Sunday, March 6, 2011

Pot of Gold Craft


Every St. Patrick's Day Eve our house is visited by a few leprechauns who play some silly tricks and cause a little mischief.  We have never managed to find a pot of gold, but the leprechauns are usually nice enough to leave behind a few gold coins of the chocolate variety.  This year, we made door hangers for C and R's bedroom doors.  Hopefully, the leprechauns will leave a little something in each one.

I began with directions for an Irish Door Hanger from the free kid crafts website, but I changed ours a bit to give them pockets for holding a little treat.

I cut two paper plates (one for C and one for R) to look like a rainbow coming out of a pot.


Then, C and R colored them accordingly.


Once they were done, I cut another paper plate in half and stapled the half to the back of the "pot".




We are currently reading Lucky O' Leprechaun by Jana Dillon.  This book came highly recommended by my friend Christine and her daughter Jessica; I'm so glad they told us about it!  On the eve of St. Patrick's Day, the O'Sullivan kids, Meghan and Sean, are sent to stay with their grandaunties.  The aunties tell them that a leprechaun, Lucky O'Leprechaun, followed the O'Sullivans from Ireland to America and he lives under one of the thornbushes in the yard.  The children are determined to catch Lucky, and they develop a clever plan to accomplish the deed.  You have to read the book to find out what happens!

Now, it's time to get to work on our leprechaun traps.  We just might get that pot of gold this year!

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

This is a cute idea, Christy. It should make for a lot of fun!

phasejumper said...

Very cute! Love that it has a pocket!

An Almost Unschooling Mom said...

We read that book this week, and liked it too!

MaryAnne said...

Very cute - and simple enough that I might give it a try with my kids!

Good luck catching those sneaky leprechauns =)

Sherri said...

very cool and I am excited to read this book with my kiddos!

Debbie said...

I have to see if I can get my hands on any books for St Patrick's Day. What a cute craft!

Ticia said...

Your kids are so much more patient at coloring. Mine wouldn't have made it that black.

Susana said...

I love this craft! It's adorable. We haven't done a thing for St. Patrick's Day yet, but I want to make handprint shamrocks for sure, and this would be a great one to add in for Joe--I'm seeing choc. coins in ours:-).

Thank you!

Natalie PlanetSmarty said...

This book sounds fantastic! I will add it to my list right now!

Natalie PlanetSmarty said...

I forgot to add that the craft looks pretty good too and really nice for catching those leprechaun droppings :)