I love easy kid-friendly crafts. This one is super simple. The other day, when my daughter asked to make St Patricks Day decorations, I thought about what I could make with construction paper.
I glanced around my house and settled on my daughter’s newest interest: plants. She loves to grow things and water them. I decided to make a super cute Leprechaun hat cover for one of her plants.
The result: a cute plant cover that is perfect for St. Patricks Day. This simple craft makes the most adorable decoration.
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St Patricks Day Craft Instructions
Supplies:
- Scissors
- Construction paper-2 pieces of black, one green and one yellow
- Glue
- Potted Plant
- Tape
Instructions:
- Cut one piece of black construction paper into a circle. (I traced a small plate and used it as a guide.)
- Cut a thin green horizontal strip for the hat band.
- Cut a small yellow square. Fold it in half and cut a square shape out of the middle for the buckle.
- Glue the green strip to the bottom of a piece of black construction paper.
- Glue the buckle to the middle of the green strip.
- Set a small potted plant on top of the black circle.
- Wrap the pot with the other piece of black paper. Tape to the back of the pot.
Variations:
Fresh Flowers-If you don’t have a small potted plant, you could use a peanut butter container, mason jar or can and add freshly cut flours to it.
Plant Seeds-You could add potting soil to a container and put fast growing seeds in it that would grow by St Patricks Day.
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I helped my daughter cut out everything. She used the glue and tape on her own.
I hope you enjoy this St Patricks Day craft!
This is a really cute idea. Another thing you could do too is use a toilet tissue holder for any seedlings you wanted to plant and watch grow. Great thing to use because (a) you will have some around the house and (b) once the plant is ready to go outside in the garden you can plant the whole thing because the holder is biodegradable.
Happy SITS Tuesday,
Regi