St. Patrick’s Day Party Ideas

Sometimes the best St. Patrick’s Day party ideas are the simple ones: green clothes, green food coloring and some festive beverages. Those are great building blocks, but Fetch has some St. Patrick’s Day party ideas that might get your friends to actually wear green and hunt shamrocks around your house.

When you use the Fetch app, you can earn points and get rewarded for your party purchases. St. Patrick’s Day parties usually feature themed foods and decorations, and that’s so much easier to budget for when you know you’re earning rewards at the same time. 

Check out our St. Patrick’s Day party ideas below and start earning your rewards today.

St. Patrick’s Day party food

Your first thought for St. Patrick’s Day party food might be to buy a gallon of green food coloring. There’s nothing wrong with dying foods green that normally aren’t green, but we’ve got some more traditional St. Patrick’s Day party food ideas for you. 

Before you go shopping, be sure to check the Fetch app for offers on partner brands like Guinness, Pillsbury, Torani syrups and more.

Snacks and appetizers

Take a traditional take on Irish cuisine and turn it bite-size for the perfect St. Patrick’s Day party food:

• Corned beef sliders are the perfect size when they’re on Ball Park’s Golden Burger Buns. 
• Shepherd’s pie bites with crust from Pillsbury biscuits or crescent rolls will taste just like the shepherd’s pie your mom or grandma used to make.
• Reuben sandwich bites are as simple as corned beef, sauerkraut, Sargento swiss cheese, dressing and Beefsteak Bread’s rye. Make them full-size and then quarter them.
• Soft beer pretzels let the beer do a lot of the work, making them an easy snack, especially paired with Arbo’s cheese dip.
• Soda bread is a traditional Irish bread made with baking soda instead of yeast.

Drinks 

Drinks might be more associated with St. Patrick’s Day than food, but there’s more to it than just grabbing a pint. 

• Green drinks, including green beer, are easy enough to make. Just add a drop or two of green food coloring. Let the kids join in on the fun with green Sprite or Starry soda.
• Traditional Irish beers and ciders like Guinness and Magners.
• Irish Whiskey (be sure it’s got the “e,” as “Whisky” is made in Scotland, Canada and Japan) like Powers or Jameson. 
• Shillelagh cocktail, made with whiskey, gin, rum, peach schnapps and lemon juice. Try a mocktail made with peach juice, powdered sugar and lemon juice (with raspberries for garnish).
• Irish coffee traditionally involves whiskey, but you can make an iced mocktail version by combining cold brew, almond extract, Torani syrup (chocolate and vanilla) and ice in a shaker.

Desserts

No St. Patrick’s Day menu would be complete without some desserts, both of the traditional and shamrock green varieties.

• No-bake Irish pudding cups with green-tinted pudding and/or whipped cream and topped with crushed Oreos.
• Shamrock cookies are ready to go when you use Pillsbury ready to bake cookies. Or you can use traditional cookie dough and a shamrock-shaped cookie cutter.
• Irish apple cake is a cross between a cinnamon coffee cake and an apple crisp, topped with vanilla custard.
• Lucky Charms bars are like a festive St. Pat’s take on Rice Krispies treats.
• Guinness chocolate cake gives a unique, Irish flavor to a favorite dessert.

St. Patrick’s Day party decorations

Shopping for the right St. Patrick’s Day party decorations might seem tough if you’re going from store to store. Open up the Fetch app, tap the shopping cart, and then go on the hunt for St. Pat’s party decorations like these without leaving your house:

• Balloons, banners and tableware in green and gold is a great baseline decoration for the holiday.
• Shamrock string lights and garlands are great for decorating any outdoor party areas.
• St. Pat’s or shamrock lawn flags signal to the neighborhood and any visitors where the party’s at.
• Mini pots of gold and glittery gold shamrocks are great final touches to a buffet or dining area at your St. Patrick’s Day party.

Looking for something to tie everything together? Put together a St. Patrick’s Day playlist with either traditional Irish music or some well-known Irish bands like U2 and The Cranberries.

St. Patrick’s Day party games

You can take most traditional party games and give a St. Patrick’s Day spin on them: Irish-themed charades, shamrock-shaped bingo cards or leprechaun trivia. Here are some more St. Patrick’s Day party game ideas you can try:

• Gold coin toss. Use some of those decorative pots of gold and make a game out of who can toss the most coins into their pot of gold. Swap in chocolate coins if you want a fun and immediate reward for younger kids.
• Lucky scavenger hunt. Hide St. Pat’s themed items around the house or neighborhood and give a list of clues to your guests. Part of the prize could be the scavenger hunt items, but it’s good to have a prize for the winner, too.
• Hunt for gold. Take the classic Easter Egg hunt but shift it over to St. Patrick’s Day and turn it into a hunt for gold. Fake gold coins are a good alternative to plastic eggs, especially if you have a prize board with rewards they can redeem their coins for.

Our number one tip for your St. Patrick’s Day party games is to remember the gold: redeem your Fetch points for gift cards so your guests have some fun prizes to win. Find yourself needing to pick up some gold paint or accessories for your games? Tap over to Fetch Shop so you’ll earn points on your DIY needs.

St. Patrick’s Day party clothes

The number one rule for St. Patricks’ Day party clothes is the one you already know: go green. Here are some tips for some more creative St. Pat’s Day clothes:

• Leprechaun hats
• Leprechaun or shamrock ties
• St. Patrick’s Day suits
• Shamrock headbands
• “Kiss my I’m Irish” and other themed t-shirts

You’ll find the widest selection of St. Patrick’s Day party clothes by tapping through Fetch Shop and browsing your options at retailers like Walmart, Target and Temu.

Fetch makes St. Patrick’s Day party planning easier

If you’re really searching for your pot of gold, you should be doing your shopping with Fetch, including all of your St. Patrick’s Day party ideas. Here’s how easy it is to pile your points up into a treasure horde when planning your St. Patrick’s Day party:

• Snap your receipts for all grocery purchases.
• Earn more points by shopping personalized offers in the Fetch app.
• Buy from boosted brands when checking off your St. Patrick’s Day party planning checklist.
• Do all of your online shopping in Fetch Shop to earn points on nearly every dollar when shopping at retailers like Target, Sam’s Club, Temu and even eBay.

Are you seeing how easy it is to rack up the points when you know all of the ways your St. Patrick’s Day party planning can reward you? Don’t forget that you can even earn points on Fetch Play just by playing mobile games.

If you don’t already have the app, now is the time to download Fetch and start earning rewards as you plan your St. Patrick’s Day party food, decorations, clothes and games. If you do have the app, open it up and check out your offers and boosted brands to max out your possible points.