April 30, 2026
It’s time to bring the luck of the Irish and a touch of green to your classroom! Engage and delight students with educational and creative St. Patrick’s Day crafts. Stay pinch proof with these NEW St. Patrick’s Day crafts for kindergarten from Simply Kinder!
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St. Patrick’s Day crafts can unleash creativity while targeting skills and concepts students are learning in the classroom.
🍀Turn bulletin and wall displays green with St. Patrick’s Day crafts.
🍀Incorporate St. Patrick’s Day read alouds while crafting.
🍀Strengthen math, literacy, and writing skills with St. Patrick’s Day Crafts.
🍀Complete crafts as a whole group or use them during center rotations.
🍀Each craft can be printed on colored paper OR left white for students to color, cut, & glue.
An editable pot of gold craft – say no more! Choose any concept for students to review such as CVC words or addition and subtraction. Students will use their knowledge of the concept to color only the coins that match the targeted skill. Students add the correct coins to build their pot of gold. Differentiate with this craft by swapping out skills to target the needs of students in your class.
🍀Pair this craft with the read alouds “The Leprechaun’s Gold” by Pamela Duncan Edwards or “Pete the Cat: The Great Leprechaun Chase” by James Dean.
This craft will have you dreaming of your favorite childhood cereal! Students practice counting or addition after adding festive marshmallows to a cereal bowl. Choose which option will best support your students. Students can also practice sorting marshmallows into groups before adding them to their cereal bowl. Provide students with a set amount of marshmallows or allow students to share a sheet of marshmallows when completing this craft.
🍀Pair this craft with the read alouds “Fiona’s Luck” by Teresa Bateman or “The 12 Days of St. Patrick’s Day” by Jenna Lettice and Colleen Madden.
Students will count themselves lucky to complete this fun writing craft. Choose a writing prompt for this writing activity or give students creative choice to compose a story. Choose from multiple writing paper options to fit the needs of your students. The best part of this writing craft is the leprechaun story topper students will create to add to their writing piece. Students choose from a boy or girl leprechaun and simply color, cut, & glue to complete this craft. This writing piece makes a great show stopping display!
🍀Pair this craft with the read alouds “Clever Tom and the Leprechaun” by Linda Shute or “The Leprechaun Under the Bed” by Tom Sullivan.
Students will use choose from provided pictures to create a St. Patrick’s Day scene for this story craft. The creations are endless and will inspire an array of stories! Students respond to the prompt “One lucky day…” on writing paper after creating their picture collage. Differentiate by choosing a writing template without the prompt and challenge students to choose their own creative writing piece. This story craft was MADE to be displayed and appreciated by others!
🍀Pair this craft with the read alouds “The Luckiest St. Patrick’s Day Every” by Teddy Slater or “That’s What Leprechauns Do” by Eve Bunting.
Consider it your lucky day and grab ALL 4 crafts in the St. Patrick’s Day Craft Bundle from Simply Kinder HERE! Or shop these crafts and EVEN MORE St. Patrick’s Day resources HERE on Simply Kinder + Membership!
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