St. Patrick’s Day Color by Sight Word Free Printable Pixel Coloring Pages

St. Patrick’s Day is such a lively and fun holiday, perfect for adding a little extra learning fun to your classroom or home activities! These St. Patrick’s Day-themed color by sight word pages combine the joy of coloring with the important skill of sight word recognition. Kids will love revealing hidden pictures as they color code each square, and you’ll love seeing them practice their high-frequency words in a fun way.

How to Use These Color by Sight Word Pages

These St. Patrick’s Day color by sight word pages are a great way to keep young children engaged while practicing essential reading skills. Each page features a variety of common words, using a simple color key that makes it easy for kids to follow. As kids follow the sight word key and add the colors, they will slowly reveal the hidden picture on each of the color by code sight word pages.

This is a lot of fun, as there is a big element of surprise. Unlike with regular color by number pages, with the color by pixel pages you really can’t tell what the finished picture is going to be until you’re nearly done coloring.

They are perfect for kindergarten and first grade students, as well as second graders needing extra practice with sight word recognition. Whether you use these as morning work, in literacy centers, or as an early finisher activity, they’re sure to be a hit.

The best part is that these activities support both sight word recognition and fine motor skills development. By matching the color code to the sight words, kids not only practice recognizing high-frequency words but also strengthen their fine motor skills with each completed page.

Kids can practice visual discrimination while enjoying the fun surprise of uncovering a themed St. Patrick’s Day picture. They’re also great for primer sight word practice, helping build fluent readers who are confident with general word recognition.

What Are Sight Words?

Sight words are high-frequency words that appear often in written text and are essential for young children to recognize at a glance. These common words, such as those found on Dolch sight word lists and Fry lists, are typically not easily sounded out using phonetic rules, making sight word recognition a key skill for fluent readers.

Teaching sight words or high frequency words helps build general word recognition, improves reading abilities, and gives first graders, kindergarten students, and even second graders a great way to develop confidence as they learn to read. These words lay the foundation for early literacy and are an important part of primer sight word activities, literacy centers, and kindergarten sight word worksheets.

Whether you’re introducing sight words for the first time or reinforcing them for older kids like second-grade learners, these themed pages provide a broader definition of learning fun while keeping kids engaged.

Sight Words List for this activity

The words included across all pages of this sight word coloring pack are…

of
his
had
him
her
some
as
then
could
when
were
them
ask
an
over
just
from
any
how
know
put
take
every
old
by
after
think
let
going
walk
again
may
stop
fly
give
once
open
has
live
thank

What’s Included in Each Color by Sight Word Pixel Coloring Page

Below is a quick overview of the 8 pages included, with a peek at the finished pictures and a list of the sight words featured.

st patricks day color by sight word pixel coloring pages

Pot of Gold Color by Sight Word Pixel Coloring Page

This page reveals a sparkling pot of gold hidden in the grid. Sight words include: her, some, as, then and could

Shamrock Color by Sight Word Pixel Coloring Page

A bold shamrock lucky four leaf clover design comes to life as kids color the grid. Sight words include: of, his, had, him

Rainbow Color by Sight Word Pixel Coloring Page

A bright and cheerful rainbow appears with the following words: any, how, know, put, take, every, old and by

Leprechaun Hat Color by Sight Word Pixel Coloring Page

Kids will enjoy coloring a leprechaun’s hat using the words when, were, them, ask and an

Golden Coin Color by Sight Word Pixel Coloring Page

A hidden coin shines brightly with sight words including over, just and from

Horseshoe Color by Sight Word Pixel Coloring Page

This lucky horseshoe image is made using the words stop, fly, give, once.

Leprechaun Color by Sight Word Pixel Coloring Page

This page reveals a cheerful leprechaun with a bright green hat and a charming smile, perfect for adding some St. Patrick’s Day magic to your activity time!

The sight words included are after, think, let, going, walk, again and may helping kids practice while coloring this traditional figure.

Irish Flag Color by Sight Word Pixel Coloring Page

The final page features the vibrant colors of the Irish flag- green, white, and gold (orange). It’s a fun way to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day while practicing sight words like open, has, live, thank.

Kids will love completing this themed page and seeing the flag come to life!

Download the St. Patrick’s Day Pixel Color by Code Sight Words PDF

Ready to get started? Download the free printable PDF file of these St. Patrick’s Day color by sight word pages at the bottom of this post.

The terms of use: This free printable color by sight word St Patrick’s Day Pixel art activity is free for personal and classroom use, making it a perfect activity for teachers and parents alike. Do not redistribute this file.

Answer Key Included

To make it easy for you, an answer key is included in the download. This ensures that checking work is a breeze, even for the most intricate of pictures.

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