Are you looking for a fun and unique St Patrick’s Day game to play in your Primary room this year? I had so much fun coming up with this How Irish Are You game and fun ways to use it during singing time!
I think your Primary children are going to love this game! It was inspired by the have you ever game but of course with a kid friendly approach! They’ll respond if they have done any of the activities listed or if they are a YES for them!
St Patrick’s Day: How Irish Are You?
How to Play:
Pick a song (or several songs) you’d like to sing through with this activity.
Ask the children if they know what holiday is coming up this week. See if they can guess St Patrick’s Day! We’re going to have some fun today and learn a little bit about each other. Let’s see how Irish you are.
Let a child come up and pick one of the cards and read it or hand it to you to read. Have any children that can answer YES to the main prompt, or the bonus prompt get to come up front and help you lead the song!
aIf you end up with a large group of YES responses, you can have them all come up front, they think it’s really fun to have more kids up front than in their spots, or just pick 3-5 children that may not have had a chance to come up front yet.
Sing through your song before moving on to your next question!
Extension Activities:
Leading Wand: Let the main questions lead up front and the bonus answers get to hold a special leading wand in their spot in the room.
Team Points: Split the room in half into two groups. Have the children raise their hand if either one of the questions apply! Tally points up on the white board with one point per raised hand on each side of the room. The kids LOVE to compete, even if it isn’t really a competition!
Gold Coin Prize: You can consider passing out a gold coin or those gold coin chocolates at the end of Primary for a fun themed treat for the kids! They love to go home with something.
Themed Props: You could instead pickup something fun and themed from the Dollar Tree to gift to the child that earns the most points! They usually have a fuzzy green boa feather scarf or big silly green glasses. You can have them wear it through the next time singing through the song, then pass it to another friend.
Actions: Add a fun action, way to sing, or challenge to pair with each question to make singing through your song fun!
- Clover – Draw 4 leaf clovers in the air
- Gold jewelry – Sing loud and soft
- Letters – Skip singing a specific keywords
- Hats – Use a paper plate or paper cup as a hat
- Rainbow – Use ribbon wands
- Birthday – March around the room
- Rain – Twinkle your fingers like rain coming down
- Coins – Shake egg shakers
- Hair & Freckles – Clap on a keyword
- Dance – Do an irish jig or simple line dance
- Food – Sing fast and slow
- Wearing green – Stand and sing
For another fun getting to know you singing time idea, head over to this Heads or Tails Primary game next!
How Irish Are You Printable Game Cards
This printable includes a full page cute poster with the title of this game you can choose to print and post if you’d like. Then, you’ll find 12 cards with different Irish traits that you can cut out, mix up, and draw from to select which question to ask next.
Members of the INSTANT Primary Singing membership in March New Testament will find BONUS extended printables including a slideshow option, full page printables, and a 1-page questionnaire that would be great for smaller Primary groups. It’s also available for purchase in my shop here.
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You might also want to grab this adorable Roll a Rainbow St Patrick’s Day game! It’s designed after the classic Cootie game – roll a dice to collect a piece and build your rainbow while singing through your choice of songs!
What other fun ways could you expand and adapt this activity to include this How Irish Are You? singing time game in your Primary? I can’t wait to hear your feedback and how you used this activity during singing time.
