27 Creative St. Patrick’s Day Crafts For Kids
Kids will be as happy as leprechauns making these st. patrick’s day crafts
Here is a roundup of some of the loveliest St Patrick’s Day crafts for kids, from toddlers to tweens, to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.
St. Patrick’s Day always feels like it heralds the start of spring, or at least gives me hope that spring weather is on its way.
Ushering spring in aside, Saint Patrick’s Day is a cultural and religious celebration every 17th March. It marks the death date of the most commonly recognised Patron Saint of Ireland – Saint Patrick.
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It’s a public holiday in Ireland, Northern Ireland, Newfoundland, Montserrat and Labrador and is also celebrated in many other countries worldwide, including the USA, Canada and mainland Britain.
If you fancy getting your kids in the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day either in the classroom or if you’re planning a St. Patrick’s Day party, you are going to love this bunch of lovely St. Patrick’s Day that will have kids leaping around like leprechauns at the excitement of it all.
Also read: 19 St. Patrick’s Day Treats You Will Love

ST. Patrick’s Day Crafts from rainbows and pots of gold to leprechauns and shamrocks
Here is a roundup of 27 easy and fun craft ideas for kids from toddlers to 10 years old to craft and make. The ideas include shamrocks, leprechauns, rainbows and all things green and Irish.
Paper Leprechaun Craft
Help your child turn themselves into a cheeky leprechaun with this easy to follow craft tutorial.
Shamrock Man Craft
Don't have kids' photos to hand? Make this Shamrock dancing man instead.
small + friendly
Make a wonderful DIY Lucky Clover crown. It's easy when you know how.
Leprechaun Stick Puppet
This super cute leprechaun stick puppet is really easy for little kids to make.
Pom Pom Painted Rainbow Craft for Kids
This painting with pom-poms craft is a novel way for toddlers and preschoolers to create a wonderful St. Patrick's Day rainbow.
Thumbprint Pot of Gold Craft
How about some thumbprint pots of gold for your little leprechauns to make in class?
Kids Craft Ideas: Split-Pea Shamrocks
Learn how to make split pea shamrocks to hang in garlands around the room
Paper Plate Rainbow
This hanging rainbow is decorated using paint pens, which make painting precisely easier for kids.
Shamrock Scrape Painting
Scrape painting is one of those pleasingly satisfying crafts that you never grow out of. Introduce little kids to it with this lovely rainbow and shamrock craft.
St Patrick's Day Hat DIY - Red Ted Art - Kids Crafts
Craft a traditional St Patricks' Day style hat
Rainbow Treasure Slime
Learn how to make a gooey treasure-filled St Patrick's Day slime.
Paper Plate St Patrick’s Day Unicorn Craft
Let's face it, unicorns find their way in everywhere these days!! So why not create a unicorn with a St. Patrick's Day twist?!
Shamrock Craft for Kids
Learn how to use green peppers to print shamrock shapes.
Shamrock Toilet Paper Roll Stamp {St. Patrick's Day Craft}
It is amazing how squishing a toilet roll can create brilliant lucky clover shapes.
Popsicle Stick Leprechaun Craft
This craft is a little more involved than some on the list, so better suited to slightly older kids or crafts where an adult is on hand to help (especially with the hot glue gun) But the results are totally worth it.
Preschool Craft: Shamrocks for St. Patrick's Day
Learn how to make lovely hanging shamrocks.
wee little shamrock men
These gorgeous little shamrock men are made from toilet rolls. Find out how...
Clover Leaf Lei for St. Patrick's Day
Blend cultural traditions by making this gorgeous clover leaf lei.
Egg Carton Shamrocks
Egg carton shamrocks are a great craft for toddlers to get involved celebrating St Patricks' Day.
St. Patrick's Day Craft for Your Preschooler & A Short Version of St. Patrick's Story
This is a great classroom craft activity for St Patrick's Day.
Magic leprechaun rocks {St. Patrick's Day activity}
These magic leprechaun rocks are a great STEM craft activity for kids to create and play with.
Cereal Box Leprechaun Trap
Learn how to make a leprechaun trap out of cereal box to capture the crafty little people.
Shamrock Foam Dough Hidden Shapes Tray
Craft and then play with this foam hidden shapes shamrock tray.
St. Patrick's Day Play Dough
This bright green St Patrick's Day play dough is great for little hands to craft wonderful shapes with.
St. Patrick's Day Shamrock Craft
Learn how to craft a gorgeous shamrock out of beads.
Kids St Patrick Craft Crown • B-Inspired Mama
Craft a St Patrick's Day crown fit for a leprechaun princess!!
A St. Patrick’s Day Leprechaun Hat Crayon Holder
What I love about this craft is that it creates something that is actually useful, how wonderful!

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I love these fun crafts. My kiddos would have a great time creating these for St. Patrick’s day. Thank you for sharing! PINNED!
So glad you liked Michelle – they are so much fun. Big thank you for the pin.
Hi Alice:
I just came across your blog from Kathe’s linking party.
I love your soup ideas!
I also see that you have several saasonal posts. I host a weekly link party called Seasonal Sundays and I think it would be great to have you link up. The link goes live on Saturdays ast 7 pm EST. Hope to see you then!
Also, I can’t get your email to work. I used: “[email protected]” Thought you’d like to know.
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Love these especially the tp printed shamrock
Some great ideas!! Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday!!
Thanks for linking up with the Kids Co-Op party last week. I host it on Generation iKid as well as highlighted your post this week 🙂
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These are really cute! I love the shamrock prints. Thanks for sharing.
So glad you liked Susan – they are cute aren’t they?
LOADS of great ideas 🙂 They are fab! Thank you for linking to PoCoLo x
So many cute ideas. I love the sprouts on a sponge. Pinning. Visiting from Craft Frenzy Friday.
Me too and the grass leprachaun … always nice to be able to build growing and plants into crafts
Lots of great ideas! Will be pinning it to pinterest.
Thanks so much for the pin Kimberlee – I am now following you on Pinterest, Alice x
Great collection! Will enjoy trying some of these with my preschoolers.
So glad you liked Sheryl, it was such a fun post to write – Alice x
We’ve done the fruit loop rainbow before, but I love seeing all of these different ideas. Thanks for sharing!
They’re so much aren’t they Judy – we’re going to try the leprachaun with grass hair today which is just so super cute
Wow! Terrific ideas! Thanks so much for including one of our posts!
St Patty’s day is just so much fun isn’t it 😉