St. Patrick's Day Shamrocks for Your Toddler and You to Make

Working on arts and crafts is a wonderful way for children to be creative.

Toddlers really need crafts that are quick and easy. With their attention span

being so short, you do not want a project that will take an hour, or even a

half an hour. If it isn't something they can make in 15 minutes, you've lost

their attention.

Below are some crafts that are quick and easy. I am sure you will find a few

here to do with your little one.

Sponged Shamrock...

Paper plate

Sponge

Green paint

Pinking sheers or decorative scissors

Cut a 3 inch heart out of a sponge. With green paint sponge three hearts on

to a paper plate with points together to form a Shamrock. Take the side of

the sponge and sponge a stem on the bottom of the shamrock. Cut out with

pinking sheers.

Shamrock Lacing Card...

Green card stock or poster board (or card board from cereal or Kleenex box,

colored green)

Clear contact paper

Long shoelace

Scissors

Hole punch

Draw a shamrock on a piece of card stock, cover front and back with piece

of clear contact paper. Cut out shamrock and with hole punch put in desired

amount of holes around shamrock. Give your child a long shoelace and let

them practice their skills.

Paper Plate Shamrock...

3 paper plates

Green marker or crayon

Green construction paper

Glue

Scissors

Color all three paper plates. Cut a stem from the green construction paper.

Glue the three paper plates together in a triangular form and glue the stem on

the bottom.

Glitter Shamrocks...

Shamrock shaped cookie cutter

Green paint

Piece of paper

Elmer's glue

Glitter

Mix equal amounts of paint and glue. Put paint mixture into a shallow

plastic dish or gallon ice cream cover. Have child dip the cookie cutter into

the paint and press onto a piece of paper. After child has made the desired

amount of shamrocks, sprinkle with glitter.

(If you do not have a shamrock cookie cutter, you can show them how to

make a shamrock from a heart cookie cutter.)

Shamrock Necklace...

Green construction paper

24" of yarn

Scissors

Hole punch

Draw or trace a shamrock on a piece of green construction paper. Cut out

and punch a hole in the top of the shamrock. Take yarn and put through hole,

tie ends together to make necklace.