How to Play the Shamrock Game

Intro:

The Shamrock Game is a great little game for younger kids to play. Not only do they get to decorate the Shamrock Baskets, they also get to find four leaf clovers! Everyone loves to find the lucky four leaf clovers and pieces of gold. Give this game a try at your child's St. Patrick's Day party, it's sure to be a lot of fun!

Step 1

The first thing you need to do to play the Shamrock game is make your Shamrock basket.
To make the shamrock basket use a small paper cup and cover it with one sheet of tissue paper by placing the cup directly in the middle of the tissue paper. Pull the edges of the tissue paper up around the sides of the cup and press them into the bottom of the cup. This will make a nice soft bed for the shamrocks and also add a nice look to your inexpensive basket.
Next you will need to use a pipe cleaner and hot glue it to the cup to form a handle. Some people prefer to punch a hole in the cup to secure the pipe cleaner, this is probably better if you are having young children help you make the shamrock baskets.
Now allow the kids to decorate their shamrock basket with stickers, glitter, and markers.

Step 2

Once the Shamrock Baskets are made you need to set up the Shamrock game. If you are lucky enough to have great weather and have shamrocks growing in your yard Mother Nature has done all the hard work for you. If not you will need to either find small shamrocks from your local craft store or you can cut small shamrocks from green construction paper. You can also Use gold circles or small gold foil covered candies to represent cold. Just scatter the shamrocks and gold around for the children to find. If you have older children you can make it a little harder to find but keep in mind you don't want to be finding shamrock's next winter.

Step 3

After you have the game set up and the shamrock baskets ready to go all you have to do to play the Shamrock Game is let the children find the shamrocks and gold. You can have prizes for the child that finds the most shamrocks and gold or just leave what they find as the prize.

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