St. Patrick’s Day Arts and Crafts

If you’ve been to a card store lately, you know how expensive they can be. So why spend $5 or $7 on a pop up card, when this St. Patrick’s Day craft is so easy to make?

I’ve included photos and step by step instructions. It really can be done by any age group or ability. The finished product looks like it was hard to make, but it’s easy.

st patricks day arts and crafts popup card for preschoolers to make
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I’ve also included the printable templates you need to make this adorable popup card for St. Patrick’s Day.

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How to Make this St. Patrick’s Day Craft

Step 1-

Gather the supplies and print out the PDF templates. Here are the templates.

https://adayinourshoes.com/wp-content/uploads/St.-Patricks-Day-Card-Template-2.pdf

https://adayinourshoes.com/wp-content/uploads/St.-Patricks-Day-Card-Image-Template.pdf

Cut out the elements from the template.

St Patricks day Pop Up Card Step 1
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Step 2-Start gluing the pieces of the rainbow together. For some students, this may require assistance.

St Patricks day Pop Up Card Step 2
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Step 3-Finish gluing the pieces for the rainbow (large to small). 

St Patricks day Pop Up Card Step 3
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Step 4- Prepare your card according to the size of the elements.

St Patricks day Pop Up Card Step 4
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Step 5-Cut and fold the closed side of the card according to the “card template”

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Step 6-Push the folded part inwards the card.

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Step 7-Fold the rainbow in half.

St Patricks day Pop Up Card Step 7
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Step 8-This is how the card looks from the inside.

St Patricks day Pop Up Card Step 8
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Step 9-Glue the folded rainbow on the pop socket. 

St Patricks day Pop Up Card Step 9
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Step 10-Take the gold coins and the black pot.

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Step 11-Draw dollar signs on the coins.

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Step 12-Then, glue the coins with the pot.

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Step 13-Glue the gold coins pot near the rainbow.

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Step 14-Glue the shamrock leaves inside the card.

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Step 15-Select a back cover for your card.

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Step 16-Glue the cover with the card.

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Step 17-Decorate the card with colorful circular punched papers.

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Variations on This Rainbow Craft

Obviously it’s the pot of gold that makes this craft more Irish or inline with St. Patrick’s Day. While it’s not on the pdf templates that are included, you could do clouds or hearts or a sun instead of a pot of gold. That would give you a few variations so that it could be used for something other than St. Patrick’s Day.

Good luck and have fun!

St. Patrick’s Day Fun