With St. Patrick’s Day quickly approaching, we’ve had getting crafty on our minds. My littlest has been off school for weather and holidays so, needless to say, we’ve had all the craft supplies pulled out for quite a while now. I’ve been working my way through some of my favorite crafts with him and coming up with some new ones, like this fun Shamrock Suncatcher Craft that’s perfect for kids of all ages and so much fun to make!
When I think back to my own childhood, one of my favorite things to make were suncatchers. I would hang them on my windows and marvel at the way the light shined through them just right. While sometimes suncatchers are made of glass, I always made them with clear laminating paper as a child so I decided to show my little guy how to make this awesome Shamrock Suncatcher Craft that I knew he would love. First we pulled out all our supplies.
- Green Cardstock
- Self-laminating clear paper
- Scissors
- Light and dark green glitter
- A Shamrock Stencil (just draw a large shamrock on a piece of paper and then cut out the center so the line is about an inch thick)
To start our Shamrock Suncatcher Craft, I quickly stenciled out a shamrock on white paper and cut it out. Then I cut out the center so that the lines of my shamrock were about an inch thick. With my stencil done, I handed it to my little guy and he traced it on the green cardstock.
Once he had traced the shamrock shape, he cut it out carefully.
Once he had his shamrock shape cut out, I pulled out a piece of the laminating paper, removed the backing and laid it out on the table. Then he gently pushed his shamrock cut out down on it, sticking it in place.
As soon as his shamrock was stuck to the laminating paper, he sprinkled the glitter over it, alternating colors to give it a fun effect.
I then helped him secure the second piece of laminating paper on top to hold all this glitter in and create the look of a suncatcher.
Once he cut around the outside edges of his shamrock suncatcher craft, it was ready to hang.
He chose to put it on his bedroom window where the sun can stream through catching the glitter and lighting it up in a fun and fabulous way.
Whether your kids are little or bigger, this fun Shamrock Suncatcher Craft is a perfect way to make their St. Patrick’s Day fun! I hope you will make it with your kiddos and create a fun memory and a fabulous craft!
What a really cute idea to make with the kids. I love the idea of adding glitter to it. So cute!!
I’ll show this to my daughter. I’m sure she’ll want to make one. She’s all about crafting!
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This is such an adorable craft. I think my granddaughter would love to try making one of these suncatchers.
What a fun craft for the kids! I have fond memories of making rainbow suncatchers when when I was a child. They’re so magical!
Looks like something I can make and craft with the grandkids. Making sun catchers is always fun to look through.
I used to love making this sort of thing when I was younger, it is lovely to see the sunshine through them. This is a great idea of a make in the run-up to St Patrick’s day.
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This is such a clever idea. This would be the perfect craft to do with my nieces and nephews the next time they come over.
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What a beautiful project. I think this would be a fun way to spend all of these snow days we have had here lately in Iowa.
I miss the days the kids were little and wanted to do these crafts. I will pass this idea on to our Sunday school teachers. The kids would love it!
That’s a beautiful sun catcher. A great idea to make with kids for St. Patrick’s Day!
What a fun idea! I’m going to do this with my kids sometime soon. They will love it!
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Very cute! I miss doing fun crafts like this with my kids. It is amazing how fast they grew up.
I love this. I like glittery things anyway, but this is even more exciting because you didn’t have to use glue!
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This looks so neat. I wish I was more crafty to come up with ideas like this one!
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This craft looks fun to make! I will do this with my niece, I bet she’ll love this!
This is a great idea and the suncatcher looks great! I love the idea of using glitter without the mess of glue.
My kids love seasonal crafts like this. I bet they would have fun with this suncatcher project.
This is such a cute idea! I will have to try this with the kids next week! I just need to pick up some laminating paper!
What a cute idea! My kids will love this St. Patrick’s day craft and my daughter will the love the glitter.