Here are a few ways to have some fun with the kiddos this St. Patrick’s Day:

Make a delicious “pot-o-gold” snack (Her Cup Overfloweth)

Put together some rainbow ornaments using colorful beads and gold sequins (Everything Except the Grill)

These shamrock tees are adorable! (She Knows)

Hang a rainbow in a doorway (Ramblings of a Crazy Woman)

Recreate this “Lucky Gold Hunt” counting game for your own little leprechaun (No Time for Flashcards)

Here are two takes on turning a terra-cotta pot into a pot of gold!

From Craftster

and Make and Takes

Happy crafting!

A Foothill Home Companion recently made up a game with her kids using a large egg carton and some scrapbooking dots. The game looks like a fun challenge for preschoolers  and young children and is very simple to put together on the fly. Click here for the details!

Melting snowman craft from Make it From Scratch

Papier mache puppets from Montessori by Hand

Spring straw accessories from Make and Takes

Want to show your kids a little extra love this Valentines Day? Here are a few of my faves from the past couple of weeks:

Ipod valentines from Pursuit of Craftyness

Tic-tac-toe game from Make and Takes

Heart maze from Zakka Life

Personalized felt goody-holders from Craftershock

Hummingbird and hearts applique from Juicy Bits

Stitched hats from Make and Takes:

Marshmallow pops from Little Birdie Secrets

My House Boutique recently put together this challenging game for preschoolers using tweezers and other household items. This is such a great activity to help little ones develop their fine motor skills and concentration levels. She’s also got some great ideas for variations of this game, so be sure to check it out!

I’ve been meaning to make beanbags for my girls for months now, but these are WAY cuter than anything I would have come up with. Check out Whimsy Love for the details on how she whipped these up in a matter of minutes. (via Craft)

If Only I Had Superpowers shares how to use this classic game to help kids focus on certain vocabulary words while reading. She recently used it with the book Snowmen at Night and has included a template to go along! As a Speech-Language Pathologist, and mother of two, CC has a ton of knowledge that she readily imparts with her readers…so click on over and check her out. Clickety click click click!

Love this super clever idea from Super Healthy Kids. She took the old masking-tape-line-balance-beam to a whole new level by making an entire playground from blue painter’s tape. Complete with balance beam, hopscotch, and long jump, the activity area is can quickly be put out of site by covering with an area rug. Awesome! (thanks, Michie!)

I’ve been seeing a TON of memory/matching games popping up all over the blogosphere. The great thing about these games is how customizable they are. I grabbed the ones from my bookmarks and searched for a few more to bring you these:

Bottle caps memory game from  Crafty Beats

Juice cap memory game from Row of Ducks

Paper and woodchip memory game from Creative Chicks at Play

via Crafty Crow

Sounds memory game from Zrecommends

Shells memory game from The Write Start

Family and friends memory game from Chasing Cheerios

Quick and easy (and low cost!) memory game from Croqzine

Fabric memory game from Inchmark

Via Crafty Crow

Art cards memory game from A Bit of This and a Bit of That

Printed fabric memory game made by Under Construction (originally from the Stitched In Time book in left sidebar)

also seen at  Sew Liberated from Meg who posted some great tips on playing the game with little ones.

Plus, Jennifer Ackerman Haywood, of CraftSanity, showed hers off on a local news show and talks about how to make it in this video

A few other ideas include using images from a favorite picture book (simply make a high quality copy of the original to make a pair) or make a game using fine art cards.