St. Patrick’s Day is just around the corner on March 17th, and it’s the perfect time to get your little ones involved in some fun crafts and activities!
Whether you’re looking for ways to celebrate the holiday with your toddler or classroom activities for a preschooler group, there are plenty of simple and easy options that you can use with your kids.
From making leprechaun hats to rainbow crafts or exploring different shades of green, these activities are not only festive and so much fun but also educational.
Whichever of these you need, you’ve come to the right place!
St. Paddy’s Day Crafts And Easy Projects
In this blog post, we will share some of our favorite St. Patrick’s Day crafts and activities that are perfect for toddlers and preschoolers, as well as creative ideas for older kids.
So grab your green paint and let’s get started!
Easy And Fun St. Patrick's Day Crafts for Kids
Are you on the hunt for some fun and easy crafts to celebrate St. Patrick's Day with your little ones?
Look no further! Whether you're looking to improve your child's fine motor skills with a fun craft, spark their creativity, tap into your Irish roots, or just have some fun, there are plenty of options that kids of all ages will love.
From making leprechaun traps to learning about celtic symbols, St. Patrick's Day offers a wealth of inspiration for crafting and fun with kids.
In this blog post, we will share some of our favorite St. Patrick's Day crafts and activities that are perfect for toddlers and preschoolers upwards.
So, grab your paintbrushes and construction paper and let's get started!
This st patrick's day craft is perfect for little hands.
Use three little hand prints to make a shamrock, or four for a four leaf clover.
This simple activity is perfect for even the youngest toddlers
This cute craft is a great way to get creative this St Patrick's day season.
With strips of colored construction paper, some fluffy white cotton wool and glue you'll soon have a vibrant 3d rainbow complete with pot of gold at the end.
Grab these free printable photo props to take some hilarious pictures and fun selfies, for a fun way to celebrate with your little leprechauns
Looking through all the photos afterwards is the best part, and this activity is fun for older kids too!
This fun st. patrick's day craft is a fun activity for little ones to use for sensory play and music making once it's all put together, as this rainbow pot of gold craft doubles up as a shaker and sensory bottle filled with gold coins.
For some ideas of games to play with musical shakers check here
Coloring pages are the perfect way to get creative for any occasion or season. It's easy peasy, and also builds fine-motor skills
These fun free printables include coloring pages of a leprechaun hat, four leaf clover and more.
We also have some fun St Patrick's day printable activities like mazes and printable decorations on this page.
Explore the color green with this fun activity. Green is of course the typical color of Ireland, the Emerald Isle.
Kids can learn all about different shades of green and how to mix them and this activity has variations to adapt for both older kids and younger kids.
This easy craft is a creative way to decorate for the St Patricks day holiday.
With a leprechaun hat at the top and a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, these paper chains have been given a St Patrick's day upgrade that is full of craic.
Irish culture goes beyond leprechauns and pots of gold, so while we enjoy the fun leprechaun crafts it's also a great opportunity to introduce children to some more aspects of Irish heritage, from celtic symbols to history, mytholgy and more.
This is an easy shamrock craft that's great for even younger children.
Fill in the shamrock shape with all kinds of textures, patterns, tissue paper, card or fabric scraps and more.
May the Road Rise Up to Meet You is a beautiful and classic Irish prayer or wish.
In this activity, you can print it out in English or in Gaelic, and read it together with the kids or even have them memorise the short poem.
Make your own shamrock garland to decorate your home in an easy way, ready for a St Patrick's day party.
Get your hot glue gun ready, the whole family are going to love this party decoration!
Paint all the colors of the rainbow with this easy craft for kids
Cupcake liners are such an easy craft material, lending to some really easy st patrick's day crafts, like this adorable one from glued to my crafts
This rainbow sun catcher is a beautiful way to craft your way through saint patrick's day, especially if we are lucky with the weather and the sun comes out!
