St. Patrick’s Day may be my favorite holiday of the year! My mother is every bit Irish and has always kept us close to our heritage. Typically we spend St. Patrick’s Day as most spend Thanksgiving; a large feast of traditional Irish food, family, love, and as a BIG bonus my Mom’s birthday! She has always made sure to make it a special time for us! Growing up, many of my friends knew of this big dinner and would often ask to join in on our fun! We usually wrap up dinner with some Irish music and dancing, that’s after the birthday cake of course!
It is very important to me that my little trio takes part in my family traditions and have a deep understanding of their Irish heritage! So each year as we wrap up Valentines Day, we immediately begin the St. Patrick’s Day décor! THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS TOO MUCH GREEN!
I wanted to do a special craft/gift this year as it is my Mom’s 70th Birthday! My children affectionately call her “Mimi” and a handmade gift would be enough to melt her heart! So with that in mind, and in conjunction with our usual decorating, it is about that time for a St. Patricks Day craft with my little trio!
What has three leaves and is used as a symbol of Ireland? A SHAMROCK!
This craft is SIMPLE and oh so much fun!
Supplies:
- 12 x 12 scrapbook paper
- GREEN paint
- Sponge to apply paint
- 3 little feet!
A few of my SIMPLE craft tips:
- Prior to having children, I took up a love of scrapbooking! Now, I can’t seem to find much time for that! So I find I use my left over 12 x 12 scrapbook pages for crafts!
- I also love to use my 12 x 12 page protectors to keep my crafts safe and reusable year after year!
- I use cosmetic sponges to apply paint to their little feet! I find it much easier (and quicker!) to apply!
What a wonderful gift this has made and I even made an extra one to hang around our home!
What do YOU love about St. Patrick’s Day?
~May the luck of the Irish be with YOU!~
This is such a cute idea and I love that you can use it as a memory to see how much they’ve grown next year and the year after! I am definitely going to do this with my little ones!
This is really cute. I love those big eyes in the first picture.
How cute! Growing up, my mother used to always make green pancakes on St. Patrick’s Day. We always loved that.
What a fun idea for St. Patrick’s Day! Any Grandma would love this!
So cute! It’s also my nephew’s birthday and this would be fun to do at a party.
This is such a cute and unique idea for a fun craft. My son would have loved this when he was young!
That is so cute and original. I would love to get something like that from my DIL. I like it.
What a cute craft that makes a great keepsake, too! Nice idea!
My dad was 100% Irish and I have such awesome memories of my grandma’s corned beef and cabbage dinners with tons of music and laughter! I love this craft! It would make a great card, too! Thanks for the tip about applying paint with a cosmetics sponge! Waaaaaay less messy!
That is so great! Such a fun time of year for us Irish! 🙂 Let us know how it turns out!
Oh that is so adorable! We love doing the hand and foot print art pictures! They are so fun and I love looking back at how little their feet and hands were!