9 St. Patrick's Day Crafts for Preschoolers (Easy Ideas)

Start here: three St. Patrick's Day crafts that always work

Pom pom painted shamrockGreen paint and a pom pom, a three dabsTorn paper shamrockTear green paper and glue, nothing to cutTorn paper rainbowThe rainbow in order, torn paper only

9 St. Patrick's Day crafts for preschoolers, with pictures

1. Paper plate rainbow

The child cuts a paper plate in half and fills the arc with colour bands in paint, tissue, buttons or pom poms, adding cotton ball clouds.

You need: 1 paper plate, red, orange, yellow, green and blue paint, cotton balls, glue

How to make it

1. You cut the plate in half.
2. Your child paints curved bands from the outside in: red, orange, yellow, green, blue.
3. Let it dry.
4. Glue cotton balls at each bottom corner as clouds.

2. Paper plate leprechaun

The child makes a leprechaun face on a paper plate with an orange beard (paint, tissue or paper strips) and a green hat.

You need: 1 white paper plate, orange paper, green paper, black paper, yellow paper, 2 googly eyes, black marker, glue

How to make it

1. You cut orange strips. Your child glues them side by side around the bottom rim so they stick out past the edge as a beard.
2. Cut a green hat and glue it at the top of the plate.
3. Glue a black strip across the hat as a band and a yellow square in the middle as a buckle.
4. Glue the 2 googly eyes in the middle of the plate.
5. Draw a smile below the eyes with the marker.

3. Letter R rainbow

The child glues strips or torn pieces of paper in rainbow order along a big letter R.

You need: white paper, red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple paper, 2 cotton balls, glue stick, 1 sheet of light blue paper

How to make it

1. You cut a big capital R from white paper and 6 strips in rainbow colours.
2. Your child glues the R upright on the blue sheet.
3. Glue the strips across the R from top to bottom in rainbow order: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple. Leave the ends sticking out.
4. Glue a cotton ball at the bottom of each leg as a cloud.

4. Pom pom painted shamrock

The child dabs green paint over a shamrock shape with pom poms or cotton balls; with a stencil the shamrock appears when lifted.

You need: white cardstock, dark green poster paint, light green poster paint, 1 pom pom, clothespin to hold the pom pom, paper plate for the paint

How to make it

1. You cut a shamrock from white cardstock, with 3 rounded leaves and a short stem.
2. Pinch the pom pom in the clothespin and pour both greens onto the plate.
3. Your child dabs the pom pom into dark green, then dots it all over the shamrock.
4. Switch to light green and dab over the first dots so they overlap.
5. Let it dry.

5. Pot of gold paper plate

The child paints half a paper plate black as a pot, glues on gold coins or yellow circles and adds a rainbow handle.

You need: 1 paper plate, black paint, yellow paper, white paper, red, yellow, green and blue markers, glue stick

How to make it

1. You cut the plate in half. Your child paints one half black. Let it dry.
2. Cut yellow circles as coins. Glue them along the straight edge, some poking above it and some on the plate, overlapping.
3. Cut a curved white strip and colour it in rainbow stripes with the markers.
4. Glue the rainbow in an arch over the coins, one end at each top corner.

6. Rainbow windsock

The child paints or wraps a cardboard tube, glues on rainbow streamers and hangs it up to blow in the wind.

You need: 1 toilet paper roll, light blue paint, crepe paper streamers in rainbow colours, cotton balls, twine, glue

How to make it

1. Your child paints the roll light blue. Let it dry.
2. Glue the streamers inside the bottom edge in rainbow order.
3. Glue cotton balls in a clump on the side as a cloud.
4. You make 2 holes near the top and tie a loop of twine through them for hanging.

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7. Torn paper rainbow

The child tears strips of coloured paper into pieces and glues them in colour order to build a rainbow.

You need: 1 sheet of white cardstock, red, orange, yellow, green and blue paper, cotton balls, glue stick

How to make it

1. You draw 5 light pencil arches, one inside the other.
2. Your child tears the coloured paper into small pieces.
3. Glue the pieces along the arches: red outside, then orange, yellow, green, blue.
4. Glue cotton balls at each foot as clouds.

8. Pom pom dabbed rainbow

The child dabs each rainbow arc with a pom pom held in a clothespin, one colour per pom pom.

You need: 1 sheet of white paper, red, orange, yellow, green and blue paint, 1 big pom pom, cotton balls, glue

How to make it

1. Your child dabs paint with the pom pom to make 5 rough arches, one inside the other: red outside, then orange, yellow, green, blue.
2. Let it dry.
3. Glue cotton balls at each foot of the rainbow as clouds.

9. Torn paper shamrock

The child tears shades of green paper and glues them over a shamrock outline.

You need: 1 sheet of white cardstock, black marker, light green paper, dark green paper, glue stick

How to make it

1. You draw a large shamrock outline with 3 rounded leaves and a short stem on the cardstock.
2. Your child tears the light and dark green paper into small pieces.
3. Rub glue stick inside the outline.
4. Your child presses the pieces inside the outline, mixing the two greens, until it is mostly filled.

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St patrick's day crafts for toddlers: the 4 a young three can do

Four of these a young three can do almost alone: Pom pom painted shamrock, Torn paper rainbow, Pom pom dabbed rainbow, Torn paper shamrock. No exact cutting, no small pieces, and the glue stick does the rest. For the others, you cut and they glue.

Shamrocks and rainbows with a 3 year old

Pom pom dabbing is the least mess. Clip a pom pom in a clothespin, pour green paint on a plate, and the child dabs. Tape a shamrock stencil down first and lift it when the paint is dry.

A three year old can dab, tear and glue. The paper plate rainbow and the pot of gold need an adult to cut the plate in half, and the windsock needs an adult to tie the string.

Rainbow order is the learning: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple. Say the colors as the child glues the torn strips, and the letter R rainbow ties the R sound to the picture.

Hang the windsock outside the door, tape the shamrocks to the window, and the leprechaun plate goes on the breakfast table on March 17.

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