St. Patrick's Day craft fun

Shamrock Handprint

This was an easy craft to do with my 3 toddlers it just takes a little paint and some hand prints.  The result was to a fun way to remember St. Patrick's Day and also just how small my kids were at one time.  We made a 3 leaf clover perfect if you have 3 kids or in our case triplets :-)  We also made an extra keepsake shamrock print for the grandparents who were over the moon to receive a fun surprise in the mail.

Photo Leprechauns

No handmade St. Patrick's day card would be complete with out a little Leprechaun cheekiness.  We over ordered our Christmas cards so I saw the opportunity to create something silly with the extras.  Using some Microsoft Leprechaun clipart in a Word document sized to accommodate the faces from the leftover greeting cards I printed them out, cut out the faces and added in some of my own. 

Valentine's Day Canvas

I wanted a fun art project for my toddlers and keepsake for Valentine's day.  Keeping it simple and cheap I figured why not just help them make an actual piece of canvas art.  I had brushes and craft paint on hand already and headed to the dollar store to pick up some 8x10 blank canvases & contact paper (the kind you line drawers).

Keep it fun, keep it simple!

1.  Measure out the contact paper and cut out desired design and stick it to the canvas - 

2. Give the kids some brushes & paint and let them create -

3. After giving the canvases plenty of time to dry it's time to remove the 'sticker' design from the canvas -

4. Voila!  Fun, pretty art for Valentine's Day!