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St. Patrick’s Day Object Lesson

By Katie Hornor

Object lessons to teach your children all about St. Patrick's Day. ParadisePraises.com

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St. Patrick's Day Object Lessons

1. The Proof is in the Pancakes

No matter what life stage you are in, object lessons always seem to drive the message home better than just words. And especially when it involves food. Here are a few ideas to make meaning memorable as St. Patrick's Day approaches with St. Patrick's day object lessons.

Make green pancakes by coloring the batter with a few drops of food coloring. Explain to your children that if God is like food coloring and colors our lives (the pancakes) with His spirit, we will be green like Him. Well not actually green, but kind, loving, giving, truthful, faithful, etc. You get the idea.

Pancakes St Patrick's Day www.paradisepraises.com2. Lemon or Limeade

Make fresh lemonade by squeezing lemons (or limes) and adding water and sugar. Talk about how God squeezes us sometimes in the hard times of our lives, and reveals all of our sourness, but then He adds the water of His Spirit and the sweetness of His Word to change us into something He can use to bless others.

3. Clovers and Cake

Teach the Trinity using a clover just like St. Patrick did. Read more about that in this book. The 3 parts of the clover leaf appear to be separate, but are one leaf. The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are three persons of one God. (Similarly we may be one person with several different functions: we may be a daughter, a wife, and a mother, all at the same time.)

St. Patrick's Day Cake www.paradisepraises.com

To illustrate this further, make a several layer cake. You could even color it green for the occasion. Once frosted, it appears to be, and is, one cake, but when you cut it open, your child can see that it is made up of several layers of cakes. Each of those are their own layer, but part of one cake. This further reinforces the understanding of how God can be one God in three persons.

What are other object lessons you use to teach spiritual truths around St. Patrick's Day? I'd love to have you share them in the comments.

Click here for some of our favorite books and a Unit Study on the holiday.

Find more object lessons here.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Filed Under: Holidays Tagged With: homeschool, st patrick's day

About Katie Hornor

Katie Hornor is a busy wife and homeschool mommy of five. Just like you, she faces the everyday challenge of setting the tone for praise in her home. Katie knows that life can by messy, but she also knows we have a choice. At ParadisePraises.com she inspires other women to be the exception and live a life of intentional praise.

Comments

  1. Michele Morin says

    February 16, 2016 at 10:05

    Katie, I’m cleaning up some stuff on my blog and would love to have a button to put in my sidebar for What to Read Wednesday . . . is there such a thing??
    Thanks for your help!

    • Katie Hornor says

      February 19, 2016 at 15:07

      we’re working on this Michele. Stay tuned 🙂

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