Get your St. Patrick’s Day celebrations off to a colorful start with these fun and easy-to-follow craft projects! From leprechauns to shamrocks, you can create festive decorations for your home that will make it look especially festive for the holiday.
Disney Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse Crowns
Regardless of the holiday, making celebratory crowns is always a favorite of my 1st graders! They have so much fun decorating and designing their hats! I am a big Disney fan so I had to add a magical touch to these crowns!
St. Patrick’s Day Crowns
Every holiday deserves a celebratory crown and St. Patrick’s Day is no different! These crowns are quick and easy to make! Either print and go or have your students color their own crowns! Either way your students will look great celebrating the holiday!
3-D Rainbows
These rainbows are fun and easy to make! Each side offers your students an opportunity to practice SEL! Simply fill in the rainbows, fold each rainbow in half, glue one on top of the other and you are done!
St. Patrick’s Day SEL Craft
This craft comes in 2 awesome SEL versions! The first version provides your students with the opportunity to identify why they love themselves. The second one allows your students to create proactive steps in order to create their own luck!
Build Classroom Community
Group activities in the classroom can be a great way to enhance student collaboration and promote learning. Whether it is a project, discussion activity or a craft – choose activities that allow students to work together. This craft comes in 2 versions! Students can either practice being kind to their mind OR extending kindness to their classmates.
Build Classroom Community
Building a strong and supportive classroom community can help students learn more effectively, develop lasting friendships and relationships, and promote collaboration among the students. This craft This will create an engaging learning environment that encourages interdependence and respect for all members of the classroom.
Creative Social Emotional Crafts That Teach Valuable Skills
Crafts are an excellent way to engage children of all ages in creative activities. Social-emotional crafts in particular can help promote healthy communication and relationships, while also teaching tools that support self-regulation and emotional control.
Grateful Craft
It is always a good time to incorporate SEL in the classroom! This craft allows your students to take the time and identify what they are grateful for!
Tissue Paper Shamrock Wreath
Decorate your front door with a wreath that is sure to bring a smile to people’s faces! Create a show-stopping display from tissue paper and cardstock. Cut out several circles of tissue paper and three shamrocks from the cardstock, layer them all together, and then add ribbon for an extra splash of color. Hang it up and let St. Patrick’s Day begin!
DIY Leprechaun Hat Decorations
Accent your holiday décor with some simple leprechaun hats! Take a regular cardboard hat template, paint it any color you desire, and add a few embellishments such as glitter, pom-poms, or stars. Hang them in the windows or around the house for some unexpected cheer!
Paper Shamrock Garland
Get into the St. Patrick’s Day spirit and make a paper shamrock garland to decorate your walls. It’s an easy project that the whole family can take part in – all you need is some construction paper, scissors, string and tape. Start by cutting out a shamrock template from thick card stock or cardboard, then trace it onto green construction paper as many times as desired. Cut out the shamrocks and secure them along a length of string with tape or glue. Hang up your paper shamrock garland for some charming wall decorations!
