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St. Patrick's Day Craft Projects & Activities Clover Rubbings Go on a 4 leaf clover hunt. Make rubbings with the best clover leaves you find. Clover Sun Catcher Can you find the 4 leaf clover? Cut out an outline of a clover shape from a peice of construction paper. Shamrock pattern from Preschool Express Cut out the pattern about an inch larger than the pattern then cut the middle out on the original outline. Lay a peice of contact paper over it. Have the child press on the clover. Surprise the children and make one into a four leaf clover before you put contact paper over the other side. Catch a Leprechaun Color Leprechauns and take a picture of the child holding their Leprechaun. Ask children what they would do if they caught a Leprechaun and record it on their picture "It would be my friend" Rainbow Hats We make these every year from makingfriends.com Very simple and cute! Rainbow hat pattern Leprechauns on a mushroom Cut a half circle and a rectangle out of a sponge and use it to make a mushroom. Color and glue a Leprechaun sitting on top. This leprechaun printout is from Mailbox Magazine Feb/Mar 2007 issue but if you don't have a leprechaun pattern I think this would be cute to use the handprint leprechaun as we did for the flannel board countdown (below) Rainbows, Leprechauns, and Pot of gold Collage Practice cutting circles in each of the colors of the rainbow. Glue circles on top of each other. When dry cut in half. Use them to make this collage. Hanging Rainbows Make larger rainbows and glue a pot of gold at the end. More Rainbow Crafts Leprechaun Catcher Staple a Shamrock and few green and yellow strips of crepe paper onto the spoon part of a long Slurpee straw. These don't last long but the kids will really have a blast with them. Go on a Leprechaun hunt! Leprechaun Hats Paint a paper bowl green. When dry paint a strip of black around the middle part. When dry add a square of yellow construction paper cut in the shape of a buckle. Staple a pipe cleaner with a shamrock at the top. Leprechaun Fun It seems that a pesky leprechaun was here during the night and left behind his little pot of gold. We will be sure to guard it well because I know he will be coming back looking for it. We will use our leprechaun catchers to go on a hunt for him. He will be doing some tricks throughout the morning like taking out all the green legos and making a building. Then when the kids go out to play he will switch out the gold for lucky charms leaving behind his little green footprints, and coloring the milk and the mashed potatoes green. Group Time Activity Five Wee Leprechauns Count Down Five wee leprechauns scurrying by my door, One jumped away, then there were 4. Four wee leprechauns climbing in my tree, One hid in the green leaves, then there were 3. Three wee leprechauns, just a busy few, One went for a pot of gold, then there were 2. Two wee leprechauns, having lots of fun, One hopped over the rainbow, then there was 1. One wee leprechaun, with all his work done. He slipped off for a nap, then there was none. Shamrock Count Down Five green shamrocks growing outdoors (Child's name) picked one, and that left four. Four little shamrocks, green as they can be. (Child's name) picked one and that left three. Two little shamrocks nodding in the sun, (Child's name) picked one, and that left one. Three little shamrocks, growing by my shoe (Child’s name) picked one, and that left two One little shamrock, for St. Patrick's Day fun. (Child's name) picked it, and that left none. Back to Themes, Crafts, and Activities Email Sheril! Return to Ceres Childcare & Preschool