Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with this activity that is not only fun but also helps little ones grow!
I’ve said it before many time; I love the holidays now that I have kids! There’s something about seeing their eyes light up when they see new decorations coming up or a new fun section at the store when we go shopping. I try to do seasonal/holiday activities on a regular basis with my kids. That way they are having fun AND learning.
I’m also a big fan of tying in learning into these crafts and activities. Like our Snowflake Magnets, these four leaf clovers help little hands with fine motor skills as well as counting and pattern recognition. After we made these my boys made patterns with anything they could get there hands on the rest of the day!
Supplies:
Green pipe cleaners
Green and yellow beads
Scissors
Directions:
Cut two pipe cleaners in half so you have four pieces total.
String beads on to pipe cleaner in this order: 1 yellow, 2 green, 1 yellow, 2 green, 1 yellow.
Fold pipe cleaner into the shape of a leaf and twist ends together.
Repeat steps 2 and 3 with remaining three pipe cleaners.
Cut a third pipe cleaner into thirds.
Arrange the four leaves in the position you’d like and using one of the small pieces of pipe cleaner, wrap it around the leaves and pull through the bottom to make the stem.
You can also hot glue a magnet on the back (like I did with the snowflakes) to make magnets to hold other masterpieces kids create on your fridge.
Originally seen on Over The Big Moon.
Do you have any fun St. Patrick’s Day crafts you’ve done with the kids? Tell me about them in the comments! I always love trying new activities with my boys. And for more St. Patrick’s Day ideas check out my St. Patrick’s Day Pinterest Board.
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