St. Patrick’s Day is a day full of luck, mischief, and, of course, fun…ART PROJECTS! Crafting with children does not have to be expensive or tedious. Here are a few ideas for fun and inexpensive crafts for St. Patrick’s Day. Let’s sham-rock and roll!
Paper Plate Leprechaun Mask
This craft is a cute, fun, and cheap way for the littles to pretend to be leprechauns. The materials are all things you probably have around your house. It is also a great way to foster skills such as cutting, gluing, strengthening fine motor skills, and following directions.
Materials:
- Heavy duty paper plates
- Cardstock – green, black, yellow
- Orange acrylic paint
- Black marker
- Scissors
- Glue
- Popsicle stick
First, you will paint the paper plate orange and let the paint dry. Then, you will create the hat by cutting and gluing the pieces of construction paper onto one another. Cut the center of the plate and glue the hat on top. Finally, attach a popsicle stick to the bottom of the plate. Voila! Time for your children to become leprechauns.
Shamrock Suncatcher
This shamrock suncatcher is a fun and festive project to decorate your windows. The best part is that it’s mess-free! How lucky! Like the previous project, the shamrock suncatcher assists in strengthening fine motor skills and is perfect for children with short attention spans.
Materials:
- Black card stock/construction paper
- Pencil
- Scissors
- Tissue paper: green, white, or rainbow colors
- Sticky Paper
- Glue
First, cut and trace a shamrock onto black paper, and then cut a large piece of sticky paper. Next, with the sticky side up, start placing the small pieces of tissue paper, having them overlap and completely cover the area. Lastly, glue the shamrock cut-out onto the sticky paper and then cut the excess off. Be sure to hang it in your window and admire the beautiful creation!
Cereal Rainbow
It’s their lucky day! They finally get to play with their food! Not only is this project fun, but it also helps with color recognition, sorting, and recalling the order of the colors of the rainbow. You can even help teach counting and one-to-one correspondence by having them count each colored cereal as they glue them on.
Materials:
- Fruit Loops
- Paper
- Glue
- Markers or crayons
- Cotton balls
The first step is to draw an outline of a rainbow on paper. Depending on the child’s age, they can do it themselves, or you can draw it for them. Then, place glue on each line of the rainbow and lay down the cereal on their matching rainbow colors. Finally, glue cotton balls to the bottom of the rainbow to create a cloud! TA-DA! A beautiful rainbow!
Please be sure to share your completed projects with us by tagging us @centralmassmom. I cannot wait to see how they all come out, and I hope your littles enjoy making these fun crafts.
