Fun Pot of Gold Crafts for Kids – St Patricks Day Ideas

February 14, 2026 by Sarah White Leave a Comment

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day by making some fun pot of gold crafts.

Jen Around the World has a cute pot of gold made out of a flower pot and filled with Rolos. This might be one to make for kids instead of with kids, but if you use a plastic pot and stickers little kids could make it, too.

If you don’t want to include candy in your pot of gold you could also make your own gold nuggets out of rocks. This tutorial from Moms and Crafters shows you how.

Make a rainbow paper chain and a pot of gold with this easy craft from Crafty Morning. These would be fun as classroom decorations hanging from the ceiling if you want.

Printabulls has a collection of pot of gold coloring pages you can use as they are or use as templates for other craft projects. SB Digital Designs also has a printable pot of gold and rainbow craft you can color and assemble to make a three-dimensional pot if you like.

Joy in Crafting has a cool paper craft for making a three-dimensional pot of gold out of cardstock. The post includes a cut file but there’s also a template you can use and cut out by hand if you don’t have a cutting machine.

There’s a nice collection of pot of gold, rainbow and leprechaun crafts over at Our Kid Things. I like this thumbprint pot of gold craft idea.

These last ones are videos but they’re super cute so I wanted to include them. CraftISH Corner has a cute pot of gold and rainbow craft made with a paper plate and some pompoms or cotton balls.

And Crafting with Lona has a fun floating cauldron and gold coin DIY made with supplies from the dollar store. Since these involve hot glue they’re probably good for adults or older kids to make rather than letting the little ones make them.

Candy Pot of Gold and a Free St. Patrick’s Day Printable [Edible Crafts]

Cutting Practice for St. Patrick’s Day

Cross Stitch Pot of Gold for St. Patty’s Day [Cross-Stitch]

Hanging Rainbow St. Patrick’s Day Craft

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Book Review: Borders

My brother went through a phase where he was obsessed with maps. He loved to look at maps and he would draw maps of places real and imagined. He even drew maps that followed our route when we’d go to visit our grandparents in another state!

I assume there are still kids who go through map phases, and kids with an interest in history and how things got to be the way they are. Both kinds of kids will enjoy the book Borders: Understanding the Lines that Unite and Separate Us by Karim Ressouni-Demigneux, with illustrations by Karine Maincent.

The book describes how the original borders were natural, such as oceans, rivers, mountains and deserts, and while some of those borders are still in use today, many borders are human made, decided by treaties or carved out by colonizers. It covers the history of people congregating in one place and how city-states evolved into empires, how maps are drawn and how human conflicts can reshape borders.

There are stories about walls that reinforce borders, how borders work in the air and at sea, how people cross borders with passports or as refugees and how climate change is altering the borders of some countries.

You’ll also learn some fun border facts like the fact that if you stand in the middle of the bridge over the Zambezi River you can be in four countries at once because that’s where the borders of Botswana, Zambia, Namibia and Zimbabwe meet. Or how there is only one border crossing between India and Pakistan that’s closed each night in an elaborate ceremony.

The book talks about time zones, border towns and places where countries and parts of countries are inside other countries and places where borders are less important such as the European Union.

While there are serious subjects in the book, it’s still a fun read that’s sure to interest those kids around ages 8-12 who like travel, maps and weird but true facts.

About the book: 72 pages, hardcover, published 2026 by Blue Dot Kids Press. Suggested retail price $21.95.

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