A Cute St. Patrick’s Day Handprint Craft!
This type of cookie-cutter (they all look the same) craft goes against everything I learned while becoming and being an art teacher. BUT what I’ve learned while being a mother is that every mama LOVES their preschool child’s hand print, and every child loves a craft, cookie-cutter or not. No matter what holiday or cheesy craft it’s incorporated in. So I thought of a fun way to transform my kiddo’s hand print into a rainbow coming out of a pot of gold – perfect for Saint Patrick’s Day! Here’s how we did it…
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St. Patrick’s Day Rainbow Handprint Craft
Supplies:
- black and white construction paper
- scissors
- washable paint in rainbow colors
- paint brush, water, and paper towels
- all purpose glue
- foil wrappers from gold coin chocolate candy
- white paint pen
Steps:
1. Paint rainbow stripes on hand in the order of the rainbow (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple).
2. Press down onto top center of white paper to make a rainbow hand print. Let dry.
3. Glue gold foil candy wrappers onto the white paper at the base of the hand print. Overlap them a little.
4. Don’t forget to enjoy the chocolate coins!
5. Cut out a half circle pot shape from black construction paper. Glue black pot onto the white paper just below the gold coins. Overlap the coins a little to make it look like they are inside the pot. Let glue dry.
6. Use the white paint pen to write “Happy St. Patrick’s Day!” on the pot of gold.
This would be so fun to do with a group of preschoolers at a St. Patrick’s Day party. If you could get them past the chocolate eating step that is!
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LOVE IT!
Thanks!
FANTASTIC!!! We did a non-paint version and the kiddos enjoyed really enjoyed it. THANKS so much for the idea!
Oh, I could see that, too. Maybe cutting a hand out and then letting them color the rainbow stripes on it? How did you do it?
I have done a versino of this when I worked with preschoolers but without the chocolate candy. Just gold circles.. or the best that they could cut them out. I believe in a child doing his own work no matter how it comes out.. thanks for sharing..
Just did this w/ my 1 and 3 year olds and it was tons of fun!! Plus, we had a lesson in primary colors and mixing them to make other colors.
Just stopping by to let you know that I've featured your craft on Family Fun Crafts! You can see it here:
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wow i loved this so doing it with my little sister
This is so cute! I am always a sucker for handprint projects! 🙂
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I just LOVE this.
Michelle xx
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Ours isn’t as pretty, but we had fun making it!!!
Thanks
Sarah
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I just blogged about my copycat version at http://lifeatthe800house.com/2013/03/11/st-patricks-handprint-art/
Thanks, Megan! Yours is adorable. I hope your boys had fun.
I love all the St. Patrick’s Day crafts! My girls would enjoy painting their hands like a rainbow! Thanks for linking up with us at the Create Link Inspire party! You were featured today! http://www.marvelousmommy.com/2014/02/7-featured-crafts-for-kids/
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Thanks for the feature, Amy!
Hi! I’m sorry to post this here, but I couldn’t find a way to email you. I’m a staff writer at adoption.com. I’m writing an article on St. Patrick’s day crafts that adoptive families can send to their children’s birth parents. I would like to feature this article. This would entail me using one of the images from your site and linking to your article. Do I have your permission? Thank you!
Of course. Thank you for asking. Now I’m off to see how I can make contacting me via email easier. 🙂