St. Patrick’s Day is a special Day for the Irish, as well as the rest of the world so why not come up with a winning St. Patrick’s Day bulletin board this coming spring. It’s never too early to think ahead!
Table of Contents
- What to Include in a Good St. Patrick’s Day Bulletin Board
- 17 Awesome St. Patrick’s Day Bulletin Board Ideas
- St Patrick’s Day Bulletin Board FAQS
- St. Patricks Day Bulletin Board Final Thoughts
What to Include in a Good St. Patrick’s Day Bulletin Board
As we’ve recommended for all classroom bulletin boards, it’s good to include holiday themes, Reading and class unit components, and any events that your school might be involved in at the time. A good St. Patrick’s Day bulletin board might include any or all of the following:
St. Patrick’s Day symbols such as lepracans, pot of gold icons, 4-leaf clovers, and other similar symbols
Green color mixed with rainbow and gold coloring
Components of the Irish culture
The idea of capturing “good luck” and fortune
Reading and other academic units or themes
Cultural components
In this post, we will explore 17 different St. Patrick’s Day bulletin board ideas that you can use for your school bulletin boards that may make it easier to put together.
17 Awesome St. Patrick’s Day Bulletin Board Ideas
- Searching For A Pot Of Gold From NLDS
This big beautiful bulletin board features a solid green background and a huge pot of gold that awaits at the ‘end of the rainbow.’ This scene has always been a symbol of hope and good luck. This has been a big part of the Irish and Celtic heritage for centuries.
- Luck Of The Irish From Creatively Taught
This one is available on Etsy and features several rows of St. Patrick’s Day bulletin board borders that you can use for virtually any bulletin board you want.
- St. Patrick’s Day Board From Amazon
For those who choose to create their own ideas, here is a great link to St. Patrick’s Day bulletin board supplies that you can purchase on Amazon.
- Books Are Like Gold By Alisha Deaf
This beautiful St. Patrick’s Day bulletin board is an excellent display for school libraries, but it can also easily be used as a class bulletin board for St. Patrick’s Day, featuring a pot that filled with several books that kids will be interested in reading. This is meant to inspire Reading (an important component of classroom bulletin boards), as well as to integrate the culture of the Irish people as you honor this special day.
- Irish Luck From Classroom Freebies
This large-scale bulletin board features as the focus a giant leprechaun boasting about how he ‘wishes’ he had more time to read. It is also a play on words with the word, “Irish,” meaning “I wish.” This bulletin board idea is great for either libraries of classrooms where the focus is reading or anywhere you wish to inspire picking up a good book and to make reading a part of your daily lives.
- St. Patrick’s Day Fun From The Classroom Creative
This link actually has 25 St. Patrick’s and Irish bulletin board ideas by itself. Check this out and see what you might be able to use in your own classroom.
- Display Of Irish Writers By Jane Whittingham
This display can be a standalone display that can be placed wherever you choose, or used on a flat bulletin board. The idea is to display some of the best books by Irish authors to get kids interested in reading books by Irish writers. This would be a great idea for a Creative Writing class at any grade level or an elementary or middle school class.
- 4 Great Ideas From Surfnet Kids
This is a page with a wealth of information about what you can do around St. Patrick’s Day. We didn’t find any photos of the ideas, but you can read up on it here and do your own research to see what you can create!
- Display A St. Patty’s Day Craft By Jodi Durgin
This blog put up by a teacher named “Jodi” features a number of ideas for St. Patrick’s Day bulletin boards. One of them is to display crafts made by the students to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. Read on to learn more.
- Keep Calm And Shamrock On By Lindsay Lopinto
This bulletin board uses a play on words about keeping calm and combines it with the Irish holiday to create a witty phrase, “Keep calm and shamrock on.” It is a simple bulletin board to create if you are pressed for time (who isn’t?!) so you might want to try this one! And don’t forget to internalize the message yourself as a busy teacher!
- Kindness Is Golden From Irish Primary Teacher
This bulletin board takes the time to remind people of the importance of being kind.
- Paint Your Own Rainbow By Chin Colle
This St. Patrick’s bulletin board features a paintbrush that is “painting” a rainbow and alludes to the importance of making your own way in life and to be more creative in your thinking.
- More Precious Than Gold From The Classroom Creative
This bulletin board idea could be adopted to middle school or older kids’ ages as well. It features a pot with the handprints of children going all the way to the pot in various rainbow colors. This bulletin board focuses on the value of children of all ages and emphasizes a great philosophy of some caring teachers.
- It’s No Sham This Class Rocks By Sarah Bromley
This bulletin board is perfect for the St. Patrick’s Day theme and focuses on bragging on the quality of the class using a play on words.
- Hard Work-Good Luck From Stupell Industries
This bulletin board is great to enforce a truth about success: that hard work puts you where good luck can find you. What a positive lesson that not only celebrates St. Patrick’s Day but reinforces the idea of individual empowerment and how much control we have to shape our own lives and destinies.
- Fun Activities To Complement Your St. Patrick’s Day Bulletin Board From Think Grow Giggle
This site from Think, Grow, Giggle, a teacher resource site, helps teachers come up with fun activities and games that are sure to complement your St. Patrick’s Day bulletin boards.
- Eat Green For Good Health From S&S Blog
This bulletin board still carries the St. Patrick’s Day theme, but it also helps instill good healthy eating topics within the composition. It features a leprechaun of course in the middle, accompanied by a variety of green vegetables that the kids can put up that remind them to eat clean and healthy.
St Patrick’s Day Bulletin Board FAQS
It’s a good idea to use the holiday theme, some of the Irish cultural elements, and the Reading theme to get kids reading and thinking about the holiday and what it means to them.
One idea is to have kids research the Irish culture and how St. Patrick’s Day got its start in America across the world. Then they will do research and learn for themselves what is significant about the culture and how many of us are descendants of the Irish. Have kids make their own crafts, too, to add to the class board to integrate it with art and creativity.
Because holidays are a big part of our lives and culture and they teach us about other countries, elements of our lives that apply to what we do, and help ignite the imagination to books about the topic.
St. Patricks Day Bulletin Board Final Thoughts
If you are looking for some unique and special-themes St. Patrick’s Day bulletin board ideas and activities, we hope this article will help you out! At Teach Simple, we believe that a teacher’s job is so multi-faceted that it takes a helping hand or two to make things work more smoothly.
We hope you will consider us your “go-to” place online for quick teacher resources and ideas that will save you time while offering you quality materials at reasonable costs or for free.
