I told myself I wasn’t going to make a St. Patrick’s Day craft. Too many holidays, you know?
But then I went to the craft store and as I was checking out I saw these buttons. I’m a sucker for cute packaging, and these were practically screaming, “BUY ME!” anyway, so I tossed them in my cart.
I had a plan for them, and it actually ended up being as easy as I’d envisioned (yay), so I’m sharing it here today. This easy St. Patrick’s Day craft is kid-friendly, inexpensive (the buttons were less than $5, and I had the rest of the stuff around the house), and doesn’t take long to complete. AND – it comes with a free shamrock printable.
Supplies You’ll Need:
- Paper with a clover on it – you can draw your own, or print the one I’ve provided below (I printed it on card stock)
- Frame (without the glass)
- Buttons
- Glue (I used a craft/tacky glue)
If you need a clover, just click on the picture below to download your own.
Place the clover template in the frame before you get started. It’s much easier this way!
Put glue on the paper, and place the buttons on the glue. Move quickly, so you can move them around and make them all fit before the glue dries. I actually found it was easier to cover most of the clover with glue and then put the buttons on; this way, I could move them around and fit them together.
Give it some time to dry, and then…that’s it. Easiest craft ever. I don’t think I spent more than fifteen minutes on it!
How do you celebrate St. Patrick’s Day? Do you do anything special?
Here are a couple of other kid-friendly St. Patrick’s Day activities from around the web:
- St. Patrick’s Day Vocabulary Cards for Kids from Rock-a-Bye Parents
- St. Patrick’s Day Bingo for Kids from Play 2 Learn with Sarah
You might also like this fun St. Patrick’s Day post:
Too cute Carrie! I love Michael’s too! Hubby threatens to take my debit card away at least once a month because of that place. 😉
Thanks for dropping by Tell Me About it Tuesday!
It’s awful! lol…I could do some serious damage in there.
Love, Love this!! I love making crafts with my girls and then hang them up to be displayed! Especially since St. Patty is my favorite celebration!! Plus, my birthday is the day before 🙂 Thank you for stopping by and linking over at Thoughtful Spot Weekly Blog Hop! You are featured as one of my favorites this week!
Awesome! Thank you Victoria!!
Hi Carrie! Thanks so much for sharing your St. Patrick’s Day craft last week on our Get Inspired linky! I wanted to let you know that it’s one of our featured favorites this week! Hope to see you link up again! 🙂
Awesome! Thank you Kara!
You know we love your blog! Thanks so much for stopping in and linking up to our crafty showcase each week! This button project is totally adorable and we love those button containers, too! We’ll have to go get some! Congrats your project is being featured in our Feature Friday post with kid craft & recipes!
have a super week!
susie @bowdabra
AWESOME!! Thanks Susue!! 🙂
Super cute and easy! But four leaf clovers aren’t Irish! (It’s a common misconception!) Shamrocks only have three leaves! 🙂 this could easily be done as a three leaf clover though!
Ha! I actually googled “shamrock” a couple of weeks ago when I was putting this together because I wasn’t sure if I should call it a shamrock or a clover…and I learned exactly what you just said (which I had no idea about before I googled it)…but I decided that I’d just roll with it and hope no one noticed. LOL!
What a fun craft! Thanks for sharing via Mommy Monday.
XOXO
I love this and your site! Such a smart & simple idea…those are the best! Totally letting my 5 year old do this Saturday!
My five-year-old loved it (even though I didn’t let him help with this one…ha) and my two-year-old was obsessed with the buttons and was more interseted in playing with them than with making the actual craft!
Never seen a better post! ICOCBW
I told my grandmother how you helped. She said, “bake them a cake!”
It’s great to find someone so on the ball
I’ll try to put this to good use immediately.
Great insight. Relieved I’m on the same side as you.
I told my grandmother how you helped. She said, “bake them a cake!”
I’m impressed you should think of something like that
It’s a pleasure to find such rationality in an answer. Welcome to the debate.
That’s a smart answer to a difficult question.
Which came first, the problem or the solution? Luckily it doesn’t matter.
Oh this is to cute! Great idea! I love button art! I would love it if you would come and share this at my Monday of Many Blessings Link Up!! http://ourhomeofmanyblessings.com/
This is adorable! I have a total weakness for button crafts anyway but this one is especially cute. Thanks for the awesome St. Pats craft to do with my kiddos.
I have a button weakness, too…they’re so fun!
What a fun and easy craft for St. Patrick’s Day. Please share on my Sunday’s Best linky party.