Happy St. Patrick's Day

So I've been a little lazy, tired, {other excuses}, so I am just going to put up links for St. Patrick's Day things I did last year. I made the Pistachio bread today and the kids love it. I also put it in my husband's lunch for a fun surprise, although he probably won't even think about it being green or that it is St. Patrick's Day; he doesn't consider it a holiday :). I am trying to get this blog running again, but we will see.

Pistachio Bread

Little Leprechauns

Yo-Yo Hair Barrettes

Pot of Gold / Rainbow Cupcakes

Edible Pot of Gold

Hair Accessories

Other fun St. Patrick's Day stuff from other blogs:

Double Rainbow Pancakes

Green Velvet Baby Cakes

St. Patrick's Day Rose Wreath

Shamrock Pretzel Snack

Shamrock Button Art

Leprechaun Pie

Corned Beef and Cabbage (for the die hard celebrators)

And as usual, my Mom sent a package filled with things for the kids (I'm so lucky!). I couldn't tell you how to make them, but maybe it will give you some ideas.

St. Patrick's Day Leggings

A St. Patrick's Day "Lucky" Pin

Pistachio Bread

My mom got this recipe from one of her friends a long time ago. This bread is so good. It does bake green, so it is perfect for St. Patrick's Day. However, I did add about 3 drops of green food coloring to make it a little brighter green. Here is the recipe:

Mix together 1 yellow cake mix, 1 small pkg. pistachio pudding (dry mix), 1 cup 7-up, 3 eggs, and 1 cup MINUS 2 tablespoons of oil.

Bake in a greased loaf pan (or bundt cake pan) at 375 for 35 minutes. Can be drizzled with a somewhat thin mixture of powdered sugar and milk.

*I think it takes about 35 minutes in the bundt pan, but when I made mine in the loaf pan it took about 40ish minutes, just keep checking it.

Little Leprechaun

Our Leprechauns

(I made the boy one and my daughter made the girl one - she said she was a girl so she had to make a girl leprechaun and she did not understand why I made a boy one. She kept saying "But mom, you're a girl, why are you making a boy one?" At first I told her, "I think there are only boy leprechauns," then I thought...if we are saying there are leprechauns at all, we can definitely say there are girl ones.)

the back of them

the one from family fun

These are easy to make and you probably have most the stuff you need to make it already. Here is what you need:

toilet paper roll

green craft foam

green, brown, pink, and skin-tone paint

black permanent marker

tacky glue

brown pipe cleaners

And a decorative button if you have one

*We used construction paper rather than painting which I liked A LOT more. We also made a little clover out of sparkly green pipe cleaner for the top of the hat instead of a decorative button. I tried to make it a lucky four leaf clover, but it looked too much like a marijuana leaf, so we opted for the three leaf clover. We also used the googly eyes instead, which the kids liked better. We used a glue stick, tape, and hot glue gun to stick everything on.

Click HERE to see the instructions from Family Fun.

St. Patrick's Day Yo-Yo Barrette

My Mom made this adorable St. Patrick's Day yo-yo barrette.

Pot of Gold

I got this idea from Love, Actually, and then I just went off from that. I found small clay pots at the dollar store in a pack of three; then painted them all black. Then I just got some pipe cleaner at Target ($2), and a bag of rolos. I twisted red, orange. yellow, green, and blue pipe-cleaners together at the ends, put them deep into the clay pots, and then filled with rolos.

I also thought these cupcakes were so cute, and I think I will attempt to make them tomorrow. Find the recipe at Family Fun:

Edible Pot of Gold

My kids would love this. I am planning on making it on St. Patty's Day, but thought I would put the recipe out there to give anyone time to make it. Did you know there are like 3 or 4 different flavors of yellow jello. I got the 'Island Pineapple' flavor. I will probably just put my jello a.k.a. gold in a little bowl and just skip the whole lime part (I'm not that fancy), go to family fun to see directions.

St. Patrick's Day Wreath

I saw this over at 'Me and My Scraps' and I thought it was so cute! I really wanted to make one, but got too busy. Maybe I could do Easter, or a spring themed one.

St. Patrick's Day Hair Accessories

Once again, my Mom made these very adorable St. Patrick's Day hair bows. I thought I would put them up in case anyone needed ideas. If hair bows don't stay in your girl's hair, then try this secret: You know the rubber stuff you line shelves with and put under rugs to keep them in place, cut a tiny piece and hot glue it into the clip part (you can see in the bottom picture). It works awesome, keeps them bows in place.