St. Patrick’s Day Lapbook for Elementary Students

This St. Patrick’s Day Lapbook is a fun multi-subject learning project for all of your elementary students to learn more about the history and traditions of the St. Patrick’s Day holiday.

This printable St. Patrick’s Day Lapbook includes history, science, geography, cooking, creative writing, and art.

Your kids will love learning about Patrick, one of Ireland’s most beloved saints, and the holiday that celebrates his life and Ireland’s rich heritage with this St. Patrick’s Day Lapbook along with many other things!

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Recommended resources for the St. Patrick’s Day Lapbook:

Use these resources to complete the lapbook activities. If you can’t find these exact books, look at your local library for similar ones about St. Patrick, Ireland, and snakes.

St. Patrick’s Day Books

St. Patrick’s Day by Gail Gibbons**

DK Smithsonian’s Everything You Need to Know About Snakes by John Woodward **

Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day: History, Traditions, and Activities – A Holiday Book for Kids by John O’Brien, Jr.**

Patrick, Patron Saint of Ireland by Tomie dePaola

St. Patrick’s Day Shillelagh by Janett Nolan and illustrated by Ben Stahl.

**most important to have

St. Patrick’s Day Resources

Printable St. Patrick’s Day Lapbook in the Free Resource Library (scroll down for info) **

History of Ireland

Ireland facts from NatGeo Kids **

Snake Identification

6 Irish Meals from Forkly

10 Irish foods you may not have heard of: Taste of Home

Learn Gaelic phrases with Ireland Information

St. Patrick’s Day Lapbook Activities:

Vocabulary 1. legends 2. saint 3. raider 4. captive 5. revelation 6. convert 7. ritual 8. vibrations 9. venom 10. constrict

History of St. Patrick’s Day – find out how St. Patrick’s Day came to be and why. Record your finding in your mini-book.

Who’s St. Patrick? – Record a little bit about who he was, his history, and why he is important.

Symbols/Customs – explain what these symbols mean: shamrock, leprechaun, the color green, shillelagh, St. Patrick’s Day pinch, pot of gold, corned beef and cabbage.

Celebrations – pick at least 3 countries and give a brief description of how they celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.

Map of Ireland – on the map locate and mark Dublin, Limerick, Galway, Waterford, and Belfast. Next locate these bodies of water: River Shannon, Donegal Bay, Cork Harbor, River Foyle, and River Suir. Locate and mark these mountain ranges: Derryveagh Mountains, Slieve Bloom Mountains, Galtee Mountains, and Ox Mountains. Lastly mark the bodies of water that surround Ireland.

Irish dinner – plan and cook an Irish dinner for your family. Record your menu in your mini book and take a picture of your feast to put in there also.

Snakes – Legend says that St Patrick drove out all of the snakes in Ireland. In your mini-book record the life cycle of a snake, what they eat, some habitats where you find snakes, and interesting facts.

Ireland’s population – what is the population of Ireland today? What was the population in 1841? What is the difference of population between the 2 dates? Compare the population of these 2 towns: Holywood and Galway. Which has more and by how much? Which city has the largest population? Which has the least? What is the difference between them?

If I had a pot of gold? This is a creative writing exercise. Pretend you have been giving a pot of gold for St. Patrick’s Day and write about what you’d do with it.

Irish Blessing – pick an Irish Blessing and copy it onto the mini-book.

St. Patrick’s Day Limerick– Have your kids write an Irish limerick (check out the instructions at link above), fold it up to store in the pocket fold. To make the pocket, cut along the outer lines and fold on the inner lines. Then glue the flaps down to create an old-fashioned library card pocket. Fold the limerick up and store in the pocket fold.

Shamrock Art- Let your younger kids create a shamrock smoosh painting (see link above for Smoosh Art)

Shamrock Art -Your older kids can create a shamrock doodle art (see link above for Doodle Art) by tracing the shamrock outline onto a sheet of watercolor paper. Use a sharpie to draw doodle lines on it. Then color in the different sections with watercolor pencils and lightly brush water over it to create a watercolor effect. After either painting is dry glue it into (or onto the front of) your lapbook.