St. Patrick's Day Arts & Crafts

We finished up our day with a couple of fun art projects all about St. Patrick's Day!



I had the boys look on my Pinterest boards to find something they'd like to try.  They chose rainbows... but did not want to make the same project.

I knew that might happen as it often has in the past but I just set each boy up with their own materials and let them work.

 Ian made a painted rainbow.  He first drew his picture in pencil and then outlined it all in black glue (Elmer's school glue that we added black paint to).

Ian's picture outlined with black glue
Once the glue was dry he used watercolors to color in his rainbow.  While his rainbow as still wet we sprinkled it with salt and then let it dry.

adding colors and reviewing the order of the rainbow


Completed picture

Alec chose to make a rainbow and pot of gold hanging using construction paper (you can find further instructions here).

He cut strips of paper and put them in a chain in rainbow order.


We drew a pot onto black paper and cut it out.  Then we used my circle punches to punch out a bunch of yellow circles that we glued to the pot to make our gold.  Alec first tested all of the circle punches on the green paper to decided which size punch he wanted to use to make his gold.  He puts so much thought and effort into most everything he does.

Punching out gold
One he had all of his gold glued onto his pot and the pot glued to the rainbow he added a bit of gold glitter glue to give it some authentic sparkle. 


adding some sparkle

Final project hanging in our window

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Comments

  1. kristin mccarthyFebruary 22, 2017 at 10:24 AM

    I migght try these with the twins- I think they may still be a bit young though

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    1. Mother of 3February 22, 2017 at 5:17 PM

      You can always modify art projects for younger kids; draw the rainbow with glue yourself and let them just color it in with the watercolors. We once set out snowman supplies in the daycare I worked out and when all the toddlers got done gluing the paper circles, arms, and hats they were dubbed "snowmen in a windstorm."

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  2. From Engineer to Stay at Home MomFebruary 22, 2017 at 2:41 PM

    Great ideas! I'd love to do the glue rainbow with my oldest. It would be a great way to talk about why the paint doesn't stay on the dried glue.

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    1. Mother of 3February 22, 2017 at 5:17 PM

      Then too you can talk about how the salt sucks up the watercolors and leaves a bit of white behind in it's wake.

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  3. Kym ThorpeFebruary 23, 2017 at 7:57 AM

    Fun and easy projects for St Patrick's Day! Thanks for sharing them on the Virtual Fridge!

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  4. Tammymum BlogFebruary 24, 2017 at 3:19 PM

    These are very cool. I love the colours you have used too. The finished product looks fab. A great learning activity for the little ones. Thanks for joining us at #familyfun

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    1. Mother of 3February 24, 2017 at 4:56 PM

      I love watching them take over a craft project and take charge.

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  5. Lisa TFebruary 24, 2017 at 4:52 PM

    They both turned out great!

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  6. Mixed Bag MamaMarch 3, 2017 at 9:41 PM

    Neat! Love the salt painting. We just recently tried something out like that for the first time and we definitely need to do more because my 4 year old thought it was so cool!

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    1. Mother of 3March 4, 2017 at 7:12 AM

      I enjoy salt painting; it's such a neat reaction to watch.

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  7. Ethan.n.EvelynMarch 5, 2017 at 3:53 AM

    These are pretty cool and easy to do! I really like the rain in the hat. :) Thank you for linking up with us on #FabFridayPost

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