You may not be the least bit Irish but there’s absolutely no reason for you not to jump in on the fun of St. Patrick’s Day.
Throw a party, crank some Celtic tunes and attempt the Irish step dance, try to sound a bit like Seamus Finnigan, prepare special food, find or create four-leaf clovers, and deck the heck out in green!
If you need more tricks to turn the day totally “hatchet” (completely brilliant) without getting “langered” (drunk on all the great Irish beers) because of the kids, here are 10 party ideas you definitely can work with for the occasion.
1. Set up a makeover station
This is for guests who for some reason failed to look right for the occasion. You can purchase colored hair spray, make-up, and nail polishes for cheap – they’ll suffice in creating the look the celebration requires.
2. Turn the makeover into a contest
For sure guests won’t be able to resist “jacking up” their look for the party when you prepare a spread of make-up, nail polish and color hair spray.
Get a few stylish friends to judge who among the guests looks the most St. Patrick-y. Prepare a special prize such as a green shirt with the word “Lucky” printed on it in gold and other treats.
3. Have a snogging photo booth
The “Kiss Me, I’m Irish” sign is perfect for the photo booth and any guy can turn into an Irish fella with all the printable photo booth props you can find online.
Let St. Patrick’s Day also be a celebration of love – it’s easy to create memories because photo booth rentals will print high-quality images right away that your guests can keep as souvenirs of the day.
4. Prepare a “sweets” bar
There are so many ways to get creative with candy for St. Paddy’s.
You can turn pretzels into three-leaf clover pops, Oreos into gold coins using edible gold spray, M&Ms or licorice sticks into rainbow-themed treats, Reese’s mini peanut butter cups into small pots of gold – the ideas are endless.
You’ll definitely make all those who have a sweet tooth happy by having these treats at your party.
5. Hold a scavenger hunt for the pot of gold
Parties should always have games, and for this occasion everybody should be able to find the special treasure the leprechaun’s guarding.
Get some Dollar Tree props for the pot of gold – a pot and gold-colored treats like a tiara, play coins, chocolate coins in gold foil, Ferrero Rocher, gold beaded necklaces, gold drugstore makeup, and others.
6. Create the perfect St. Patrick’s Day leprechaun
St. Patrick’s Day can’t be without the tiny ginger-haired bloke garbed in green.
With this game you can create the funniest looking leprechauns by lining up a few guys, giving them shaving cream to cover their face with like a beard and having their partners throw Cheetos at them, which they will “catch” with their foamy beard.
This game will be played in five minutes and the leprechaun with the most handsome-looking beard wins.
7. Have an Irish name pronunciation game
Everybody already butchers the name Saoirse Ronan’s name in Hollywood so this name pronunciation game is going to be a hoot for everyone.
The winner gets… a huge glass container of leprechaun poop. (It’s just green jellybeans, folks!)
8. Prepare authentic Irish food
Very few people who have no Irish roots really know anything about Irish food (most are just familiar with Irish beers such as Guinness Draught, Murphy’s Irish Stout, O’Hara’s Irish Wheat, and others).
So get them acquainted with the taste of Ireland. Pinterest is abundant with traditional recipes for St. Patrick’s Day.
9. Hire a live band
This is if you have the budget for one but live Irish music playing in the background will really set the mood for your shindig. There are St. Patrick’s Day musicians that will be more than happy to provide entertainment at your party – just make sure to book them early because they often get hired for bigger events.
The really cool thing about the music performed by live bands is they encourage people, young and old, to really enjoy the music by singing along or dancing. If you have people dancing to music, you know your party’s successful.
10. Hold an outdoor film showing
This is perfect for guests who just want to kick back and relax. If the party guests are mostly gals who will enjoy a chick flick, the movie “P.S. I Love You” starring Hillary Swank and Gerard Butler is a great choice.
It’s set in enchantingly beautiful Ireland and the cinematography easily makes up for Butler’s awful Irish accent.
St. Patrick’s Day is a mighty fine day to have loads of fun. Hopefully, with these ideas, your celebration of the official feast of Ireland’s patron saint will be thoroughly enjoyable.
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