Get your paper plates ready, to make this super fun st patricks day tambourines.
This simple craft one is a great one for toddlers or younger preschoolers to enjoy
Handprint crafts are adorable, and these little leprechauns with a hat are no different.,
This idea from simple everyday mom is a great east project for little kids.
Check out this fun way to do some shamrock painting, from the best ideas for kids
These simple st. patrick's day crafts are a super duper cute way to decorate the table for a St Patricks day get to gether.
The little pots of gold made from mini cauldrons are absolutely adorable
This leprechaun's hat craft from Kid's Craft room is a super simple idea, and so much fun.
Blow through the leprechauns hat to see his orange beard blow in the wind
Turn your little munchkin into a leprechaun with this great st. patrick's day craft for toddlers, made using paper plates
Put together your own cheeky leprachaun with this simple craft made using popsicle sticks.
This activity is great for buiding fine motor skills and hand eye coordination
These beautiful watercolor shamrocks in green and yellow are a gorgeous way to make a personalised and handmade St Patrick's Day card for friends, family and loved ones
Dress up for the occasion with this cute four leaf clover crown, made by crafts by Amanda
This easy craft idea, like most simple paper plate crafts, is great for toddlers
All you need to make this gorgeous St Patrick's Day wreath craft is some scrunched tissur paper in shades of green, and some basic craft supplies.
This idea from messy little monster is one of our favorite st patricks day crafts
Paint your own little shamrocks with this finger printing idea from Easy Peasy and Fun.
Looking for st. patrick's day activities that are suitable for toddlers? This one definitely hits the mark
Who knew, an upside down plant pot could be turned so easily into a leprechaun hat?!
Get in touch with the luck of the irish with this lucky shamrock wand craft that's lots of fun for young children
Kids love playdough and it has so many developmental benefits too.
This gorgeous St Patricks theme playdough set up from Fantastic Fun and Learning is so inviting with all the green, rainbow, glitter and gold.. we are so tempted to dive in too!
This beginner quilling project is suitable fot kids from older preschoolers and up, and is a great fine motor work out, resulting in a gorgeous rainbow shamrocks card
Make your own gorgeous shamrocks with green beads and pipe cleaners in this fun St Patricks fine motor craft activity for kids
Mix and Match Paper Leprechaun craft (with printable leprechaun template)
This super cute leprechaun craft even has a space to personalise with your child's photo, and comes with a free printable template
This painted handprint leprechaun is a great easy kids craft that looks adorable
This paper craft idea is so easy to put together, with simple but effective results
Find out how much you know in this St Patrick's Day themed trivia game, with free printable
This leprechaun paper puppet is lots of fun for kids to make, decorate and play with afterwards.
What easier way to paint a shamrock, than to stamp with green peppers?
This simple idea from Crafty Morning is so easy, and perfect for toddlers
Kids love slime, glitttery, sticky, stretchy... all kinds of slime.
So why not grab the opportunity to make shamrock slime together?
It's a tradition to build a leprechaun trap and see if you can catch a leprechaun on st patricks eve.
Building these elaborate traps has lots of STEM learning opportunties, and one of the easiest ways is to build it from LEGO.
Challenge the kids to see who can build the best leprechaun trap.
Looking for some delicious st. patrick's day recipes for the kids? Keep it simple with these rainbow sandwiches, which are actually pretty healthy since they use no articial colors at all
Even these chocolate cupcakes are on the healthier side, made from Avocado which also gives them the green color - perfect for the occassion!
Making these together would be a fun St Patrick's Day activity with the kids.
We hope you enjoyed this collection of st. Patrick easy craft ideas!
You might also like our huge list of rainbow crafts for kids
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Anna Marikar, mum of four and seasoned blogger, has spent over a decade sharing her parenting journey and passion for kid-friendly crafts and free printables.
Her easy-to-follow craft ideas and practical parenting advice have transformed In The Playroom into a cherished resource for parents.