St. Patrick's Day is celebrated on March 17. Many people think the holiday is about green beer, shamrocks and leprechauns. But that 's just commercial hype. The real Saint Patrick was a Catholic Roman Britain taken as a slave by Irish raiders. Patrick later returned as a missionary to convert Druidic Ireland. Here are secular St. Patrick's Day crafts plus activities to explore the saint behind the legend and the religious beyond the secular. Saint Patrick printables, free printable Catholic St. Patrick's Day crafts