St. Patrick’s Day Deals for March 17, 2020 (and Recipes, Crafts and fun facts!)

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!  May the road rise to meet you. May the wind be always at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face. – Irish Blessing

St. Patrick’s Day 2020

Here are the few deals I could scrape up for St. Patrick’s Day.  So many things are closed and running on modified protocols, I would call your location or check in with them on Facebook to confirm they are doing things as advertised.

Bruegger’s Bagels
Bruegger’s famous shamrock-green bagels are back this year! Available for preorder now, the festive bagels will be available for pickup from March 14 to March 17. You can also get a free green bagel (or your choice of flavor) with cream cheese by joining the Bruegger’s Inner Circle Rewards Program.

Dairy Queen
Order the green Mint Oreo Blizzard, available for the entire month of March. Dairy Queen is also offering a great deal right now where you can buy one Blizzard at regular price and get another for just $0.80!

Firehouse Subs
Firehouse Rewards members can earn double points on their entire purchase by ordering any size New York Steamer sub on March 17.

McDonald’s/Door Dash
Take $5 off your order of at least $15 from McDonald’s with code LUCKY from March 17 through 23. This deal is only available at participating locations.

 

 

St. Patrick’s Day things to make:

St. Patrick’s Day Candy Science

Walking Water Rainbow Experiment

Mosaic Paper Shamrocks

Got little ones?  This Paper Plate Rainbow Craft is great for them!

And for eats today, we’re making Spinach Muffins for breakfast (they’re green!) and Shamrock Chips for a snack and we’ll have Irish Soda Bread with dinner!

You can also make these super cute, super easy Shamrock Cinnamon Rolls!

Need a green drink?  Here’s a Healthy Green Smoothie! 

Need more ideas? Here are 21 St. Patrick’s Day Ideas.

Fun Facts about St. Patrick’s Day:

• St. Patrick’s real name was Maewyn Succat. (May-win Su-cat)
• St. Patrick’s Day is observed on March 17, the date of St. Patrick’s death in 461AD.
• The total spent on St. Patrick’s Day by Americans celebrating will be about $4.6 billion dollars.
• There are NO female Leprechauns… so where do they come from?
• A pot of gold with 1,000 gold one ounce coins would be worth about $1.26 million dollars.
• The first American St. Patrick’s Day party took place in Boston, Massachusetts.
• It is St. Patrick’s Day or St. Paddy’s day – NEVER St. Patty’s day.

And why do you get pinched if you aren’t wearing green?  That’s another American invention during the first celebration in Boston. They thought if you wore green, it made you invisible to the naughty Leprechauns who apparently run around pinching everyone they see that isn’t wearing green!

 

And my favorite Irish proverb: You’ll never plow a field by turning it over in your mind.   Which means, don’t just think about it – do it!