Are you a fan of homemade decorations? This Coffee Filter Shamrock is an easy St Patrick’s Day Craft and uses stuff in you already have in your home.
Truth be told, I don’t usually craft unless I can craft with my kids. I have so much fun explaining and describing the craft we are about to tackle. And, I especially enjoy when they add a few twists to the craft and we get to see where our ideas take us. I tend to leave most crafts open-ended with the expectation that they will tailor it to their own imaginations.
The holidays are always a good time to come up with “keeper crafts.” Crafts we can create together, that can be used as a holiday decoration for years to come. I am amazed when my children can recall in such detail the time “we made that!” With St. Patrick’s Day just around the corner, I thought it would be nice to add to our sparse bin of “St. Patty’s” decorations.
Building off the idea of the Cupcake Liner Sunflowers, I decided we should go a little bigger and a little greener with a Coffee Filter Shamrock or maybe a bunch of them!
This Coffee Filter Shamrock craft was so much fun to create with my little artisans! They loved dipping and swirling each shamrock into the water-filled sink. The kids dropped the green food dye on each petal with such precision! They were so immersed in this craft, I can’t wait to come up with another craft that is based around our sink.
Coffee Filter Shamrock: An Easy St Patrick’s Day Craft
Materials:
Directions:
Step 1: Flatten one coffee filter. With your index finger, pointer finger and thumb pinch the middle of the coffee filter to create three leaves.
Step 2: Take one pipe cleaner and snake it around the leaves.
Step 3: Make a whole bunch!
Step 4: Fill your sink with cold water. Have the kids pull chairs or step stools to the sink so they can easily swirl their shamrock in the water. Have them gently squeeze the excess water from their shamrock.
Step 5: Next have them drop 1-2 drops of green food coloring on each leaf. (Having them do this over the sink will prevent them from staining your kitchen!)
Step 6: Allow to dry on a few layers of paper towels.
Step 7: When they were completely dry, I arranged a few in a small vase. Then, I handed a bunch to each of my children. My son took his bunch to feed to his giraffes and zebras. My daughter took her bunch to make into a necklace. 🙂
Thanks for reading!
Daniele
This was an awesome craft! We did it at home, and then I told my son’s TK teacher about it and they did it in the classroom, too! The only change we made was to wet the coffee filters with a spray bottle instead, and at his school they used the spray bottle and she let the kids drizzle liquid watercolors on with pipettes. It turned out beautifully and dried quickly enough that the kids were able to display them for their parents before pick-up on the same day! Thank you so much for the info!
That is SO nice to hear! That is a great idea using a spray bottle 🙂
Love these! I know some kids that would love to make these 🙂
These are so cute! I pinned them to my St. Patrick’s board on Pinterest – thanks for linking up to Thrifty Thursday at LWSL.
So much fun to make…that’s exactly what I did with mine!
Daniele
LOVE this idea.. and have just the vase I was hoping to set a little something Irish in!! Thanks for sharing how!