Shamrock Crafts for Kids

Shamrocks and clovers bring spring green to any bulletin board, doorway, or wall. Celebrate spring and St. Patrick's Day with shamrock and clover crafts. These simple crafts can be made with basic arts and crafts supplies as well as recycled household items. Use them at home, use in the classroom, or give homeschooling kids a new crafting project.

Shamrock Crafts for Kids

Color Mixing Lesson: Green Shamrock Garland

Adults and kids who are good with scissors can cut the shape of a shamrock out of a coffee filter. For best results, use a white coffee filter. Mix up two containers of paint: one blue and one yellow. Use watercolors, or if you don't have those use some cheap food coloring left over from Valentine's Day or Christmas cookie decorating.

Kids can mix the green directly on the coffee filter shamrock using a paint brush. The blue and yellow will intermingle to make shades of green. Make a half dozen shamrocks. When they are dry, poke a hole in the tops of each.

String a piece of white ribbon or thread through the shamrocks and hang them up, like garland. If you have small children or pets, hang the garland high up and out of reach so curious kids and pets don't accidentally pull down the garland and become tangled in the string.

Paper Plate Shamrock Door Decoration

Hang the finished paper plate shamrock on your front door or an interior door in the house. You can also add each family member's name and decorate a wall or bedroom doors with the personalized shamrocks.

Cut heart shapes out of three paper plates, except don't make the bottom of the heart pointy, leave it round. You can use any size paper plates. If you have green plates, that's great. if not. paint white paper plates with poster paint or any paint you have on hand.

Sprinkle the paper plate shamrock with gold and green glitter. You could also mix the glitter into the paint, if that's easier. Look in your Christmas craft box for any green decorating items you could use on the Shamrock.

Attach the rounded bottoms of the plates together, fanning out the plates to form a clover. You can glue the plates where they overlap, or string green yarn through holes you make with a pencil. If you have a long enough stapler, you can also staple the plates together.

Make a small hole in the top of the shamrock. Stick a green chenille stick through the top twist the ends into a loop and hang it on a door. You could also use gold ribbon leftover from Christmas.