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St. Pats Candles
  Paulette's St. Patrick's Day candles are beautiful and fun to
make. She has an extensive background in crafts and we are grateful for her
thoughtful and fun contributions. Paulette designed and sold crafts professionally for 5
years. In addition to designing and publishing her own patterns, she has given
seminar and classes on crafting pattern publishing.Be creative and have a great time!
Gold Coins
This week's Dessert of the Week is brought to
us by Paulette. Her Gold Coins are a perfect St. Patrick's Day treat. Paulette's
work with children inspires her to create both treats and crafts for them. Check out
this week's Craft of the Week featuring a craft from Paulette.
Thanks again Paulette : ) !!
St. Patty's Leprechaun Hat
This week's Craft of the Week features a
cute St. Pat's Leprechaun Hat. This is a good craft for younger kids and perfect for group
settings.
Irish Cream Fudge
 This week's Dessert of the Week features Irish Cream Fudge.
This delicious treat makes a great gift and
family dessert. This recipe makes about 5 pounds of fudge. You can use any kind of
Irish Cream you choose. Also nuts are optional and if you choose to add them, any
type your like will work well with this recipe.
Shamrock Luck Charms
 These neat little
decorations are terrific to make your house festive for the day of green. Place the charms
on door knobs, on windowsills, any where you'd like to see them.
St. Pat's Lava Lamp
Use green food
coloring to make a nifty lava lamp for your St. Pat's celebration.
Use simple cooking oil, water and food
coloring to make a wonderful craft that not only is fun, but will teach your kids about
how fluids interact.
St. Pats's Special Cloth Book
 Use creative shamrocks and other
St. Pat's images and drawings to make your special book for your St. Pat's celebration.
All children enjoy having ownership in
their work, and they especially like to complete projects which focus on themselves.
Bookmaking can be a fun and easy way to help children at various ages and ability levels
to communicate through writing.
Puffy Shamrocks
 This craft is brought to you by Jennifer Walker . These Puffy Shamrocks are a
festive decoration for St. pat's day. She generously offered this fun and easy craft for
kids and adults alike. Thanks Jen !
Shamrock Buddy
Here's a fun little craft for everyone to do on this the greenest of all days! Using
crayons draw a face on the shamrock. Be creative. Have fun with it. It's a Shamrock Buddy
and you know what they say about how lucky shamrocks are!
St. Pat's Nifty Socks
Try shamrocks and
other fun things to make this spring craft into a St. Patty's craft!!
 Along
with the sneaks, fancy, colorful socks celebrate the warm and beauty of spring or lift our
spirits in the shortening days of fall. Nifty socks are a wonderful craft for kids of all
ages. This is a terrific way to decorate socks and have fun!
Spring Tote Bag
 This is an ideal craft for
everyone in your family. It is simple to do and is very practical. The kids will love the
design and can use it to carry around all their favorite things through- out summer.
You'll like it too for all your favorite things. Have fun!
Irish
Recipes
Irish
Cuisine
is our collection of Irish recipes
New England Corned Beef Dinner
This week's Recipe of the Week is from friend and fellow cook Carol Whittington.
Carol created New England Boiled Dinner and was good enough to share a copy with us.
She likes to prepare meals that are tasty and fast.
Thanks so much Carol : )!
Irish Soda Bread
This Irish classic will make a great addition
to your St.Patty's Day celebration and is a great way to engage the kids in some creative
baking activities.
Irish Soda Bread with Raisins
This recipe features a delicious Irish soda
Bread. This bread is wonderful for breakfast with coffee or tea and delightful as an
afternoon snack. You can use either black or golden raisins for this recipe.
Irish Potato Mysteries
 Why be a dud spud, when you can be a "greata potata"
In honor of the Irish take a look at our celebration of the potato.
Oatmeal Soda Bread
This recipe features the traditional Irish
soda bread with a twist. We have added oatmeal to this tasty loaf. The oatmeal gives the
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Crafts for St. Patrick's Day
St. Patrick's Day by Gail Gibbons
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