Easy St. Patrick’s Day Crafts and Activities for Kids: Leprechauns, Rainbows and Shamrocks
Planning St. Patrick's Day at home or in the classroom? Here are easy St. Patrick's Day crafts and activities for kids: leprechauns, rainbows, pots of gold and shamrocks made from paper plates, popsicle sticks, paper cups and toilet paper rolls, plus sensory bins, a Lucky Charms snack and printables.
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Paper Plate St. Patrick's Day Crafts
1Leprechaun Paper Plate Craft
A painted face with an orange paper beard, a green hat with a yellow buckle and a tan pom-pom nose.
2Leprechaun Gnome Paper Plate Craft
A gnome version with a tall green hat, an orange pom-pom nose and an orange beard.
3Leprechaun Legs Paper Plate Craft
Leprechaun legs on jumbo craft sticks kick up out of a pot.
4Pot of Gold Paper Plate Craft
A black painted pot overflowing with yellow paper coins and pom-poms, tied with jute twine and a green button.
5Rainbow with a Pot of Gold Paper Plate Craft
A painted rainbow arcs down into a paper pot of gold, with a shamrock and buttons.
6Shamrocks Paper Plate Craft
Plates traced into shamrocks and painted in three shades of green with a sponge dauber.
7Rainbow Paper Plate Craft
A rainbow painted plate with white cardstock clouds, googly eyes and pink cheeks.
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8Clover Wreath Craft
A rainbow painted plate ring with green paper clovers and a little pot of gold.
9Clover Suncatcher Craft
A green painted plate with a clover window filled with yellow tissue paper.
10Shamrock Wand Craft
A paper plate shamrock painted green and gold, with glitter glue and ribbon streamers.
11Rainbow Paper Plate Wind Spinner
A rainbow paper plate wind spinner to hang outside.
Popsicle Stick St. Patrick's Day Crafts
12Popsicle Stick Leprechaun Hat
Five green craft sticks with a black paper band and a yellow buckle.
13Glitter Popsicle Stick Leprechaun Hat
Eight green sticks with silver glitter glue, a black band and a yellow buckle.
14Rainbow Craft Stick Project
Six jumbo sticks painted in rainbow colors, hanging from a white paper cloud.
Paper Cup and Toilet Paper Roll Crafts
15How to Make a Shamrock Puppet
A shamrock on a craft stick pops up out of a rainbow painted paper cup.
16Paper Cup Wind Chime
A rainbow painted paper cup with green paper clovers hanging from yarn.
17Toilet Paper Roll Leprechaun Hat
A toilet paper roll wrapped in green paper becomes a hat with a black band and a yellow buckle.
18Leprechaun Binoculars
Two toilet paper rolls covered in green paper and white pipe cleaners, with clover cutouts and a yarn strap.
19Shamrock Windsock Craft
A toilet paper roll covered in green paper, with yellow tissue paper streamers.
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Paper and Handprint St. Patrick's Day Crafts
20Easy Handprint Leprechaun Craft
An orange paper handprint becomes the leprechaun’s beard, under a green hat.
22Easy Shamrock Garland Craft
Sparkly and light green paper shamrocks strung on green yarn.
23Shamrock String Art
Shamrock string art, a quick last-minute St. Patrick’s Day craft.
St. Patrick's Day Sensory Play and Snacks
25St. Patrick's Day Sensory Bin
A St. Patrick’s Day sensory bin put together with a few simple, affordable items.
26How to Make Rainbow Rice
Color rice in zip bags with food coloring and a little vinegar, then let it dry.
27Rainbow Rice Sensory Bin
Bright rainbow rice with little surprises hidden inside to find.
29St. Patrick's Day Butter Slime
Green Model Magic clay kneaded into glitter slime for a soft, buttery texture.
St. Patrick's Day Printables
31Lucky Charms Lacing Cards
Lucky Charms themed lacing cards for fine motor practice.
33St. Patrick's Day Bingo
A set of 28 St. Patrick’s Day bingo sheets for class parties.
34St. Patrick's Day Writing Prompts
St. Patrick’s Day writing prompts for March writing centers.
35St. Patrick's Day Lunchbox Jokes
Printable St. Patrick’s Day jokes to tuck into a lunchbox.
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