Microsoft's Best St. Patrick's Day Templates and Printables

The luck of the Irish may not be all you need to prepare for St. Patrick's Day events, parties, or just entertaining the kids!

Microsoft offers a lot of holiday templates that add a little flair to correspondence or support the theme of your get-together.

You no longer visit a main site to scroll through templates from Microsoft. Instead, you now open a given Office program, select New, then search for a template. This can get goopy, because you have to pull those key words out of thin air.

To help save you time, I've gathered those templates I deem the best so you can find them more simply. Enjoy!

St. Patrick's Day is a holiday full of symbols and legends to fascinate kids. Why not leverage that to keep them busy?

Microsoft has quite a few coloring pages activities for children to embellish, including this fun St. Patrick's Day Coloring Pages Activity Template for Microsoft Word.

Open Word, select New, then search for the template named above.

Activity pages such as this are free and printable, which makes them great for last-minute solutions for a few kids or a whole gaggle of them.

If you do not want to waste colored ink on the border, simply select grayscale printing and you'll still end up with a great looking sheet for kids to color.

The Celtic knot work of the Irish American Heritage Event Flyer with Celtic Harp Template for Microsoft Word provides a nice contrast to some of the more cutesy imagery surrounding St. Patrick's Day.

Open Word, select New, then search for the template named above.

Remember to be flexible when working with templates. While it is true that you want one as close to your end project as possible (after all, the whole point is to save time and work!), it is also smart to think about additional uses for them.

For example, you can use this template as a promotional tool or adapt it to become a newsletter rather than a flyer.

Why mince words on St. Patrick's Day? Open Publisher, select New, and Search for the Photo and Image Printable Labels Template.

For example, add text such as "Kiss Me, I'm Irish", "Erin Go Bragh", or other holiday phrases. You can also add clip art like a pot of gold. You can highlight and right-click to customize the background color of the red and blue columns. 

Sticker labels such as this are of course printable to plain paper but to get the adhesive effect you will need a product from Avery or other providers. Be sure to check Microsoft's description through the link provided before buying your Avery sheets, to make sure you get the right size.

You can customize OneNote based on color preferences and can color coordinating for the holidays.

The template shown here is a fun way to spruce up a party or to just make sure you don't get pinched. Open Word, select New, then search for Green Accent Labels Template or Printable.

It includes just enough green, plus there's lot of room to add a St. Patty's Day image or message. These also make great name tags.

This Green and Gold Party Banner Template or Printable for Microsoft Word is a way to print one or two letters per page, which you can then string together as a decoration for St. Patrick's Day celebrations. 

Open Word, select New, then search for the template named above.

From business promotions to personal celebrations, this Green Gift Certificate or Coupon Template and Printable for Microsoft Word is a way to customize a digital or printable St. Patty's Day present.

Open Word, select New, then search for the template name listed above.

You may have a St. Patrick's Day use for this Sheer Green Border Design Template for Microsoft PowerPoint. This can be a fun addition to a party. It can also be an awesome tool for academic or business presentations.