{"id":502,"date":"2011-03-18T04:12:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-18T04:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plannerperfect.com\/2011\/03\/18\/plan-theme-nights-from-around-the-world-with-your-kids\/"},"modified":"2011-03-18T04:12:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-18T04:12:00","slug":"plan-theme-nights-from-around-the-world-with-your-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/plannerperfect.com\/?p=502","title":{"rendered":"Plan Theme Nights from Around the World with Your Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Plan Theme Nights with Your Children<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Next Stop…Ireland!<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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I grew up with a full-blooded Italian mother, so as you could imagine we never celebrated Saint Patrick’s day. I’m pretty sure we had spaghetti and meatballs on that day and never wore green. \ud83d\ude42 I love her!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
I never celebrated it with my children, either, until I realized what a perfect invitation this day is to explore this country with our children and <\/span><\/span><\/span>make it a theme night!<\/span><\/div>\n
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 We Made Treasure Boxes<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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We created fun boxes of treasure for the leprechauns to hide their treasure.  They decorated them with stickers and markers. I found little plastic containers in the dollar isle at Target and filled them with little treasures from a local party store.<\/span>  <\/div>\n
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A Treasure Hunt<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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I went to the bank and cashed out $10 for <\/span>$1 gold coin pieces. These were perfect for the kids to find with clues to find their hidden treasures! With eight clues…they all had a blast seeking their gold coins and unraveling clues.<\/span><\/div>\n
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We read about Saint Patrick and how it all originated, too. Here is the link<\/a> to this information. We spent the day at the library and also looked at books on Ireland and then paid my $13 dollar late fee before I left. That was the only not fun<\/i> part. <\/span><\/div>\n
It was quite wonderful to understand the history and more about the country.<\/span><\/p>\n
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We of course had some green pancakes, but instead of all of the pancakes being green, which I thought was too unappetizing, made just a few green ones and free-formed a small shamrock and placed it on top of their pancake stack! Check out PPM for my delicious, pancake recipe<\/a> to die for. With some bacon, eggs and mini bagels, we didn’t eat again until dinner…well almost. <\/span><\/div>\n


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Shepherd’s pie<\/a>, a beautiful salad and cupcakes<\/a> to end the evening was a fun way to celebrate our Saint Patrick’s day. Check out Planner Perfect Meals  <\/a><\/span>
for all these recipes and so much more!<\/span><\/div>\n
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Have a wonderful time learning about Saint Patrick’s day!<\/span><\/p>\n
Sl\u00e1n<\/span> cairde<\/span> maithe<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Translation: Good bye friends <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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