Make a Blarney Stone

What you need:

• a smooth, clean rock (from your backyard or local craft store)
• green, orange, and white paint
• paintbrush
• different color markers
• glue, fabric scraps, yarn, felt, googly-eyes (optional) 

What to do:

1. Tell your child the tale of the Blarney Stone — the most famous rock in all of Ireland. Located in Blarney Castle, legend has it that whoever should kiss the stone will have a lifelong “gift of gab.”
2. Have your child paint her rock green (or green, orange, and white — the colors of the Irish flag).
3. Once the rock is dry, let your child decorate his Blarney Stone with markers, or make a face on it.
4. Have you and your child each give the Blarney Stone a kiss and gab away about leprechauns, shamrocks, pots of gold, and all the fun that St. Patrick’s Day has to offer!