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March 9, 2010 | 14 Comments

Handprint Shamrock Craft

Handprint Four Leaf Clover

Handprint crafts are always fun to do and usually don’t get recycled even by me.  (I rarely keep crafts.)  For St.Patrick’s Day, make this simple handprint shamrock craft with all ages of kids. Toddlers can just do the painting, while school-age kids are perfectly able to do it with little to no help.  With little ones, you will be doing a lot of cutting. It’s tricky to cut out hands even when you are full grown, but for something that doesn’t get recycled it’s well worth it.

  1. Gather your materials. You will need some white paper, a sheet of orange construction paper, a marker, some green paint, a paint brush or roller, some gold glitter glue, scissors, and glue.4 Leaf Clover Craft
  2. Start by tracing your child’s hands 4 times. 4 Leaf Clover Craft
  3. Time to paint! 4 Leaf Clover Craft
  4. Add some gold glitter glue and then let dry. 4 Leaf Clover Craft
  5. Cut out, I also cut out a stem from the extra around the hand prints. One of our hands didn’t survive, so our planned 4 leaf clover then turned into a shamrock. 4 Leaf Clover Craft
  6. Add glue to the orange paper. 4 Leaf Clover Craft
  7. Add the stem and hands and then, let dry. Handprint Four Leaf Clover

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Filed Under: Age Preschool, Age: Kindergarten, Age: Toddlers, Preschool Crafts, St.Patrick's Day | 14 Comments

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14 Comments

  1. Shannon says

    March 9, 2010 at 9:38 am

    Oh I like anything with handprints. I think I will try it with two of my 2 year old’s handprints and 2 of my 1 year old’s!

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  2. Jackie Lee says

    March 9, 2010 at 3:31 pm

    You say you don’t save crafts ~ do you just throw them away and how does your little one let you do that? Mine screams and gets very upset when we try to get rid of any of her crafts. This is super cute project!
    .-= Jackie Lee´s last blog ..Annoying People May Be a Message… Are You Listening? =-.

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    • admin says

      March 9, 2010 at 8:04 pm

      I am lucky he is about as sentimental as I am- I did have a hard time convincing him of getting rid of the huge hospital we made, and I am still waiting for my husband to recycle it ( it’s in our garage holding other recycling taunting my poor child). But for us I say well our house would be so full we wouldn’t be able to walk, and I make goofy comments tell him if we recycle it we can make room for something NEW , and it’s enough for him. I do take pictures and we do look through them to remember though.

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  3. Amanda says

    March 9, 2010 at 3:38 pm

    I love this!!!! 🙂 great idea! 🙂 thanks!
    .-= Amanda ´s last blog ..Canvas Painting with friends! =-.

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  4. Aimee says

    March 9, 2010 at 6:56 pm

    Hi! Thanks again for a great idea! I just linked to this blog entry at my blog here: http://web.me.com/redshoearts/Redshoearts/Blog/Entries/2010/3/9_Assorted_Thoughts.html

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  5. Old School/New School Mom says

    March 9, 2010 at 7:57 pm

    This is such a fantastically creative idea!

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  6. Wendy @Sun-Kissed Scholars says

    March 9, 2010 at 8:38 pm

    Super cute! I’m a sucker for hand (or foot)prints. These would be cute to hang in the windows until after SP day.
    Thanks.
    .-= Wendy @Sun-Kissed Scholars´s last blog ..natural mosaics and map work =-.

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  7. alisha says

    March 9, 2010 at 8:58 pm

    I have pictures of all my kids art projects… always have room for another photo CD.. and they don’t fade that way! 🙂

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  8. Bethany says

    March 23, 2010 at 12:02 pm

    My toddler son loved doing this! So cute!

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