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St. Patrick’s Day will be here before you know it and now is a great time to start thinking about how you want to celebrate the luck of the Irish.
If you have an elderly person in your life or are a senior looking for a fun way to celebrate St. Paddy’s Day, you can’t go wrong with a craft!
There are so many great crafts for senior citizens to do at this time of year. These can be fun decor for your space or ways to spend the day.
Here are 20 Saint. Patrick’s Day Crafts for Seniors.
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20 Great St. Patrick’s Day Crafts for Seniors
1. Apple Shamrock Stamp Craft
Half an apple and green paint make a handprint shamrock stamp to make things extra lucky on St. Patrick’s Day!
2. Pot Of Gold & Rainbow Craft
There’s gold at the end of this rainbow made from pipe cleaners and card stocks! Now, who says fun is for kids alone?
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3. How to Make Paper Shamrocks
You need only a glue gun, scissors, string, and scrapbook paper to make these pretty shamrock decorations to get your place ready for St. Patrick’s Day.
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4. Rainbow Pot of Gold Craft Idea
One of the many uses of cardstock to make your senior’s home lively and colorful during this special day.
5. St. Patrick’s Day Mason Jar Craft
It’s the next best thing to a pot of gold when you have a mason jar filled with gold chocolate coins.
6. Pot O’ Gold Candy Bag
Download this template to create your pat and fill them with candy. They may not be gold but we’re pretty sure your seniors won’t complain about that.
7. Paper Quilled Shamrock Craft
Paper quilling is a simple yet fulfilling craft that seniors can do to create pretty decorations, including this shamrock, which is sure to be a hit on St. Patrick’s Day.
8. Leprechaun Hat Craft with St. Patrick’s Day Treats
Use green paper cups and fill them up with treats to create cute leprechaun hats for their St. Patrick’s Day Party. (Leprechauns optional.)
9. How to Make a Shamrock Craft Wreath
A wire wreath frame that can be purchased in craft stores and green fabric with different designs are all you need to make this lovely wreath to add an extra homey feel with some St. Patrick’s Day Wreath Ideas.
10. St. Patrick’s Day Treat Leprechaun Hat
It’s not just a leprechaun hat. It’s a hat made using jello cups! If you can’t get the gold, then you might as well get the snack.
11. Cupcake Liner 4 Leaf Clover Craft
Who says that cupcake liners are for baking alone? Use these white liners and paint them green to create 4-leaf clovers that might bring you extra luck on St. Patrick’s Day.
12. Leprechaun Craft
Leprechauns are hard to catch, but they aren’t hard to make using paper plates and card stocks.
13. Ombre Fringe St. Patrick’s Day Wreath
Having a Cricut is great for creating this felt wreath. But even without a Cricut, you can create the cutout using the downloadable template and color it in different shades of green.
14. No-Sew Shamrock Pin
Felt paper, pin backs, and glue are all you need to create these cute shamrock pins that you can pass around for folks to wear on St. Patrick’s Day.
15. Rainbow Mason Jar Treats
Mason jars filled with rainbow-colored treats and spruced up with a green ribbon are enough to add cheer on St. Patrick’s Day.
16. Shamrock Men
Toilet paper rolls, construction paper, googly eyes, scissors, and glue. These are simple things to create shamrock men that can add life to your dinner table on St. Patrick’s day.
17. St Patrick’s Day Clothesline Art
Green cutouts with gold glitters hung on a clothesline add a festive touch to this day.
18. Super Cute Rainbow Handprint Craft
It is a fun project that brings you back to childhood. Use rainbow colors to make a handprint background for a pot filled with gold.
19. Paper Quilled Shamrock Cards
Shamrock paper quills highlight these St. Patrick’s Day cards to give to your friends and loved ones.
20. Shamrock Art Project
Straw blowing or sponge painting is perfect for coloring these shamrocks in green which you can use to decorate other projects like cards St. Patrick’s Day decors.
In Conclusion
St. Patrick’s Day is a day of luck and fun. All these and more not only for the young but also for the young at heart.
And doing these St. Patrick crafts will not only cheer everybody up, but crafting is known to help decrease stress and anxiety [1].
So try out one or two crafts and share your experience in the comment section.
Resources
- 1. The Surprising Mental Health Benefits of DIY Gifts [Internet]. Healthline. 2020 [cited 2022 Jan 17]. Available from: https://www.healthline.com/health/diy-gifts-that-double-as-mental-health-boosts#benefits
What are your favorite St. Patrick’s Day crafts for seniors? Let us know below!
That paper shamrock is so cute! I kind of want my kids to make one for their grandma.