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St. Patrick's Day Crafts for Kids

St. Patrick's day CraftsMaking holiday crafts with children is always a fun educational experience. This guide contains St. Patrick's Day crafts for kids.
     

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St. Patrick's Day Leprechaun Wall Hanging

This video teaches you how to make a cute leprechaun wall hanging that you and your kids will a fun making for St. Patrick's Day.
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St. Patrick's Day Lucky Charms Gift

This is a cute, quick, and inexpensive way to tell a friend "Happy St. Patrick's Day!" If you don't have a computer and printer, you can simply write out the words using markers.

Approximate Time: about 30 minutes

Supplies:

  • card stock
  • computer and printer
  • zipper top sandwich bag
  • Lucky Charms cereal
  • scissors
  • pencil
  • ruler
  • green craft foam
  • small silk flower
  • rhinestone
  • hot glue gun and glue sticks
  • stapler

Instructions:

I typed "So LUCKY you're my friend" and printed it at the bottom left edge of an 8 1/2 x 11 inch piece of card stock. St. Patrick's Day Lucky Charms Gift

Fill the sandwich bag with Lucky Charms and measure the width the sandwich bag.

St. Patrick's Day Lucky Charms Gift

Cut the card stock to create a flap for the bag. I cut mine 6 1/2 by 6 inches. Fold it in half lengthwise.

St. Patrick's Day Lucky Charms Gift

Cut a shamrock from the green craft foam. Glue a rhinestone in the center of a small silk flower, then glue the flower to the center of the shamrock.

St. Patrick's Day Lucky Charms Gift

Glue the shamrock to the right side of the card adjacent to the wording. St. Patrick's Day Lucky Charms Gift Place the folded card over top of the bag and staple on each side.

By Rachel's Mom from Wilkesboro, NC

St. Patrick's Day Lucky Charms Gift
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Craft Project: Paper Plate Leprechaun

Paper Plate Leprechaun FinishedThis inexpensive craft will keep little ones busy for while. Once it's dry, hang on a door or display it on your fridge.

Approximate Time: About 30 minutes

Supplies:

  • Paper plate
  • Peach colored acrylic paint
  • Orange acrylic paint
  • Paint brush
  • Green, black and yellow construction paper
  • Pencil
  • Scissors
  • Craft glue
  • Black and red markers

Instructions:

  1. Paint the inside portion of the plate with flesh or peach colored paint.

  2. Paint just the outer rim of the plate orange.

  3. Paper Plate Leprechaun
  4. Allow to dry.

  5. While paint is drying, draw a hat onto green construction paper.

  6. Draw a one-inch wide hat band onto black construction paper.

  7. Draw a square onto yellow construction paper.

  8. Cut out all pieces.

  9. Assemble the hat by gluing on the black band and the yellow square (be sure to cut out the center of the square to resemble a buckle)

  10. When the paint on the paper plate is dry, glue the hat onto the leprechaun, then draw on the eyes and nose with the markers.

By Rachel's Mom from Wilkesboro, NC

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