Celebrating St Patrick’s Day
Throwing an Irish-themed party, especially on St Patrick's Day, means going green.
You can do this with decorations that are as cheap or expensive as you like. Green streamers set the mood if you’re on a budget and if you have more to spend, go all out with green light bulbs in your lamps, green helium balloons and shamrock-shaped party lights.
Gold-foil-wrapped chocolate coins make for festive table decorations as well as great snacks. Fill bowls or vases with them to dress up your party.
Lads and lassies alike can get into the spirit of St Patrick’s by breaking out all the green clothing they can, pinning on a “Kiss Me, I’m Irish” button and topping it all off with a green leprechaun’s hat.
Get out your green food colouring as you’ll need it to dye everything from mashed potatoes to beer. In addition to green-coloured treats, serve traditional Irish favourites like corned beef and cabbage, Irish soda bread and lots of potatoes.
For sweet snacks, put out bowls of green M&Ms and green jelly beans. Or make shamrock cookies using a clover-shaped cookie cutter. And don’t forget, Irish whiskey and dark Irish beer make excellent dessert ingredients.
