St.Patrick's Day Crafts & Treats - Easy and Fun DIY

Have a little fun with St. Patrick’s Day this year with these simple and festive crafts & treats! My kids love to whip up a treat with me, or create a fun craft. I have some really easy ones to share with you. Make a Leprechaun trap and some lucky leprechaun punch for a magical St. Patrick’s Day together!

Rainbow Handprints –

Your kid will love getting to paint their hands different colors and create a rainbow! This is perfect for St.Patrick’s day. All you need is a blank canvas or paper, and whatever colors you’d like to paint your rainbow.

Supplies:

Variety of paint
sponge paint brush
blank paper or canvas

Directions:

Paint your child hand and stamp it on the paper.
Wash the hand and paint the same hand a different color, and stamp again.
Repeat until you have a rainbow or fill your page.
Add white fully could with paint brush on each end of the handprints.

Leprechaun Popsicle Stick Hat –

An easy craft, good for all ages. Use popsicle sticks to create a Leprechaun Hat, don’t forget the buckle! You can paint or color your own popsicle sticks green or purchase green ones.

Supplies:

Popsicle sticks 10-15
Green paint, or markers
Black and yellow construction paper
Hot glue or glue dots

Directions:

Color or paint your popsicle sticks
Layout the shape of a hat. About 2 on the bottom and 6 on top
Glue each vertical stick to the horizontal ones
Use strips of black and yellow construction paper to create the belt and buckle

DIY Leprechaun Trap –

We all wish we could catch one of these little guys. You can try with this easy DIY trap. With a hat, some gold coins and colorful pipe cleaners, you can create a magical rainbow seen that no leprechaun can resist.

Supplies:

A hat
Gold tissue paper, gold grass
Construction paper
Markers
Pipe cleaners – variety of colors
Scissors

Directions:

Cut a hole in the top of the hat, cover with gold tissue paper or gold “grass”
Create a rainbow over the top of the hat with pipe cleaners and prop up over the hole
Create a fun sign with paper and markers
Create a walkway and ladder with popsicle sticks
Add some decorations with gold coins and green anything; feathers, sparkles, and so on

Lucky Leprechaun Punch –

Enjoy St.Patrick’s Day with this delicious green drink. It is only 3 ingredients; Sprite, Pineapple Juice & Green Hawaiian Punch. Combine these and top with whipped cream. We like to add some extra magic with a sprinkle coated rim and rainbow candy toppings.

Ingredients:

1/2 cup of pineapple juice
1/2 cup of hawaiian punch
1/2 cup of sprite or 7up
Frosting
Sprinkles
Whip Cream
Airheads Rainbow Candy

Directions:

Dip the cup ring in icing then in the sprinkles to coat the rin
Add all liquids and mix together
Top with whip cream and rainbow airheads
Enjoy!

Leprechaun Bark –

This is so easy and so fun to make! Melt white chocolate, spread and top with your favorite rainbow candies and let set in the fridge. When it is cool, break into pieces and enjoy! Kids love adding toppings to this!

Ingredients:

1 bag of white chocolate melts ( you can use any color or flavor you like)
Rainbow Sprinkles
Marshmallows ( Rainbow or any kind you like)
Rainbow Airheads
Parchment paper

Directions:

Melt chocolate to directions on the bag
Pour over parchment paper on lined sheet pan
Spread evenly with spatula
Sprinkle candy all over
Set in the fridge to set for 1 hour
Break apart into pieces and enjoy

Leprechaun Party Mix –

This is a craft and treat combined. Create a Leprechaun hat with green cups and black & yellow construction paper. Fill with popcorn, skittles, sprinkles and a gold wrapped Rollo. The kids think this is so fun to make and eat!

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