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Home » Craft » St. Patrick’s Day Card

St. Patrick’s Day Card

February 24, 2015 by Crystal McClean

This year we’re celebrating St. Patrick’s Day a little more and we thought we’d like to cheer up someone overseas with a home made St. Patrick’s Day card with a twist – a removable shamrock suncatcher!

St. Patrick's Day Card with a Shamrock Suncatcher by Castle View Academy

The children used a green card blank that I purchased on sale after Christmas.  Why pay full price when you don’t have to…and the red and green are great for Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day  and other celebrations throughout the year.

I helped the children cut a shamrock shape out of the card by first making a template from a cookie cutter and enlarging it to a suitable size.  Then they used some gold  glitter glue to outline the apperature to help it stand out.

Next Kallista and I dove into my toolkit of paper punches (thanks Dad-that was one great bargain!) and we punched some clover shapes from some lighter green cardstock and they were glued onto the front of the card.

St. Patrick's Day Card half done

The shamrock suncatcher was the next part of the crafty St. Patrick’s Day card. The cookie cutter used earlier fit perfectly on a clear yoghurt pot lid and I traced around it, cut it out and used a hole punch to make a place for thread to create a hanger.

Tristan used some pva/school glue to attach sequins and glitter to the suncatcher.  We let this dry in the sun.

What’s that you say?  Yes, actual sun on the Emerald Isle!  We’ll enjoy it while it lasts this week.

St. Patrick's Day Card with Shamrock Suncatcher by Castle View Academy

When it was dry we hung it in the card aperature and that’s our St. Patrick’s Day card this year.

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May the luck of the Irish be with you!

Will you be doing anything to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day?


 

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Filed Under: Craft, St. Patrick's Day Tagged With: Cards, Glitter, Shamrock, Suncatcher

About Crystal McClean

I am a Mom, Wife, Home Educator, and Virtual Assistant. We love to have fun together while learning and exploring our environment.

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Comments

  1. Bridget/The Recipe Wench says

    March 12, 2015 at 11:53 am

    Such a nice idea and really cute card. It turned out great! Thank you for sharing this craft with us at the Inspire Me Mondays Link-Up. Have a wonderful weekend!

    • Crystal McClean says

      March 13, 2015 at 2:30 pm

      Thank you for stopping by to read and comment! You’ve made our day.
      Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

  2. Aly says

    March 15, 2015 at 7:33 am

    That is a lovely card Crystal.My dad’s birthday is on St.Patrick’s Day and his partner’s is the day before who coincidentally is Irish.Thanks for taking part in the Parenting Pin-It Party.

    • Crystal McClean says

      March 16, 2015 at 11:14 am

      Thank you, Aly!
      How funny, my dad’s birthday is also the day before St. Patrick’s Day!
      Now I should send an email to him before he wakes up…..
      Happy st. Patrick’s Day!

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