Easy Toddler St. Patrick's Day Crafts

The shamrock window clings are up and now it's time to craft some more decorations. March is just around the corner and so is St. Patricks Day. We are not Irish but we are Catholic & it's still fun to decorate the house. St. Patrick used the shamrock to explain the holy trinity (Father, Son, & Holy Ghost) as he brought Christianity to Ireland. Taking time to talk about our faith & history is really important to our family. 

I am not the most artsy person but I get by ;). We made a shamrock craft as well as a rainbow/pot of gold craft. 

This was an easy craft and my 22 month old loved sticking the paper pieces down on the sticky glue. We just worked with one color at a time and now Elena officially knows the color purple! We try to make as many teaching moments as we can. 

For the shamrock you'll need:

A paper coffee filter 

Watercolor paint

Brush

Construction paper

Clear contact paper (optional)

First, flatten out a paper coffee filter. Then let your toddler go to town painting it. I limited her to green and yellow for this project. Next, cut out a shamrock shaped frame. Once dry, I attached the two using clear contact laminating paper. 

Both crafts took a total of 40 minutes to do with my crafty toddler and they really add to our decor! Elena's face when she saw her art on the wall was priceless!!!

What kind of crafts do you do in the spring?

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