St. Patty's Day Themed Crafts To Do With Your Kids

With St. Patrick’s Day just around the corner, Quality Wholesale has gathered some fun and easy crafts to do with your kids! These crafts are great gifts for grandma and grandpa or fun to hang on the fridge. You  will cherish seeing the smiles on your kids face as they put together these fun crafts. Below are four crafts with simple instructions:

Leprechaun Cuties:

 

 

What you need:

·      Small paper plate

·      Orange paint

·      Paint brush

·      Scissors

·      Glue stick

·      Colored construction paper

·      Crayons/markers/colored pencils

What to do:

·      Paint the outer rim of the small paper plate with the orange paint. Once painted, set aside so the plate has time to dry.

·      Use green construction paper (or plain white paper and color green) to cut in the shape of a leprechaun’s hat (see image). Then, use black and yellow paper to make the belt of the leprechaun’s hat. Lastly, use your glue stick to glue them together.

·      When the paint on the paper plate is dry, cut small snips around it to imitate “fringe”.

·      Glue the hat onto the top of the plate.

·      Color the eyes, nose and a smile for the leprechaun’s face,  or you can use a picture of your own child’s face for the leprechaun to personalize the craft.

Shamrock Pepper Craft:

 

What you need:

·      Paper

·      Green paint

·      Paint brush

·      Glitter (optional)

·      Green pepper, sliced in half

What to do:

·      Cut a pepper in half (it doesn’t need to be green, just as long as it has four section, to make a clover).

·      Paint the outer edge of the sliced pepper green

·      Press the pepper onto a clean sheet of paper and hold in place for a few seconds.

·      Lift from paper to have the outline of the shamrock formed.

·      Paint the shamrock stem green.

·      Sprinkle glitter over wet paint (optional)

Handprint Rainbow:

 

 

 

What you need:

·      Large white piece of paper

·      Paint (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple) – colors optional

·      Paint brush

·      Glue stick (optional)

·      Scissors (optional)

What to do:

·      Set out large white piece of paper on table.

·      Paint child’s whole hand with the first color (usually red, but you can make your own).

·      Have child place whole hand on the bottom left of the paper to start the formation of the rainbow. Make sure to press hand down firm and hold for about 6 seconds.

·      Continue painting each hand each color of the rainbow (see image) and press on paper in the shape of a rainbow.

·      (Optional) Cut and color paper into a pot of gold to add at the end of the rainbow.

·      Glue pot of gold in the bottom right of the large piece of paper to finish off the rainbow

Rainbow Chain Countdown:

 

What you need:

·      Colored paper

·      Scissors

·      Tape

What to do:

·      Cut red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple strips of paper into long rectangular strips.

·      Roll them into circles and tape them together to make rainbow chain links.

You don’t need to be Irish to make St. Patrick’s day fun for your kids or to make your home festive. Try some of these crafts with your children, or find some of your own to make the season special for your family this year.