Sing a fun mix of St. Patrick’s day themed Primary songs in this fun St Patrick’s Day song quiz game! The list of 10 themed songs includes a clue and then a scrambled word. Unscramble the word then sing through the song! Bonus points if they can name the song title.
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St Patrick’s Day Song Quiz
How to Play:
Post the song quiz as a 1-page worksheet or one at a time. Read the clue, the first line of the puzzle, out loud for everyone to hear. The children can then unscramble the letters that follow to fill in the blank.
Each of the clues and words have something to do with St. Patrick’s day. You can talk about the connection with each song, or just mention it at the beginning of the game as another clue to help them solve for the missing words.
After you’ve solved the clue, sing through the song!
This printable is totally flexible, so you can adapt the answers to fit with a different fun activity if you want to use it with other songs.
Fun St Patrick’s Day Alternate Song Lyrics
Words for Once There Was a Leprechaun:
Once there was a leprechaun, leprechaun, leprechaun,
Once there was a leprechaun, silly, silly, silly.
In the spring he danced, danced, danced,
In the spring he danced, a jig, a jig, a jig.
Words for The Saints Go Marching:
The saints go marching one by one,
Hurrah, hurrah,
The saints go marching one by one,
Hurrah, hurrah,
The saints go marching one by one,
The little one stops to sing for fun,
And they all go marching over,
To the west, to get out of the mess.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Songs Included:
- Once There Was a Snowman #249 – Once there was a… Leprechaun
- When I Am Baptized #103 – I like to look for… Rainbows
- I Often Go Walking #202 – Walking in meadows of… Clovers
- All Things Bright and Beautiful #231 – All creatures great and… Small
- Give Said the Little Stream #236 – The fields grow… Greener
- On a Golden Springtime #88 – On a golden… Springtime
- I Will Be Valiant #162 – I’ll stand for… Truth
- Little Purple Pansies #244 – Touched with yellow… Gold (Can substitute purple pansies for bright green clovers)
- I Hope They Call Me on a Mission #169 – I hope they call me on a… Mission (St Patrick was a missionary)
- The Ants Go Marching (Nursery Rhyme) – The ____ go marching… Saints (Can also use Come, Come, Ye Saints – Hymn #30)
Extension Activities:
- Consider adding in some fun ways to sing to add interaction and movement!
- Have the Senior primary work on the 1-page version individually or as a class. Then, when everyone is done, sing through the list in order.
- Add in a name that tune aspect by playing through the song while they work to solve the quiz! That will help make it a little easier, too.
- For fun, have them guess the page number. Give the kids a page range for the Children’s Songbook that the song falls within (such as 1-100 or 200-250) and take 3-5 guesses. Closes number wins a point for their side of the room!
Printable St Patrick’s Day Song Quiz
This printable St Patrick’s Day Song Quiz game includes a 1-page game version with all 10 songs and scrambled letters on a single page. This option is great for smaller Primary groups. You can print one per child or print a copy for small groups of 2-4 children to work together.
You can score extended printables as part of March Doctrine & Covenants INSTANT Primary Singing membership. That will include a printable 1-page lesson plan. Plus, I’ve created a larger half-page puzzles spread across 5 pages. You can cut the page in half and then show the puzzles one at a time and work on solving them together as a Primary. This option lets you pick and choose if you don’t want to include all 10 of the songs provided.
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What other fun ways could you extend this St Patrick’s Day Song Quiz game?
