St. Patrick’s Day is coming up. It’s a really fun holiday that can be enjoyed by people of all ages. However, it’s also a holiday that you can easily spend too much money on if you’re not careful. Between cooking for family and friends, going out to drink green beer, attending parades and getting the kids into the holiday with crafts, you may find that you waste more funds on this simple holiday than you’d like. Luckily, it’s an easy holiday to do frugally if you’re so inclined.
Here are 50 ideas for a frugal St. Patrick’s Day:
10 Frugal St. Patrick’s Day Recipes
Food is one of the things that people spend way too much money on for St. Patrick’s Day. Luckily there are a lot of great frugal recipes for traditional Irish foods (and some not-so-traditional ones as well!). Here are 10 frugal St. Patrick’s Day Recipes for you:
3. Yellowman
5. Hillbilly Goulash (a frugal replacement for Irish stew!)
8. Boiled Corned Beef and Cabbage
10 Frugal St. Patrick’s Day Crafts
Kids really get a kick out of St. Patrick’s Day. Here are ten frugal crafts and activities that you can do with the kids to enjoy this holiday without spending too much money:
1. Make leprechaun dust.
2. Print out St. Patrick’s Day coloring pages and color with them.
3. Get green glittery makeup and paint each other’s faces.
4. Go out looking for four leaf clovers.
5. Get green yarn and make St. Patty’s day friendship bracelets.
7. Make a “little pot of gold“.
8. Make a Brigid’s Cross together.
9. Invest in holiday-related rubber stamps and create your own big stamp mural together.
10. Cut out everything green from old magazines and make a St. Patty’s collage.
10 Ways to Save on St. Patty’s for Adults
Adults spend a lot of money on St. Patrick’s Day. Most of this money is spent on drinking out at the local bars. Some of it is spent on seeing live Irish music or other performances. Here are ten ways to save on those things:
1. Look for free events. Why pay for Irish music when you don’t have to? There are lots of free events during this holiday season.
2. Do some pre-drinking. Avoid ordering a lot of drinks when you’re out for St. Patrick’s Day and instead get a few of those drinks in at home first.
3. Go for the green beer. Skip the whiskey and Irish car bombs and drink the less expensive stuff instead.
4. Hold a BYOB party at your place. Why pay money to go out when you can entertain everyone in your own place instead?
5. Stay home and watch Irish movies instead. Nobody said that you have to go out drinking just because it’s St. Patty’s Day.
6. Skip the new outfit. So many people feel a silly need to buy a new green shirt for this holiday. Wear something you already own. Surely you have a green tie or a pair of green shoes or something that will work?
7. Make a CD of Irish bands. It might be more fun to spend a few hours making your own CD at home than spending a lot of money going out to see a band you’ve never even heard of.
8. Invite everyone over to play musical instruments. This is a real Irish way to party!
9. Go out for dessert instead of dinner and drinks. Get a simple Irish coffee at a local café instead of doing a big to-do for this holiday.
10. Ask yourself if you really want to celebrate this year at all. Some people celebrate this holiday out of habit when it really doesn’t mean anything to them. It’s okay to skip it if you want to.
10 Frugal Costumes and Gifts
Some people like to dress up at this time of year (or to let their kids dress up). Others like to give small gifts to commemorate this little holiday. Here are ten cheap costumes and gift ideas for St. Patrick’s Day:
1. Use promotional codes to reduce the cost of costumes that you order online. You can get kids’ costumes or sexy adult costumes online at a discount.
2. Skip the costume and just get a green wig instead. A leprechaun hat works, too. You don’t really need a full costume as an adult.
3. Help kids make their own costumes from items that you already have around the house. It’s easy to make a leprechaun hat out of construction paper or cardboard, for example.
4. Get inexpensive jewelry as a gift for someone. Celtic rings, leprechaun charms and four leaf clover earrings can be a nice inexpensive gift if you shop around properly.
5. Make edible gifts. Shamrock cupcakes or leprechaun cookies are a great frugal gift for this holiday.
6. Put together a green gift basket. Green tea, green glittery makeup, green soaps … these things don’t need to be expensive but make a great little gift basket when combined together.
7. Buy a four-leaf clover plant. What a great long-lasting frugal gift to give to someone special at this time of year.
8. Write an “Irish letter”. As in Irish we could always be together, Irish we could escape to a remote island, Irish you would kiss me … You’ll get a laugh, spread some romance and not have to waste any money on this holiday.
9. Go to the thrift store for gifts. Most gifts for this holiday are cheap so get them second hand or at a cheap local store.
10. Get a single green flower for someone. It’s the thought that counts; no need to splurge on a big bouquet.
10 Miscellaneous Ideas for a Frugal St. Patrick’s Day
Here are ten additional ideas for enjoying this holiday without spending a lot of money.
1. Go to the local parade. It costs little or nothing and is a great way to spend the day regardless of your age. Pack your own snacks so you don’t spend a lot of money on food from the vendors.
2. Visit a landmark in your area. Is there a St. Patrick’s church in your region? How about a good Irish restaurant? See what there is to see near you that is related to the holiday and take the day to enjoy this new experience.
3. Have a St. Patrick’s Day yard sale. Make a bunch of cheap little crafts and jewelry items related to the holiday. Hold a yard sale in a high-traffic area. People will stop and spend a bit of money to pick up oddball gifts for their friends and family. It’s attention-getting, fun and can earn you a little bit of extra cash.
4. Travel for St. Patrick’s Day. That might not sound frugal but if you get a good deal on last-minute budget travel and travel now instead of at busier times like Spring Break or summer vacation then this can be a smart money-saving decision.
5. Spend the holiday researching what it’s all about. Make a fun day out of it by learning the history behind this holiday. This could be done through getting books on the topic or surfing the web. Create a family play or a picture book with the kids revealing what you learned.
6. Host a treasure hunt for your whole neighborhood. Everyone can search for small little treasures and the pot of gold at the end of some rainbow. Fun, frugal and unique.
7. Decorate your home for the holiday. Use paper, yarn and other cheap materials to create great decorations that make your home a bit more fun for this time of year.
8. Have a green breakfast. A little bit of food coloring goes a long way towards making a normal breakfast a good one for the holiday. Breakfast is usually cheaper than dinner so focusing on this meal of the day is a frugal choice.
9. Go see an Irish play. Make sure it fits into your monthly budget!
10. Get in some frugal gardening. Think “green” in a different way at this time of year so that you can be frugal all year long!
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