Fun Shamrock Craft Projects

February 19, 2023 by Sarah White Leave a Comment

As St. Patrick’s Day nears, you might be wondering exactly what a shamrock is and how it differs from a clover. Often this time of year the two are used interchangeably, but technically a shamrock has three leaves while a clover could have three, but is usually shown as the lucky four-leaf clover.

There are some of both in this roundup of shamrock crafts and coloring pages, so you can talk about the differences or just download and use whatever kind you like.

If you want to go your own way and just need some templates, The Artisan Life has collections of both four-leaf clover and shamrock templates. Some of these you can just print out and color or trace to use in your projects, but some are large enough that the template only shows half the design so you need to trace it on a folded piece of paper to get the full effect.

Art with Jenny K has a great collection of shamrock art project ideas, many of which are downloadable from her Teachers Pay Teachers site. There is a freebie for a pop art shamrock if you’re looking for free resources, too.

Balancing Home has a pretty zentangle-looking shamrock coloring page that is great for adults or older kids to color. You could even try a challenge that each section has to be a different shade of green, or you can’t use the same color on two sections that touch.

How about some cute shamrock bookmarks? These printables from Carla Schauer are so sweet for kids to print and color to give to parents or use in the books at school.

If you’re looking for something a little craftier, Messy Little Monster has a great roundup of shamrock crafts for kids including slime, printing with peppers and the pretty bubble wrap shamrocks shown above.

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Reflecting on the Past Year with Kids

I’m in deep denial about the fact that new year is almost upon us again! It’s been the fastest and the longest year at the same time, and I can look back and see some good things as well as some things I wish had gone differently.

Doing a year in review with your kids — whether in the classroom or at home — is a good way to capture some of their memories and the things they really liked about the year gone by.

There are a lot of different printable year in review worksheets you can use if you want to make this super easy. Here are links to a few (often part of larger posts about NYE celebrations with kids that are worth a read, too):

Teach Beside Me has lots of fun printables fro the end of the year, including a year in review that covers favorite memory, funniest memory and the best book they read, among other topics.
NurtureStore‘s version has space for a self-portrait and prompts like favorite toy, best day out this year and future dream job.
Remember favorites, their “best idea” of the year and have room for setting goals for next year with this one from The Keele Deal.
The year in review from Yes We Made This has room for drawing or writing and includes things like something they learned, a memory they made and a place they visited.

Of course you could pretty easily make your own year in review for the whole family to do that asks questions based on what you most want to remember. (Favorite video game? Best friend? Favorite family memory?)

And if after the year in review you’re ready to look ahead a bit, Mrs. Merry has new year’s resolution printables to inspired kids to look ahead and set goals for things they want to try. You can totally fill this one out as a grownup, too.

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