Celebrate St. Patrick's Day by finding your own pot of gold.
Pot 'o Gold Night Instructions
Pot 'o Gold Night Instructions
DINNER & DESSERT
Rainbow Pancakes with Sausage Pot of Gold
Make pancake batter and divide into 3 different bowls. Color the bowls with food coloring the following 3 colors: Red, Yellow, Blue.
Make pancakes with half of the colored batter from each bowl.
Then, add yellow color to the red bowl to make orange. Add 1 drop of blue color to the yellow to make green and add several drops of red color to the blue
to make purple. Make the remaining 3 colors of batter into pancakes. Cook sausage patties and make macaroni and cheese according to directions.
Cut out top of sausage or just pile macaroni on top to make it look like a pot of gold.
Arrange pancakes on plate to form a rainbow into the sausage pot of gold.
Dessert: yellow gelatin cubes
Make gelatin according to package the day before or in the morning. Cut into cubes.
Make pancake batter and divide into 3 different bowls. Color the bowls with food coloring the following 3 colors: Red, Yellow, Blue.
Make pancakes with half of the colored batter from each bowl.
Then, add yellow color to the red bowl to make orange. Add 1 drop of blue color to the yellow to make green and add several drops of red color to the blue
to make purple. Make the remaining 3 colors of batter into pancakes. Cook sausage patties and make macaroni and cheese according to directions.
Cut out top of sausage or just pile macaroni on top to make it look like a pot of gold.
Arrange pancakes on plate to form a rainbow into the sausage pot of gold.
Dessert: yellow gelatin cubes
Make gelatin according to package the day before or in the morning. Cut into cubes.
CRAFT: Rainbow cups
Use 2 styrofoam cups and color however desired. Suggested pictures: shamrocks, leprechauns, pot of gold.
Insert multicolored pipe cleaners in the bottom of one cup. Insert other end into bottom of other cup.
Insert multicolored pipe cleaners in the bottom of one cup. Insert other end into bottom of other cup.
ACTIVITY: Rainbow hunt
Print off template for rainbow clues onto colored paper (1 each of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple) or print all white and use different colored ink to
write each clue. Place clues around house ending with the last clue leading to the dessert (yellow gelatin) or other surprise of choice.
Optional clues:
Parents room: A perfect place to snuggle with me, in a room where Daddy/I sleep sweetly
Kids room: This is where you bounce up and down, if it’s not night time, it’s rarely quiet in here
Dining Table: A place to sit and read or meet, the best thing is it’s where we eat
Bathroom: This is where you wash and scrub, look around it’s not in the tub
Living room: Read a book or watch TV, play some games, spend time with me
Refrigerator: Look inside a place that’s cold, you just might find a pot of gold
write each clue. Place clues around house ending with the last clue leading to the dessert (yellow gelatin) or other surprise of choice.
Optional clues:
Parents room: A perfect place to snuggle with me, in a room where Daddy/I sleep sweetly
Kids room: This is where you bounce up and down, if it’s not night time, it’s rarely quiet in here
Dining Table: A place to sit and read or meet, the best thing is it’s where we eat
Bathroom: This is where you wash and scrub, look around it’s not in the tub
Living room: Read a book or watch TV, play some games, spend time with me
Refrigerator: Look inside a place that’s cold, you just might find a pot of gold
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