is on 17 March.
What skills does the pack practise?
Counting, matching, colour and shape recognition, logic puzzles and cutting.
How many pages are in the pack?
The St. Patrick’s Day pack has 11 printable pages.
What do I need?
A printer, pencils and crayons. Some pages also need child-safe scissors and glue.
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Looking for more themed days? Browse all our General Knowledge worksheets for preschool and kindergarten, with printable packs for special days across the year.