Are you wanting to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with your toddler and looking for some easy craft activities to do? From lucky shamrocks and clovers to rainbows and gold coins, we’ve got you covered. St. Patrick’s Day is on the 17th March so check out our suggestions for seven lucky crafts to try out with your toddler this year.
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1. Lucky Clover Or Shamrock Collage
Make a four-leaf clover or three-leaf shamrock template using a piece of card. Draw round it as many times as you like so your toddler has lots of four-leaf clovers or shamrocks to colour in and decorate. Or your toddler can cut out the shapes and stick them into another piece of paper – overlapping, touching or completely separate. Simple, yet effective!
If you have actual clover growing in your garden, why not pick some leaves and stick them onto your collage? You might decide to add the ‘lucky’ fourth leaf with a dab of paint.
Read more here about the difference between shamrocks and four-leaf clovers (both are considered lucky and symbols of Ireland, but with different meanings).
2. Lucky Clover Or Shamrock Playdough Printing
We’ve all heard of potato printing, but did you know that you can get a similar effect using playdough? It’s a bit easier too. Firstly, roll a bit of playdough into a ball and flatten the bottom using your hand, or press it down on the table. To make your mould, take a playdough plastic tool and carve the outline of a three-leaf Shamrock or four-leafed clover into the playdough. If you have a plastic cutter or biscuit mould in a similar shape, you can use this instead. Then push the middle of the shape in with your finger to create an indented mould.
You now have your template which your toddler can dip into paint (or paint the centre with a paintbrush) and print all over the page.
Got any old buttons, sticky shapes or bits of coloured felt lying around the house? You can practise sorting skills with your toddler by putting them in jars for different colours and shades.
Then draw a rainbow template on a piece of paper of card, slather it with PVA glue and let your toddler stick the buttons on. Don’t worry if they don’t stick to colours or colour order – the end result will be delightful either way. You can, of course, let your child decorate or colour in the rainbow any way they like – it doesn’t have to be buttons!
4. Painted Treasure Chest/Pots Of Gold – St Patrick’s Day Toddler Crafts
Craft shops, online craft suppliers and art shops often sell cardboard, paper mache or wooden treasure chests (like this treasure chest here) to decorate and paint. Get out the paints, brushes and extra bits and bobs (use sequins if you like) and let your toddler’s imagination run wild. After, you can fill it with pretend cold coins, actual chocolate coins or real money.
5. Snake Puppet – St Patrick’s Day Toddler Crafts
St. Patrick is famous for driving out all the snakes from Ireland, so why not make a snake in his honour? You can colour or decorate a snake’s head, then stick it to a paper chain or toilet roll chain threaded onto a piece of ribbon. Add lollypop sticks glued on if you want the body to be more manoeuvrable.
6. Ireland Maps – St Patrick’s Day Toddler Crafts
Some toddlers and children love maps. If you have a connection with Ireland (or live in Ireland), this can be a good way to help children learn about their country or heritage. You could trace a map out of a road atlas. Add pieces of Blu Tack so they can be like pin markers for significant places you and your child know about or have visited. Your toddler could draw in basic geographical features like mountains and lakes. Or add glue and cover the coast in actual sand. Little blue tissue paper squares would make a good sea. Pipe cleaners can make excellent roads. See where you and your toddler’s imagination takes you.
Or grab some playdough and make a 3D map.
7. Lucky Horseshoes – St Patrick’s Day Toddler Crafts
For lucky horseshoes you just need a template and some craft materials like sequins, glitter, glue etc. Draw a horseshoe shape for your toddler, cut it out, and let your toddler draw round the template. They can then decorate the shape with whatever they like to make it as sparkly and lucky as possible.
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