St. Patrick's Day Party Ideas

One of my favorite St. Patrick's Day projects over the years has to be my Leprechaun Marshmallow Pops . Not only were they easy to make, but they taste good as well.  

 My favorite way to display my leprechaun pops is in the Pot of Gold I made with a cauldron from Halloween, and some Dollar Tree craft items.  If you do not have one already available, I found this one on Amazon.

Isn't this a cute way to display the pops for a St. Patrick's Day party?!

A fun St. Patrick's Day favor box are these Leprechaun Treat Boxes  made from cardboard tubes, paper, and a little bit of paint.  I filled the with "gold candy".  

Lucky Cupcakes served in plastic Leprechaun Hat are a fun festive dessert that is perfect for a party.  

 Looking for some party games?  I have two St. Patrick's Day hunts in my Etsy Shop.  In this one, the clues lead you to find the Pot of Gold,

In this St. Patrick's Day Leprechaun Hunt you actually search for three leprechauns, which is a lot of fun. 

Do you celebrate St. Patrick's Day?  

 

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Leprechaun Marshmallow Pops

                   I caught some leprechauns, does this mean I can keep the pot of gold?

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Last year, I came up with the idea to make some Leprechaun Pops.  You can see my old tutorial here

This year I decided to try and give him a little upgrade.  I really like how they turned out.  It was hard to keep the kids away, and they were asking to eat some before I was even done.

Using the 30 second method, I melted some green Wilton candy melts .  I applied it with a candy brush so the green chocolate did not drip all over the stick.

I then twirled the marshmallow against the back of a spoon, to give the chocolate a smooth look.

I allowed them to dry in my homemade pop holder and added another marshmallow on the side for the head.   Some of the marshmallows started to slide because of gravity, so I went back and coated the bottoms with more green chocolate.

I dipped 12 mini marshmallows using toothpicks for the hats.  I placed them to dry in one of the styrofoam circles I bought at the dollar store.

I drew on green eyes and a nose with edible markers.  I added a very light coat of pink glitter gel with a toothpick to make the cheeks.  

To make the hair and beard,  I used a tube of Wilton Decorating Icing and the "hair" tip.  It worked well for the first 6-8 pops.  After that the Icing was low in the tube and hard to squeeze out.  I then took off the tip and place it in the microwave for a few seconds and was able to use the rest. If you make more than 12 pops, you will need more than one tube.  

Using small tubes of black gel and white gel , I added the mouths, buttons and whites of the eyes.  Some of the pops have icing eyebrows, a few have drawn on eyebrows.  I drew them on when the icing was running low.  I also added some green gel after added the mini marshmallow hat to make it look like it had a rim. 

The Pot of Gold  makes a perfect display 

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