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Long ago, while living in a foreign country, I wanted to make sugar cookies and have my students decorate them as a fun little St. Patrick’s Day treat. But I could not find a shamrock-shaped cookie cutter anywhere so had to get creative with my approach. I ended up making simple round cookies and using a book by the classic author, Leo Lionni, to create an easy, fun and tasty St. Patrick’s Day activity!

And I have repeated the lesson dozens of times since then! I’ve done it for stateside First Grade students, MOPS toddlers, homeschool co-op children and, of course, my own kid. Everybody loves it! And it’s super duper easy! {And, better yet, it’s YUMMY!}

Materials needed:

round cookies

white canned frosting

blue and yellow food coloring and

a copy of Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lioni.

That’s it!

The story is short and sweet.

It’s about a little blue blob and a little yellow blob who are best friends… 

…who accidentally run into some trouble.

But, thankfully, they are able to solve their issue in the end. 

The lesson from the story can be as simple as

blue + yellow = green

or as deep as

stay true to yourself and don’t lose your identity.

But no matter how serious you make the book discussion, the kids will love the next part!  

Give them each a cookie, a small blob of yellow frosting and a small blob of blue frosting. 

Have each kid mix the two blobs together to make green frosting.

Then they can decorate the cookie and enjoy a treat!  

That’s it! It’s a super easy, fun and tasty activity!

For additional ideas for St. Patrick’s Day activities, check out Three Ways Homeschoolers Can Have Some St. Patrick’s Day Fun!