St. Patrick's Day Craft Activities For Kids 2025
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St. Patrick's Day is celebrated on 17th March each year and is the national day of the Republic of Ireland. St. Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland.
St. Patrick's Day crafts are a lovely way to make your own DIY decorations for a St. Patrick's Day celebration, so here is a collection of Irish themed crafts that are easy and fun for children to make.
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St. Patrick's Day Craft Ideas For Kids
So here are 25 crafts suitable for children, including very young kids that are Irish themed.
- Mosaic Paper Shamrocks
- Leprechaun Paper Plate
- Rainbow Mobile
- St. Patrick's Day Garland
- Green Glitter Playdough Recipe
- Build A Leprechaun Paper Doll
- The Blarney Stone
- Handprint Leprechaun
- Foil Painted Shamrocks
- Salt Dough Shamrocks
- Shamrock Twirler
- Handprint Leprechaun Card
- Marshmallow Shamrocks
- Lucky Gnomes
- Rock Painting Ideas
- Clothespin Leprechaun
- Shamrock Slime
- Easy Leprechaun Hat Craft
- Toilet Roll Shamrocks
- Origami Shamrock
- Clay Pot Leprechaun Hats
- Shamrock Leprechaun Craft
- Pointillism Shamrocks
- Popsicle Stick Leprechaun
- Irish Shamrock Craft
This is a lovely and simple craft for kids to try. Collect together scraps of green paper - it would be a great way to use up leftovers. You could use old magazines and random bits of gift wrap or greetings cards as well.
This cute Leprechaun Paper Plate craft is so cute and perfect for younger kids. Googly eyes are a must for this one!
Where do you find gold? At the end of the rainbow of course! So your St. Patrick's Day decorations must include at least one pot of gold.
This craft includes a free template to download with the shamrock and the pot of gold.
Wrap green yarn around a shamrock template and attatch to jute twine to make a lovely garland for your St. Patrick's Day decor.
Play all day long with this homemade green playdough with added glitter for a bit of glamour.
Use this free printable template to practice scissor skills and have a fun paper doll to play with too.
It is said that if you kiss the Blarney Stone you will get the gift of the gab! Well if Blarney in Ireland is a bit of a long way to go just now, you can make your own Blarney stone with these simple instructions.
Start by simply drawing around a hand and colour or paint it to make a cute bearded leprechaun greetings card.
Have you tried foil painting yet? It's is fun and quick for the shortest attention span. Wash the foil afterwards and you can reuse it for painting with again and again.
Make these fun Salt Dough shamrocks which are great fun for crafty kids. Store carefully and you could bring them out again for several yeas as part of your St. Patrick's Day decor.
Based on a pinwheel or windmill, this shamrock twirler is made from a paper plate.
A different way to make a handprint into a Leprechaun - use red paint for a handprint and add a face and the traditional hat.
You could use and round object to try this fun Irish-themed idea. Personally I would struggle not to eat the marshmallow before it got anywhere near the paint....
Handprints work very well to make these lucky green gnomes.
Rock painting can be as easy or complex as you like, depending on the children's age. Here are some lovely ideas for different levels of ability.
Use this free printable leprechaun template and add painted clothespins for the arms and legs.
Slime fans will love this glittery and glamourous green St. Patrick's Day slime recipe.
Make a few of these easy leprechaun hats and hang them about the house - or they would be perfect for a St. Patrick's Day Tree - yes, that is a thing.
I love a bit of recycling, and there's always an empty toilet roll somewhere in our house - usually on the holder in the bathroom, but I digress.
Paint the empty roll green then you can squash your rolls into a fine shamrock shape. String them onto twine to create a St. Patrick's Day garland.
The more nimble-fingered child can have a go at this Japanese/Irish mash-up. Make an origami shamrock with two different shades of green paper.
These little Clay Pot Leprechaun Hats can be made from the tiniest plant pots available. Ask a gardener if they have any that they don't need before purchasing - many gardening enthusiasts have lots to spare around spring time. Just in time for March 17th!
Love shamrocks and leprechauns? We have the perfect craft for you here.
Pointillism means creating an image by making lots of little dots, and varying the colour depending on the mix of coloured dots used.
You could try this craft idea by drawing your own shamrock or use a colouring picture like the one on our page of free printable St. Patrick's Day colouring pictures.
This lovely Irish-themed craft is nice and simple, using only big bold shapes to cut out and stick together.
This shamrock idea used the three colours of the Irish flag, green, orange and white. You could use this idea for a greetings card or a picture to hang on the wall.