13+ Fun St. Patrick's Day Lunch Ideas For Kids That Will Have Them Feeling Lucky!

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Check out these lucky St Patrick’s Day lunch ideas for kids that will make their day shamROCK!

Hi friends,

St. Patrick’s Day is coming up on March 17th and I’m so excited to make a fun and cute lunch for my little one!

Here at SchoolRunMessyBun we are ALL about making these early school years as exciting and magical as possible! Does that include being totally extra and making themed lunches for holidays? Absolutely!

Making a fun St. Patrick’s Day lunch is super easy! We’re talking all things green, rainbows and shamrocks! There are so many ways to put a fun St. Paddy’s Day twist on your kids lunch for this day!

We have 13 St Patrick’s Day lunch ideas for kids that will absolutely make their day sham(rock)!

St. Patrick’s Day Lunch Must Haves

First things first, there is pretty much nothing “traditional” about these St. Patrick’s day lunches. These lunch ideas are more-so on the fun, americanized, colorful side of what we think about when it comes to this holiday.

So, if you’re looking for a bright, fun, rainbow and shamrock filled St Patrick’s Day lunch idea for your kid, we got you!

Let’s start with some basics to get those creative juices flowing!

Green foods for St. Patrick’s Day:

First, here are a few great food options that are green! Throw in any of these options as an easy way to add some green to their lunch:

Snap peas
Kiwi
Cucumber
Green grapes
Spinach tortillas
Good luck pasta
Bell peppers
Guacamole
Harvest Snaps
Avocados
Green apples
Broccoli
Spinach/kale
Asparagus
Green beans
Peas
Celery
Honeydew

St. Paddy’s Day Lunch Essentials:

These aren’t 100% necessary but they will definitely help you make your cute St. Patricks Day lunches a heck of a lot easier! Still, there are plenty of ways to make a fun lunch without these items!

1. Sandwich cutters

St. Patrick’s Day Cookie Cutter Set

This is a great set! You probably won’t use the beer mug one for your little ones lunch but all the other ones are perfect! I like that this one comes with a four-leaf clover, a rainbow and two shamrocks. The two shamrock sizes are great if you plan on doing a smaller shape cut out within a shaped sandwich to reveal sprinkles or jelly.

*Note for new lunch makers: Yes, you can totally use cookie cutters as sandwich or tortilla cutters! They absolutely don’t need to be specifically labeled “sandwich” cutters.

2. Fruit/Veggie Cutters

Shamrock Shape Cutters

Here’s another great set option and perfect if you only plan on using shamrocks and/or a four-leaf clover. I wanted to specifically link this one though because of the smaller cutters they include! These smaller and deeper cutters are specifically for fruits and veggies!

3. Food picks

St Patrick’s Day Party Decorations

Now, I have an absolutely ridiculous love for food picks! My collection is ever growing and I cannot express how much fun I think food picks are. They are truly a lunch making essential and can “spice” up any boring lunch and make it cute!

I searched high and low for “real” plastic St. Patrick’s Day themed food picks that are reusable but alas, I couldn’t find any. Not one. What the heck!? So, these aren’t reusable are actual tooth picks (so maybe not for the super young kiddos) but they’re still cute nonetheless!

4. Themed napkins

St Patrick’s Party Napkins

I think throwing in cute napkins are always a fun and “extra” option! Please don’t buy these on Amazon though, they’re so overpriced! Hit up your local Dollar Tree and I’m sure you’ll find plenty of cute options for literally a dollar!

5. Alphabet cutters

Mini Alphabet Cookie Cutters Set

These alphabet cutters are specifically St. Patrick’s Day related but I noticed a lot of these lunch ideas spell out “lucky” with cheese/fruit/etc. This is what they use to do that! I have these exact ones and they’re great!

6. St. Patrick’s Day lunch notes

Lastly, an extremely simple yet still fun way to add a smile to your kids St. Patrick’s Day with a cute lunch note!

St. Patrick’s Day Lunch Ideas For Kids

1. Gold coins

Here’s a cute and healthy St. Patrick’s Day lunch idea! Love the use of spinach tortillas and that the mini Ritz crackers look like gold coins!

2. Pot of gold

How stinkin’ adorable is that pot of gold sandwich!? I love that they used a cucumber peel and mini alphabet shape cutters to spell out “lucky”!

3. Rainbow veggies

Kiddo not a huge fan of sandwiches? This is a great healthier option to get your little one excited to eat the rainbow!

4. Lucky lunch

How fun is this lunch? I love the alphabet cheeze-its but I don’t think they sell them anymore. Alphabet cookies might be another great option instead!

5. Wrapped in luck

Wraps are so underrated for kids lunches! Such a great idea. I’m also loving the shamrock cucumbers!

6. Fruit rainbow

Making a fruit rainbow is an adorable idea!

7. Bagel rainbow

We love using bagels for lunch! Personally, we typically top them peanut butter and bananas but this is a fun twist! Cream cheese with fruit loops and cauliflower for clouds!

8. Lucky I have you salad

Okay, this might be a less popular option but if you have a kiddo who will eat salad this is so sweet! My middle son is the only one who will eat salads, he’d love this!

9. Sham-rockin’ lunch

Fun, simple and easy! I’m all about it! This is a picky eater’s dream lunch lol

10. Pot of gold cheese

The pot of gold made out of cheese is way too cute!

11. I “heart” clovers

Here’s a great way to make a clover without buying a special cutter! Four heart shaped mini sandwiches make this super easy.

12. Can’t pinch me

You’re little one is surely not going to get pinched with either of these all out green lunch ideas! Love it!

13. Shamrock reveal

So, this is similar to what I was talking about when I mentioned using a smaller shamrock shape for the middle of a sandwich. We did this with a heart sandwich for valentines day to reveal strawberry jelly in the middle and it was a big hit!

14. Shamrock chips

I was low-key a bit sad looking for fun shaped St. Patricks day foods. For Halloween we see veggie chips shaped as bats, pretzels shaped as pumpkins, etc. But, this is a great idea to just make your own right at home!

You can cut out a shamrock shapes from a spinach tortilla, spray them with a little oil and bake for a few minutes for your very own homemade shamrock chips!

I hope these St Patrick’s Day lunch ideas for kids gave you some great ideas on ways to make a fun lunch for your lucky little one this year!