50+ St. Patrick’s Day Crafts for Kids That Are Easy & Fun
Get crafty with these fun and easy St. Patrick’s Day crafts for kids! From leprechauns to rainbows, these ideas are pure gold.
The Best St. Patrick’s Day Crafts
Get ready to add a little luck of the Irish to your crafting time! Whether your kids love rainbows, shamrocks, or mischievous leprechauns, these St. Patrick’s Day crafts are packed with fun and creativity. From easy paper crafts to using recyclable materials, this list has something for every age and skill level. Best of all, many of these crafts use supplies you probably already have at home! So grab your glue sticks, green paint, and a sprinkle of gold glitter—let’s make some magic happen!
The Ultimate List of St. Patrick’s Day Craft Ideas for Kids
Leprechaun Hat from Toilet Paper Roll
A child can wrap a toilet paper roll in green paper or paint, decorate it with a black paper belt and a yellow buckle, and then add a paper rim to the bottom of the hat to complete this fun St. Patrick’s Day craft.
Rainbow Suncatcher
To create a colorful suncatcher, a child can cut strips of colored tissue paper in rainbow colors, attach them to a clear sheet of laminating paper, laminate and hang it near a window to catch the sunlight.
Sponge Leprechaun Craft
Using a yellow sponge, kids can glue on green paper for a hat, orange paper for the beard, and craft facial features to for a silly leprechaun face.
Leprechaun Face with Yarn and Popsicle Sticks
Children can glue popsicle sticks in the shape of a leprechaun’s face, adding orange yarn for the beard, green paper for the hat, and black dots for the eyes.
Leprechaun Hat from Popsicle Sticks
Glue popsicle sticks together to form a hat shape, color them green, and add a black paper band with a yellow buckle for decoration.
Leprechaun Clothespin Craft
Make adorable leprechaun clips with wooden clothespins, paper, and paint! Cut out tiny hats, add cheerful faces, and glue on a fringed orange beard. These little leprechauns can clip onto bags, gifts, or even be used as fun decorations.
Leprechaun Paper Bag
Turn an ordinary paper bag into a cheerful leprechaun! Use colored paper to create a hat, eyes, and a bright orange beard with fringed strips. Glue everything onto the bag, add a cute smile, and your leprechaun is ready for some holiday fun!
Shamrock Popsicle Stick Photo Frame
Create a festive St. Patrick’s Day photo frame using popsicle sticks, green paper shamrocks, and glitter. Simply glue the sticks into a square shape, decorate with shamrocks, and add your favorite photo in the center. This craft makes a perfect keepsake or gift!
Bottle Leprechaun Craft
Children can decorate an empty bottle with a green paper hat, an orange paper beard, and googly eyes to create a charming leprechaun character.
Handprint Leprechaun
A child can dip their hand in orange paint and stamp it onto paper, then add a green paper hat and facial features to turn their handprint into a leprechaun.
Bubble Wrap Shamrock Art
Using green paint and bubble wrap, kids can create a textured shamrock print by pressing the painted bubble wrap onto paper for a fun, bumpy effect.
Leprechaun Spy Glasses
Search for hidden gold with these Leprechaun Spyglasses! Wrap toilet paper rolls in green paper, add a belt buckle, and attach a yarn strap for a festive adventure.
Leprechaun Toilet Paper Tube Family
To create this fun craft, children can use toilet paper rolls, paint them green, and add a black belt, green hat, and orange beard to make a family of leprechauns.
Rainbow Gift Bag
Kids can create a colorful rainbow on a gift bag using crumpled tissue paper in bright colors and add golden glitter at the bottom to represent the pot of gold.
Rainbow Button Art
Kids can glue colorful buttons in a rainbow shape on a piece of paper to create a fun and textured artwork for St. Patrick’s Day.
Painted Rocks with Shamrocks and Leprechaun
A child can paint rocks with leprechaun faces and shamrocks, using vibrant colors and adding details like googly eyes and facial features.
Rainbow Cloud with Popsicle Sticks
A child can glue colorful popsicle sticks in a rainbow pattern on paper and add cotton balls above as clouds for a vibrant St. Patrick’s Day craft.
Shamrock Bead Art
Kids can glue green beads in the shape of a shamrock, arranging them carefully on paper to form a colorful and sparkling design.
Shamrock Bottle Puppet
A child can use a bottle to create a shamrock puppet by adding green paper for leaves, eyes, and pipe cleaners for arms, making a fun movable puppet.
Leprechaun Plate Craft
Using paper plates, kids can make a leprechaun face by adding a green hat and an orange beard, then inserting their own photo for a personalized craft.
Shamrock Button Craft
Kids can glue green buttons in the shape of a shamrock on a piece of paper to make a creative and textured craft for St. Patrick’s Day.
Shamrock Suncatcher
To make this craft, children can cut out a large shamrock from clear plastic, contact paper and color it with vibrant green to create a festive suncatcher. Put the stick side of the paper against the window.
Leprechaun with Paper Fringe
Kids can make a leprechaun’s face by cutting and gluing paper strips for hair and a beard, adding a green paper hat, and placing cute cheeks and eyes to finish the look.
Rainbow and Shamrock House Craft
Use a milk carton as a base to create a house by gluing green paper for the roof and door, and adding a rainbow and shamrock decorations to the walls for a colorful St. Patrick’s Day scene.
