Leprechauns

Pots of Gold

Rainbows

Shamrocks

Shamrock Crafts for Kids

Foil Art Shamrock
Lacing Rainbow Shamrock
Shamrock Bouquet
Shamrock Coffee Filter Pin
Shamrock Craft Foam Painting

Supplies

Piece of cardboard
Foil
Yarn
Permanent Markers or Paint
Shamrock Template
Elmers glue

	Cover a piece of cardboard with foil.  Secure it in place by folding the edge over and taping it to the back.
	Use a shamrock template (you can use one of these here) and place it on the foil.
	Using the elmer's glue, trace around the shamrock.
	Place your yarn on the glue to form the outline of the shamrock.
	Now make several other designs using the glue and yarn all around the shamrock.
	Once the glue is dry and the yarn is in place, use your markers to color your painting.  Use green for the shamrock and any other colors for the remaining painting.

Supplies

Shamrock Template
Plastic Lacing Sheet
Yarn (green, red, blue and yellow)
Darning Needle
Scissors

	Cut out your shamrock template and trace the outline on your plastic lacing sheet.
	Using green yarn, lace the outline of the shamrock for 3 to 4 rows.
	Now trace a rainbow inside the shamrock (creating 3 different stripes to the rainbow).
	Lace the rainbow using the blue, red and yellow yarn (or your choice of colors).
	Now complete the shamrock with the green yarn.
	Cut the excess lacing sheet so that you have a smaller square.  Simply hang this on the wall or in a window.

Supplies

2 or 3 Different Shamrock templates
2 or 3 Different Green colored Craft Foam
Green Craft Sticks or Green Straws
Empty Peanuts Can
Colored Construction Paper
Floral Foam
Scissors
Tape
Hot Glue

	Cut out several shamrocks using the templates and green craft foam. Optional:  Add some glitter glue to the shamrocks for a funner and shinier look.
	Cover your peanut can with several different strips of colored construction paper.  This will give the flower container a cute rainbow look.
	Place the floral foam inside the can.  Now stick the ends of the craft sticks in the foam to make your bouquet.   Tip:  Push the shamrocks in front down further so that you can see the shamrocks in the back as well.

Supplies

3 or 4 coffee filters
Blue, yellow and green food coloring
Water
Straw
Safety Pin
1/2 Green Pipe Cleaner

	Fold each coffee filter into a triangle shape.  Use 3 for a three leaf clover and four if you want a 4 leaf shamrock.  Cut each filter into a heart (or shamrock) shape.
	Mix yellow, blue and green food coloring into 3 different containers. Tip:  You can just use green only or yellow and blue only.  The yellow and blue will blend together to make green.  Using all three will give you slightly different shades of green in your shamrock.
	Place the folded coffee filters on the table.  With a straw or eye dropper, begin dropping the different colored water on the filter.  The color will spread.
	Let the filters completely dry (about 24 hours).
	Punch a hole through all three filters at the pointed end.  Place a green pipe cleaner through the hole and fold back to hold in place.
	Place a saftey pin in the back and you are ready to wear your green for St. Patrick's Day.

	Cut out your shamrock templates on craft foam. You can use these shamrock templates.
	Paint the edges of the shamrock with green paint.
	Press the shamrock onto the paper.  Decorate your shamrock with different designs and colors.
	Repeat these steps with more shamrocks overlapping to give it a unique look.
	Let dry and hang on your wall to show off your luck of the Irish.