Many themes for St. Patrick’s Day include shamrocks, leprechauns, green beer, or green juice for the kids. A Shamrock garland is an easy St Patrick’s Day craft to make with the kids for decorating your home!
St Patrick’s Day is celebrated around the world each year on March 17th. Many young adults will head out to the pubs to celebrate and others will stay home and celebrate with family and maybe a few friends. There are many ways to prepare for the celebration. Whether you are going out or staying in, every occasion deserves some fun and easy food and drinks with an Irish theme.
St Patrick’s Day Paper Craft
Once you get the kids going on the St. Patricks Day garland, you can head into the kitchen to prepare your food for the day. If you don’t know where to begin, here is a list of 8 traditional Irish food ideas that are simple and easy to prepare. Some are even done in one pot giving you time to do more St. Patrick’s Day arts and crafts. Make sure to click for some green ideas to go with your Irish theme celebrations.
St Patrick’s Day craft for preschoolers
St Patrick’s Day crafts are not only fun for the entire family, but will work for crafts in the classroom with kids and preschoolers. Here are 20 St. Patrick Day crafts that will make decorating the home or classroom fun for all. Since the clover garland is green, you might want to add a few more colours to your decor by adding some colourful rainbows with cotton ball clouds.
Shamrock garland craft
To start that St. Patrick’s Day theme, you will need some decorations to display around the house. A garland is easy to make with only a few materials needed to get an Irish theme vibe started. It is a fun way to keep the kids busy and enjoy some family time plus giving you space to slip into the kitchen to prepare some yummy dishes.
List of Supplies
- Green Coloured craft papers (different shades)
- Twine or string
- Craft glue
- Pencil
- Scissors
- Shamrock garland template
How to make a garland
Step 1
Select different shades of green coloured craft papers. Print and cut out the shamrock patterns from the template sheet. The printable template includes several different sizes, so you can select any size you want or you can also mix different sizes for the 4 leaf clover garland. Trace and cut out the shamrock patterns from the selected craft papers.
Step 2
Take a shamrock paper cutout and fold it into half (symmetrically). One by one, fold the rest of the shamrock cutouts into half. For each 3D shamrock pattern, we used 3 shamrock cutouts: 2 half folded and 1 plain cutout.
Step 3
Take 2 half folded shamrock cutouts and 1 plain shamrock cutout. Glue a half folded shamrock on any one side of the plain shamrock cutout.
Step 4
Glue the other half folded shamrock cutout on the other side of the plain shamrock cutout to complete the 3D shamrock pattern.
Step 5
Make as many 3D shamrock patterns as you need to make the garland. Take a string or twine and cut out some small pieces of papers (preferably square).
Step 6
Apply glue on the small square paper cutouts. Placing the string on the stem part of a 3D shamrock pattern, attach the glued paper over the twine to attach the shamrock, and twine together.
Step 7
Similarly, attach the rest of the 3d shamrock patterns to the twine to make the shamrock garland. This is the backside of the garland.
Step 8
When you are done attaching enough 3D shamrock to make a garland, flip the four leaf clover craft to the right side and hang it on a wall.
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Shamrock Garland Craft
A Shamrock garland is an easy St Patrick's Day craft to make with the kids for decorating your home on St. Patty's!
Materials
- Green Coloured craft papers (different shades)
- Twine or string
- Craft glue
- Pencil
- Shamrock garland template
Tools
- Scissors
Instructions
STEP 1
Select different shades of green coloured craft papers. Print and cut out the shamrock patterns from the template sheet. The printable template includes several different sizes, so you can select any size you want or you can also mix different sizes for the 4 leaf clover garland. Trace and cut out the shamrock patterns from the selected craft papers.
STEP 2
Take a shamrock paper cutout and fold it into half (symmetrically). One by one, fold the rest of the shamrock cutouts into half. For each 3D shamrock pattern, we used 3 shamrock cutouts: 2 half folded and 1 plain cutout.
STEP 3
Take 2 half folded shamrock cutouts and 1 plain shamrock cutout. Glue a half folded shamrock on any one side of the plain shamrock cutout.
STEP 4
Glue the other half folded shamrock cutout on the other side of the plain shamrock cutout to complete the 3D shamrock pattern.
STEP 5
Make as many 3D shamrock patterns as you need to make the garland. Take a string or twine and cut out some small pieces of papers (preferably square).
STEP 6
Apply glue on the small square paper cutouts. Placing the string on the stem part of a 3D shamrock pattern, attach the glued paper over the twine to attach the shamrock, and twine together.
STEP 7
Similarly, attach the rest of the 3d shamrock patterns to the twine to make the shamrock garland. This is the backside of the garland.
STEP 8
When you are done attaching enough 3D shamrock to make a garland, flip the four leaf clover craft to the right side and hang it on a wall.
As St. Patrick’s Day is right around the corner, I would love to make these garlands with my grandchildren. Even though we only have a wee bit of Irish blood running through our veins, I still choose to celebrate that fact.
Cute garland for St Pat’s Day, Nice. 🙂
I know the girls would love to make this one with me! We love St. Patrick’s Day and banners!
I’d love to make these with the grandkids. Cute and easy.
Such a fun little craft project for St Patrick’s day. My grandchildren would enjoy making these.
This is so cute and colorful. My grandson would love making this.
These look fun to make with my kiddos
This is a great project for a classroom because you get to hang them up when you’re done