St David’s Day Activities (+ 10 Free Colouring Sheets)

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St Davids Day for those that don’t know commemorates the Patron Saint of Wales, David. It is celebrated on March 1st. Check out our favourite St Davids Day activities that we will be doing this year.

We always enjoy having holiday fun and these St David’s Day activities are just that. Perfect for kids aged 3-12, have fun learning about the holiday while having fun.

I have also created 10 free St David’s Day colouring sheets for you to print out and enjoy.

Colouring pages included in this free printable are:

  • A map of Wales for you to either colour in, or use a map and divide into the 22 counties.
  • 2 daffodil images
  • 1 image of a leek
  • 6 images of Dragons
st davids day colouring

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St David’s Day Activities

Twinkl as always has lots of free St David’s Day worksheets for you to use. The ones we love are:

Other St David’s Day activities we will be doing are:

Dragon Books for Kids

I always try and add books to any subject we study, however, I couldn’t find any kids books on the Patron Saint of Wales. So thinking outside of the box, I have included our 5 favorite dragon books instead!

St David's Day Colouring Pages
Download 10 free colouring pages at the bottom of the post.

St David’s Day Facts

st davids day activities

For those of you who don’t know who St David is I wanted to put together a few key facts.

  • Legend has it that St David (or ‘Dewi Sant’ in Welsh) was born in Wales during a fierce storm. It is unknown when he was born but it is believed that he died on the 1st March 589 A.D. He is also the only Patron Saint of the UK who was born in the country he is patron of.
  • His last words “Be joyful, keep the faith, and do the little things that you have heard and seen me do.” This is a famous saying now in Wales.
  • It is believed that David performed many miracles, including, raising a child from the dead, surviving eating poison, and more famously restoring the sight of his teacher, Paulinus.
  • The leek is an important national symbol of Wales, and later it became the daffodil. The leek is displayed on the Welsh regiments uniforms to this day.
  • As David was a monk, he was a vegetarian and was claimed to have only drank water. He became known as “David the waterman”.

If you are wanting to celebrate the other patron saints of the UK, check out these St George’s Day activities and St Patricks Day.

St David’s Day Colouring Sheets

Make sure you choose the correct paper size and then click on the shrink to fit button. With all of our printables, they work better when printed on cardstock (this is the one we use and love.)

Last Updated on 18 April 2022 by homeschoolof1

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