Free printable St. Patrick’s Day Treasure Hunt. This treasure hunt for kids is a great activity.
A leprechaun has left clues that they need to follow to get to the treasure!
Want to make this Saint Patrick’s Day more interesting for the kids? How about setting up a St. Patrick’s Day Treasure Hunt? Place the clues around the house, leading to a treasure of your choice at the end. This is so cute and I’ve had so much positive feedback about it. I hope you enjoy it!
I have NOT numbered the clues. This is because there are a LOT of them….so I know you might not use them all.
Mix and match; pick the ones you want! The first and last clue on the top of page 1.
If you’re looking for other St. Patrick’s stuff, check out “St. Patrick’s Day Coloring Pages” or the page dedicated to “St. Patrick’s & Mint.”
P.S. You might be interested to know I have a fabulous printable St. Patrick’s Day Binder on sale in my shop. It’s over 130 pages of planners, games, decor, and more.
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History of St. Patrick’s Day
As a history major, I love knowing about the history of holidays. Even when that holiday has turned into a secular celebration that is focused on green beer!
St. Patrick’s Day is (obviously) a celebration of the saint named Patrick. March 17th is the anniversary of his death, which is believed to have taken place in 461 A.D. St. Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland and is credited with bringing Christianity to the Irish.
St. Patrick was born in Roman Britain in the late 4th century. He was kidnapped at the age of 16 and traveled to Ireland as a slave. He escaped. However, he returned in 432 A.D. with the purpose of converting the Irish to Christianity.
St. Patrick’s Day was celebrated in Ireland since the 9th or 10th century. Lenten prohibitions (such as against eating meat) were dispensed with for the day. The Church officially started celebrating the holiday in 1631.
However, it was emigrants to the United States that turned it into a largely secular holiday. In 1601, in St. Augustine, FL, a St. Patrick’s Day parade took place. This was followed by Boston in 1737 and New York in 1762.
As the centuries have passed, the holiday has expanded to include a river dyed green, everyone wearing green, corned beef & cabbage, and green beer. And it now includes a free printable St. Patrick’s Day treasure hunt!
St. Patrick’s Day Treasure Hunt
Instructions:
• Print options: regular paper works, but you can also use card stock (for sturdier cards)
• All of the files are in pdf below. Just hit the “download” button (or pink word “download,” depending upon browser).
• The default size of these is full-page. However, if you want smaller, simply reduce the print size.
This post has been around a few years and I have been AMAZED at how popular it is. If you enjoyed this free St. Patrick’s Day Treasure Hunt, be sure to share it with your friends. Share buttons are at the top of the post!
Also feel free to comment below with what your favorite clue was.
I absolutely love this. I am setting this up for my family. I have been looking for one everywhere and this is perfect. Thank you for sharing theses (and making it free).
Glad you like it. I hope your family has fun!
Thank you so much for this. Fun for kids and a 30 minute workout running up and down the stairs hiding them. A win win!!!
Glad the kids had fun! Should I also say glad you got a workout? haha. Anyway, thanks for commenting.
Thank you so much for sharing this! My kids had so much fun, and I really appreciated the simplicity of printing and hiding those cute clues after a day of helping kids with distance learning.
Glad you liked it. So happy the kids like it! Thank you for taking the time to comment.
Thank you for providing this last year I paid for away less fun version so I’m thrilled to have found this.
You’re welcome! I hope you enjoy it.
Thank you so much for sharing this! I did it for the kids today and they absolutely loved it. And I loved how easy it was!!! My littlest was actually sad when they found the treasure. She said ‘oh man! I wanted it to go on forever!’ Thanks for the wonderful family memories you helped us make today.
Awwww…my heart is melting. So glad they enjoyed it. My little one is only 3 months old. But I’m completely planning on doing this in the future.
Thank you so much, Jennie. I have done a scavenger hunt for my kids the last 3 years and they LOVE them but have begun questioning the style of my opposite hand writing. These *FREE* printable downloads has not only made it very easy on me but will hopefully resolve the questions about it being in my ‘sloppy’ handwriting! 🙂
Thank you again for helping to make ‘it’ a little easier on us caregivers!
Glad you liked it.
I feel like I found the pot of gold! Thank you for creating this and sharing it for free with everyone. You have brought lots of kids AND parents joy!
You’re welcome. Glad you enjoyed it. And thank you for taking the time to comment. So much I feel like I”m posting these things in the void. Then someone comments and I”m like “oh, yeah, I’m doing this for a reason.”