Take a small plastic cup like a fruit cup or yogurt cup and upcycle it into an adorable Pot of Gold that any Leprechaun or child you know will be sure to enjoy. This project is super easy and they turn out so cute! With a little prep work this craft is super easy and fun for the kids to make. On St. Patrick’s Day Eve we are going to set our pots of gold out in hopes that a sneaky Leprechaun will leave some yummy treats inside in the morning.
Pot of Gold St. Patrick’s Day Kids Craft
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Supplies:
Black Spray Paint (I like Krylon Fusion for Plastic
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Affiliate link)Empty Fruit Cups/Apple sauce cups/Yogurt cups
Pipe Cleaners
Hole Punch
White Glue
Suggested Decorations:
- Ribbon-affiliate link
- Sequins-affiliate link
- Shamrock Foam Stickers-affiliate link
- Shamrocks-affiliate link
- Pom Poms
- Glitter pens
- Glitter
- Rolo wrapped in gold foil or Chocolate Gold Coins
Directions:
1. Wash and dry the fruit cups. Punch two holes on each side of the fruit cups. I was surprised at how easy it was to punch through. My fruit cups had a logo on each side so I used it to guide my punches.
3. Spray fruit cups with one coat of black spray paint and let it dry. Repeat until completely coated. I sprayed 2 coats that took 10 minutes each to dry.
4. To make the handle, push one end of the pipe cleaner inside the fruit cup and fold it so it makes a spiral large enough that wont slip out of the hole. Repeat on the other side.
5. Glue the ribbon or rick rack to the top of the cup. I cut two pieces of ribbon for each cup so the ribbon did not interfere with the pipe cleaner. This was a bit difficult for my daughter to do, so you may want to have this step completed and dried before the activity.
6. Decorate your pot of gold. I recommend putting the glue in a lid, and letting kids use toothpicks to apply the glue because it is hard for little hands to squeeze glue bottles with control. This worked really well for my daughter. Once it’s dry, it’s ready for some gold.
More St. Patrick’s Day Ideas
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Thanks for crafting with us today. If you enjoyed this craft please pin & share it with others! Love, Katie & the Kiddos (Updated post 3/10/2016)
Barb says
February 7, 2015 at 7:20 pmThank you for submitting to Motivation Monday!
susen @Dabbling Momma says
February 23, 2016 at 6:39 amSuch a fun St. Patrick’s Day craft and so cute!
Katie says
February 26, 2016 at 2:30 amHi Susen, Thanks so much for visiting! Since the linky ended I have missed keeping up to date with you. I hope you are doing well!