Leprechaun with Photo Frame
A child can glue a photo inside a green paper leprechaun outfit with a fringed orange beard, creating a fun way to display their face in a festive frame.
Rainbow on a Plate Craft
Kids can create a rainbow with colorful paper strips and glue them onto a black plate to make a “pot of gold”, adding gold coins inside the pot St. Patrick’s Day.
Leprechaun Hat Paper Cups
Children can decorate paper cups with green construction paper, a black band, yellow square buckle, and a shamrock to create their own leprechaun hats.
Shamrock Wands
Kids can create shamrock wands by cutting out green shamrock shapes, gluing them to wooden sticks, and decorating them with ribbons and buttons for a magical St. Patrick’s Day craft.
Torn Paper Rainbow
To create this rainbow, children can tear different colored pieces of paper and arrange them on a sheet to form the rainbow’s arc.
Rainbow Handprint Craft
Kids can paint their hands in different rainbow colors, stamp them on a piece of paper, and add a pot of gold at the end to make a colorful rainbow.
Shamrock Bouquet Craft
Kids can glue green pom-poms to paper stems, attach them to a jar, and decorate with additional shamrock cut-outs for a festive bouquet.
Shamrock Pom-Pom Craft
Children can glue green pom-poms to a paper background in the shape of a shamrock for a fun textured St. Patrick’s Day decoration.
Rainbow Sun Craft
Children can make a sunny rainbow mobile by attaching colored ribbons to a paper plate, adding cotton clouds, and painting the sun yellow with a smile.
Leprechaun Paper Plate Craft
Children can turn a paper plate into a leprechaun by adding a green paper hat, orange paper beard, and drawing on a face with markers.
Shamrock Button Wreath Craft
Kids can glue green buttons and cut-out shamrocks in a circular shape to create a festive St. Patrick’s Day wreath.
Shamrock Pasta Necklace
A child can create a St. Patrick’s Day necklace by painting pasta pieces green, then stringing them onto a piece of yarn, alternating between pasta and paper shamrocks.
Rainbow Made with Paper Strips
A child can glue colorful paper strips to create a rainbow by layering the strips and curving them to form an arc.
Salt Rainbow Art
A child can use liquid glue to draw a rainbow shape on paper, then sprinkle salt over the glue, and paint over the salt with vibrant watercolor paints.
Rainbow Sticker Craft
Use colored stickers to create a rainbow shape by placing each color in the appropriate order on a piece of cardboard.
Shamrock Handprint Craft
A child can use their handprints as the leaves of a shamrock and paint a green stem beneath them to create a handprint shamrock.
Shamrock Picture Frames with Photos
A child can create shamrock-shaped frames from green paper, decorate them with pom-poms and buttons, and place a photo in the center for a personalized craft.
Rainbow Cotton Swab Match
Use cotton swabs and colored paint to create a textured rainbow on a piece of cardboard, and then match the colors.
Cotton Ball Rainbow Painting
Use a water dropper to squeeze liquid watercolor into cotton balls to create a colorful rainbow pattern.
Handprint Leprechaun Craft
A child can use their handprints as the base of a leprechaun’s beard and glue green and orange paper to form the leprechaun’s hat and face.
Shamrock Garland Craft
A child can make a paper shamrock garland by cutting out green shamrocks, punching holes in them, and threading them onto a string to hang as decorations.
Leprechaun Scissor Skills
A child can cut out a leprechaun face from paper, attach it to a popsicle stick, and practice cutting his beard to improve scissor skills while having fun.
Make the Clover Green
Click the link below to get the step by step directions on how to create this color mixing sensory bag craftivity!
Leprechaun Mask Craft
Become a leprechaun with this fun mask! Cut a green hat, add a buckle and a fringed orange beard, then cut out a face hole.
Quilled Shamrock Paper Craft
A child can use strips of green paper, curling and gluing them to create a 3D shamrock shape, adding small green clovers for extra detail.
St. Patrick’s Day Coloring Pages
These printable coloring pages feature St. Patrick’s Day-themed images like leprechauns, rainbows, and clovers for kids to color and celebrate the holiday.
St. Patrick’s Day Printable Bundle Activities
This bundle includes a collection of St. Patrick’s Day activities, such as fun crafts and games, for kids to download and enjoy.
Cork Leprechaun Craft
A kid can make a leprechaun made from a cork, complete with a green hat, yellow buckle, and clover-shaped arms. Kids can decorate the cork using colored paper, googly eyes, and stickers.
Printable St. Patrick’s Day Activities for Kids
Looking for a fun and easy way to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day? Grab our St. Patrick’s Day Printable Activity Pack! Packed with engaging games, coloring pages, and hands-on activities, this printable is perfect for keeping kids entertained while adding a festive touch to the holiday. Whether you’re hosting a St. Patrick’s Day party, planning a classroom activity, or just looking for some screen-free fun, these printables are a must-have. Download yours here!
Printable St. Patrick’s Day Activities for Kids
Looking for a fun and easy way to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day? Grab our St. Patrick’s Day Printable Activity Pack! Packed with engaging games, coloring pages, and hands-on activities, this printable is perfect for keeping kids entertained while adding a festive touch to the holiday. Whether you’re hosting a St. Patrick’s Day party, planning a classroom activity, or just looking for some screen-free fun, these printables are a must-have. Download yours here!
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