With St. Patrick's Day just around the corner, now is the perfect time to pull off your green clothes and celebrate the lucky Irishman! With these ideas for throwing a St. Patrick's Day party, your event will be a success. Raise your glass and toast in St. Patrick's honor, and use these simple tips to throw an unforgettable party!
Steps
Method 1 of 5: Invitations
Step 1. Send the invitations
The type of invitation will depend on the type of party you are organizing: is it a party organized on the spot or a long-planned event? In the first case, email the invitations to all the guests, and try putting something green on them like an image of a shamrock or a leprechaun.
- For mailing invitations, find a computer image using clip art and print it. or use green paper - find one with green designs that remind you of St. Patrick. You can also add green glitter.
- Alternatively, prepare postcards without the printer. Simply use green cardstock. You can leave it rectangular or cut it in the shape of a clover. Write the party details on each card, and if you like, you can attach goblins or three-dimensional shamrocks to it. Arrange them in green envelopes, adding green confetti to each so that they pop out at the opening.
- Homemade invitations can be embellished with gold and green glitter.
Method 2 of 5: Decorate the place where you will have the party
Step 1. Decorate the place where you will hold the party with bells, lilies and white calla lilies
The little bells of Ireland bring good luck and the lilies represent beauty. For simple, easy and effective decorations, make green shamrocks. You can make them with green cardboard or with laminated paper.
Put green festoons everywhere. They are easy to make and very impressive
Step 2. Prepare the table
It can be placed both as a main table for eating and as a buffet table. Put the green tablecloth and plain white plates. Arrange beer mugs and orange napkins on the table to match the colors of the Irish flag.
- Create a centerpiece with shamrocks, lilies, or other white flowers.
- Use the leaves to add an extra touch of green.
- To create contrast, use bows or strips of orange ribbon.
- Prepare pots of gold using the chocolate coins. Use small containers like "cauldrons" and fill them with coins. Then place them in strategic points on the table and throughout the room; children love them.
- Buy gifts for the children, such as a green teddy bear or toy.
Method 3 of 5: Green Food and Beer
Step 1. Make your beer green
There is nothing better than green beer to serve at the St. Patrick's Day party! In America, by now, drinking green beer on this day has become a tradition. It is easy to prepare and gives a traditional touch to the party.
Step 2. Celebrate this wonderful Irish holiday with traditional St Patrick's Day recipes
Serve your guests a menu where you alternate classic dishes with surprises. Irish pub dishes are always very popular, and you might even consider making some green dishes. Here are some menu ideas to propose at your party.
- Bakery products: Irish bread with bicarbonate is a must on your table, as an accompaniment to main dishes or to munch on. Other ideas can be pizza with green peppers cut in the shape of a clover and some meat pies and Guinness.
- Potatoes: however you like them, make sure you have them on your table. The traditional way to prepare them for St. Patrick's Day is Colcannon, which is a special Irish puree, or Boxties, which is potato pancakes.
- Main courseIf you're serving a seated dinner, a great main course is Guinness beef. Some baked goods can also be presented as a main course accompanied by vegetables.
- Other vegetables: stay on the green shade! Here are some fabulous options: brussel sprouts, broccoli, green beans and stir-fried peas.
- Sweets: For dessert, you could make the molasses tart, green donuts and rainbow cake for the kids. Add a pot of gold on top of the cake!
Method 4 of 5: Games and Activities
Step 1. Plan the activities for the party
You need to find games and activities that are up to the occasion. Here are some ideas.
- The game of linked words: a nice puzzle. Start with a word related to St. Patrick's Day, and ask the person sitting next to you to think of another term in the same semantic field starting with the last letter of your word. For example, if you choose the word "shamrocks", the next word could be "Ireland". The game continues until it is no longer possible to find a word that can be linked to the last said.
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Paint some T-shirts for St. Patrick.
Here is another simple and fun activity to celebrate St. Patrick. Prepare t-shirts of all sizes and set up a painting area with stencils to draw shamrocks, goblins or the Irish flag. Don't forget the textile markers!
Step 2. Create the musical mood
Find some Irish music. Search the Celtic music section of your favorite music store (online or not), and choose the songs you like best. Put the music in the background during the party.
- If someone is able to play some instrument, they could arrange to play some songs on the keyboard, guitar, harp, string or wind instruments.
- Consider organizing a singing meeting with sheet music and lyrics.
Method 5 of 5: Some Extra Class
Step 1. Welcome guests with a traditional Irish toast
You can find some on the internet, here we propose some:
- 1. Beannachtam na Feile Padraig! - Happy St. Patrick!
- 2. To the one who, with strategy and secrecy,
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He chased all the snakes out of Ireland,
- Here is a toast to his salvation.
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But that the toasts are not too many
- For fear of losing the reason and then
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Forget the good St. Patrick
- And see all those snakes again.
- 3. May your luck be greater than the clovers that grow, and may misfortune avoid you wherever you are …
- 4. Beimedh in throats! - Let's drink on it!
Step 2. Dress in green
Prepare several green clothing items for guests who have forgotten to wear green. Even party hats, wigs or glasses, strictly green in color, can be suitable for the occasion!
If you have pets, add a green bow to the collar
Step 3. And finally, prepare the Irish coffee
Or even a drop of Irish whiskey for those who prefer it straight.
Advice
- Yellow jelly cubes placed in a small bowl are a great idea for the "pot of gold".
- You can entertain the children with building objects scattered around them, with which they can create pixies, coloring pages, clover stickers, etc.
