Looking for easy St Patrick’s Day crafts for toddlers and preschoolers? These simple shamrock, rainbow and leprechaun crafts are perfect for little hands to make and use basic supplies you probably already have at home.
Whether you’re celebrating St Patrick’s Day at home, in preschool or planning a toddler-friendly St Patrick’s Day activity, these easy crafts are low-prep, fun and great for supporting fine motor skills.
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St Patricks Day Crafts for Toddlers and Preschoolers
All of us want to involve our kids in the special days that we enjoy and St Patricks Day is no different. With so many celebrations going on it’s lovely to see younger kids getting excited!
The crafts that I’m sharing today have been designed to be suitable for toddlers and preschoolers but as you’ll know there can be a lot of difference in what children are able to make, and what they are interested in, during this period so take a look through and see what your kid would enjoy the most.
Some of these crafts require more parental involvement than others, especially when there’s things like scissors involved that you’ll need to help out with so I tend to view crafts for toddlers as a bit more of a joint effort and an excuse to share some special time together.
As well as the inspiration I’m sharing today you’ll also find some fantastic St Patrick’s Day books to share with your child and some free St Patricks Day printables to help making having fun with your chid even easier.
Rainbow Crafts for St Patrick’s Day
Printable Rainbow Crafts for Kids
We’ve shared three easy rainbow crafts for kids that you can make all of which use our free template.
Potato Masher Rainbows
This simple rainbow craft is one that’s tried and tested with my own toddler.
My daughter enjoyed using the super big ‘stamp’ that certainly made a change to the normal paintbrushes.
Paper Plate Rainbow
Try out this fun idea following the tutorial from Arty Crafty Kids, you could even add some gold coins at the end of the rainbow.
Pom Pom Rainbow
Younger toddlers might need a hand with this rainbow craft from Fantastic Fun and Learning but the pom poms and tissue paper are both great craft materials for them to use.
Rainbow Butterfly
Toilet paper rolls are always good for making some easy crafts and I love the way this rainbow butterfly craft from Non Toy Gifts looks so cheerful – a great way of incorporating a rainbow craft into your activities.
Rainbow Collage
Hunt out the glue or some colored stickers to make this simple rainbow collage craft from Happy Hooligans that would be great for St Patrick’s Day celebrations.
Shamrock Crafts for Toddlers
Washi Tape Shamrocks
I did this simple activity with my daughter when she was three, it’s good fun and if you made a few you could use them to make a banner as well by attaching some yarn or ribbon to the back.
Make Shamrocks
Make some easy shamrock crafts for kids using our free template. This is a great craft to do if you have left over craft supplies from other activities
Foil Painted Shamrock Craft
This foil painted shamrock craft is super easy for little hands to make as you can adapt the foil to make it the right size for them to use.
Yarn Wrapped Shamrocks
Red Ted Art shares this fun idea that’s a great way to use up any old yarn that you have at home.
Clover Suncatcher
We’ve made a lot of suncatcher crafts for kids over the years and as long as you set them up for your child they’re totally do-able for toddlers and a good way to practice fine motor skills.
This four-leaf clover one from The Mommy Evolution looks great and would make some super pretty decor for the day too, plus it’s bound to bring you good luck!
Shamrock Shaker
Make a fun shamrock shaker to play with following the tutorial from Carrots are Orange, you could have a little dance to some Irish music once you’ve made it!
Color Mixing Shamrock Activity
Teach your child how the colour green is made with this shamrock colour mixing craft.
Marbled Shamrocks
These marbled shamrocks from Views From A Step Stool look really pretty and are a fun way to try out a new art idea.
Pepper Shamrocks
Stamp some clover using peppers with this fun activity from 123 Homeschool 4 Me.
This is a great St Patricks Day craft for toddlers because the peppers make nice chunky stamps that are easy to hold.
Handprint Shamrock
Rhythms of Play’s handprint shamrock craft comes with a free poem printable too.
I think this would make a great keepsake of your toddlers hand-size and it’s certainly one that we’d pin up on our pin board or fridge!
Bubble Wrap Shamrock
Grab the glitter and create a cute bubble wrap shamrock like this fun craft from Messy Little Monster.
Leprechaun Crafts for Toddlers
Leprechaun Handprint
There aren’t always loads of leprechaun crafts that are suitable for toddlers or preschoolers but if you’re happy to get a little messy with the paint (and we are) then why not try this leprechaun handprint craft from Crafty Morning that looks like so much fun!
These would make perfect DIY St Patricks Day cards to with the handprint on the front.
Leprechaun Hats
Toddlers might need a hand making these cute hats but they’ll enjoy decorating them with paint, construction paper and pipe cleaners, plus they can wear them afterwards too.
Pot Of Gold Craft
Make a cute pot of gold using fingerprint with this cute craft from Real Life at Home.
St Patricks Day Card
Grab our free printable St Patricks Day card that features a pot of gold at the end of rainbow and have fun coloring it in.
Paper Plate Tambourines
Paper plate crafts are often really popular ones as they’re relatively cheap to buy and they’re something that people often have a left over supply of either at home or in classrooms.
These paper plate tambourines from Red Ted Art are a great way to celebrate St Patricks Day, I particularly love the rainbow one.
St Patrick’s Day Books for Toddlers
I love any excuse to share a story with my kids and I know that most parents feel the same way! Which of these books would your child enjoy the most?
- The Itsy Bitsy Leprechaun by Jeffrey Burton
- Happy St Patrick’s Day Curious George by H. A. Rey
- How To Catch a Leprechaun by Adam Wallace
Free St Patricks Day Printables
No need to worry how to draw a shamrock, just grab our free shamrock template and print out as many copies as you need!
This template is perfect for some simple paper shamrock crafts or you can use them as basic coloring pages – just grab some colored markers or paints.
Grab our free Roll A Rainbow playdough game that can help teach about colours and number recognition or for young toddlers just enjoying playing with the dough and stretching it out across the rainbow.
Or how about trying out our Leprechaun emotions St Patrick’s Day playdough mats, another free printable for you!
