We had ourselves quite a shamrock filled art day yesterday. Being the big bleeding tissue art fan that I am, I made some bleeding tissue paper painted shamrocks for St. Patrick’s Day. My daughter began the project with me, but then chose a different direction. The end result is these easy and lovely watercolor and Sharpie shamrocks.
For some reason in our house, we go through tooth brushes like crazy. We just replaced our last set of toothbrushes. I was about to throw them out when I thought that we could use them for something fun. My daughter and I love to paint without paint brushes. We have seen toothbrush painting before, but had never tried it. Today, seemed like as good a time as any. Since we’re on a rainbow kick right now, we decided to paint a rainbow with our toothbrushes.
You don’t have to be Irish, to want a little bit of the luck of the Irish on your side. If you are looking for a simple St. Patrick’s Day craft, these painted rock shamrocks are perfect. The best part is you can find most of your supplies in your backyard. All you need for these simple sham-rocks are rocks, sticks and some acrylic paints.
My daughter has had a lot of questions about leprechauns. “Are they like an elf?” “Where do they live?” “Do they live in gingerbread houses?” These are just a few of the questions that I have received from my little girl in recent weeks. We looked up some pictures of leprechauns and where they live. “Mama, the leprechaun’s house looks like my fairy door.” Leprechauns and their homes are indeed enchanting and magical just like the fairies that my daughter loves so much. 
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Because of all of this, I thought that making a leprechaun door would be fun for us to do.
I love the holidays. I love all of them. St. Patrick’s Day is a little more than a week away & even though I am not Irish, I get into the spirit all the same as if I were. This weekend Mai & I devoted a lot of time to St. Paddy’s day crafts or as Mai calls it St. Crafter’s Days. It makes sense considering all the painting, gluing & glittering that was done in our home. Here are some crafts that you can try at home with your young artists whether they are Irish or not.
Egg Carton Shamrocks
Use a clean & empty egg carton. You will need to cut out 3 individual sections for each shamrock made.
Paint your sections in different shades of green. Let dry.
Cut a piece of green construction paper for your stem.
Using a hot glue gun (not for children’s use), glue your egg carton sections together on the sides & then to the top of the stem. Let dry.
Marshmallow Shamrock Stamping
My daughter loves stamping. It is an easy way to make a lovely & easy craft. We happened to have a bag of jumbo marshmallows from last weekend Rice Krispie Treat Rainbows, so we put them to good use. This is an easy one. Give your child a marshmallow & some green paint. Show them how to stamp the shape of a shamrock by stamping twice side by side & one centered over the top of the two.
To be honest Mai kind of went in her own direction here. She made green snowmen instead. They were equally cute & she was quite proud.
St. Paddy’s Day Glitter Peels
Glitter & glue peels are one of our favorite crafts at home. They combine my daughter’s 2 favorite craft supplies. I helped Mai by drawing the outline of the shamrocks for her & then let her apply her own glitter.
Let dry. This may take a while, if not overnight depending on how thick the glue is.
We left ours outside with weight on them to dry. They dried quicker & we were able to peel faster.
Check out our rainbow too…
Paper Plate Leprechaun Mask
On the back side of a paper plate, draw a set of eyes.
Paint the center of the plate in a flesh tone.
Paint around the outside in orange or red for the hair & beard. Add eyebrows, eyelashes & a goatee.
Let dry.
Draw out a bow tie & a hat on construction paper.
For the hat add a band & buckle.
Glue the pieces to the top & bottom of your plate & paint or draw in the rest of you face with marker.
Paint in any other embellishments such as shamrocks or polka dots for the bow tie.
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