Crafts: Last Minute Ideas for St. Patrick’s Day

 

 

With St. Patrick’s Day coming up we have some last-minute ideas to help celebrate this fun day!  Coming from FamilyFun Magazine, these are some ideas you can whip up pretty quickly.  I just might do the food rainbow one tonight when my daughter goes to bed and tell her that a leprechaun must have made it for her overnight and that he probably wants her to eat some of those vegetables.  But instead of guacamole, I will use hummus instead. Oh, the art of getting my kid to eat more vegetables!  A tale I think many parents are challenged with! 

Anyhow, do have fun and send in pictures of you decide to make any of these fun crafts.

 

Swinging Shamrocks

 Materials

Cardboard tubes

Scissors

Glue

Green paint

Fishing line/string

Directions

1. Cut four half-inch rings from a flattened cardboard tube, then cut through one of the folds on each ring.

2. For three of the rings, bend and glue the two ends to form a heart-shaped leaf.

3. Fold the fourth ring into a triangular stem and glue the ends together.

4. Glue the stem between two leaves, then glue on the third.

5. Paint the shamrock green. When it’s dry, hang it with fishing line or string.

Leprechaun Artist

Materials

Printable beard template from familyfunmag.com

Faux fur

Corrugated cardboard

Glue

Bamboo skewer

Directions

1. Print out beard template from familyfunmag.com

2. Cut the shape from a piece of faux fur and a piece of corrugated cardboard (with the corrugations running vertically).

3. Glue the fur to the cardboard.

4. Place a bit of glue on the end of a bamboo skewer, then insert it into one of the center flutes of the cardboard.

5. Let the glue dry before employing the disguise.

 

Over the Veggie Rainbow

Ingredients

Small bowl

Dip of choice (we used guacamole)

Bell peppers – various colors

Cauliflower

Carrots

Directions

1. Fill a small bowl with dip.

2. Slice four long strips of bell peppers in various colors and arrange them as shown.

3. Cut two small cauliflower clouds, skewer each with a toothpick, then position one on each side of the peppers.

4. Place sliced carrot coins beside the bowl for the leprechaun’s pot of gold.

 

 Photo’s and craft ideas courtesy of FamilyFun Magazine.

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