Every couple of months my husband and I host a Food & Wine/Beer Pairing Party. It started when he began homebrewing beer and has grown into a really fun seasonal event! This month we decided to do one with Irish themes and I thought I’d share some of the decorations with you.

First you were welcomed by a large shamrock on the door! My two year old got to help with the design on this one:

I have some dried hydrangea from my garden that needed some new ribbon:

And a few other decorations:

Lastly, we made some cards to label food with. We require guests to bring a dish – that fits with the theme – and a beer or wine to go with it. This way people knew what to try with each dish:

If you want to try to host a dinner like this, I’d be happy to share our ideas with you!

For my first article with Sandbox Press, I wrote about this great activity to do with your kid! This is the original post:

This may be a small spoiler for family, but I had to post about these cards I made for St. Patrick’s Day! Ethan is pretty good with doing crafts with me – as long as it takes less than 15 seconds of his time. I had to force him to stay a little longer but the end result made it worth it!

I started with each blank card and put the shamrocks wherever they landed! I later added detail with a green thin sharpie and used a glue gun to attach the green ribbon. I had enough left over ribbon to line the flaps of 2 of the envelopes.  You can see the little fingerprints detail that made each of the 3- or 4-leaf clovers:

I think you can do this project with any age kid – as long as you can hold them down for a few minutes! I was able to get 9 cards made with Ethan. I wish I could have done a few more but I think at least the family will enjoy them! Happy Shamrock Day!

This may be a small spoiler for family, but I had to post about these cards I made for St. Patrick’s Day! Ethan is pretty good with doing crafts with me – as long as it takes less than 15 seconds of his time. I had to force him to stay a little longer but the end result made it worth it!

I started with each blank card and put the shamrocks wherever they landed! I later added detail with a green thin sharpie and used a glue gun to attach the green ribbon. I had enough left over ribbon to line the flaps of 2 of the envelopes.  You can see the little fingerprints detail that made each of the 3- or 4-leaf clovers:

I think you can do this project with any age kid – as long as you can hold them down for a few minutes! I was able to get 9 cards made with Ethan. I wish I could have done a few more but I think at least the family will enjoy them! Happy Shamrock Day!