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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Activities and Crafts for Johnny Appleseed Day

Johnny Appleseed Day is sometimes celebrated on Sept. 26 because that is John Chapman’s birthday, but even if you’re just doing an apple unit study for fall it’s a great time to talk about Johnny Appleseed.

And that’s the place to start, that Johnny Appleseed was a real person named John Chapman who was born in 1774 in what was then the province of Massachusetts Bay. He traveled west when he turned 18 and despite the image of him randomly tossing apple seeds everywhere, he was really a deliberate planter of apple tree nurseries, which he left in the care of others and checked on every year or two.

Learn a little more of his story with these cute coloring pages (though not entirely historically accurate, they’re still cute) from Homeschool of 1. They also have a Johnny Appleseed themed word search printable.

This pin of a Scholastic News page doesn’t link to a website, but it gives you some basic information and a true and false quiz you can use with kids.

Crystal & Co. has a cute apple themed counting mini book you can print and use with your Johnny Appleseed unit. They also have some coloring pages with a bit of handwriting practice. Or practice cutting with the Johnny Appleseed themed worksheets from 3 Boys and a Dog.

Make a Johnny Appleseed puppet to help tell the story with this craft with a free printable template from Simple Everyday Mom. You’ll also find some cute printable worksheets there to learn his story and put it in the correct order.

Color, cut out and assemble this Johnny Appleseed drawing from Homeschool Preschool. They also have an apple seed counting activity you can use for practicing one to one correspondence.

Tiaras and Tantrums has a free printable apple unit that includes Johnny Appleseed facts and coloring pages, as well as how to say apple in different languages, tracing apple vocabulary, art project ideas, science experiments and more.

And if you need more apple themed activities to go with your Johnny Appleseed celebrations, check out my posts on apple crafts and apple learning activities.

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