• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds

  • Home
  • Start Here
    • Terms and Conditions
    • Privacy Policy
    • Printables Terms of Use
  • Subscribe!
  • Printables
    • Free Printables
    • Circle Time Printable Packets
    • Fall Printable Packets
    • Themed Printable Packets
    • Fine Motor Printable Packets
    • Dramatic Play Printable Packs
    • Literacy and Story Time Printable Packets
    • Color Recognition Printable Packets
    • Winter Printable Packs
    • Spring Printable Packets
  • Preschool
  • Toddlers
  • Lesson Plans
    • Preschool Lesson Plans
    • Toddler Lesson Plans
You are here: Home / St. Patrick's Day / Color-Mixing St. Patrick’s Day Toddler Craft

This post might contain affiliate links. Click here for more information. Thanks for visiting!

Color-Mixing St. Patrick’s Day Toddler Craft

February 22, 2017 by Sheryl Cooper

Share
Pin
Tweet
Email

Inside: This St. Patrick’s Day toddler craft is not only fun, but also introduces simple color mixing using blue and yellow tinted glue.

We just finished the easiest and very fun St. Patrick’s Day toddler craft.

I had some cardboard sitting in the storage closet so I decided to cut them into shamrock shapes, using a cookie cutter.

I wanted this to also be a color mixing activity, so I tinted batches of glue yellow and also blue.

As they mixed both colors on their cardboard shamrock, they were delighted to find a new color showing up – green!

We will definitely add this to our list of favorite recycled art activities!

Color-Mixing St. Patrick's Day Toddler Craft

Color-Mixing St. Patrick’s Day Toddler Craft

What you will need for this St. Patrick’s Day craft:

  • Cardboard or card stock paper
  • White glue
  • Paint brushes
  • Yellow tempera paint
  • Blue tempera paint
  • Your choice of small pieces to place on top of the glue

CLICK HERE to find more St. Patrick’s Day ideas for toddlers!

St. Patrick's Day Craft for Toddlers

Setting it up:

Place the cardboard shamrocks, tinted glue, and small pieces on a table along with the paint brush.

Paint the shamrocks with the tinted glue and then add the small pieces. Just like a collage!

St. Patrick's Day Craft for Toddlers

The activity:

Sometimes toddlers will want to first put the materials on the cardboard before the glue.

I tell our toddlers that the materials need something sticky first.

I show them the glue and the brush, and invite them to brush the glue onto the cardboard.

St. Patrick's Day Craft for Toddlers
St. Patrick's Day Craft for Toddlers

Pressing small pieces onto the glue is a great fine motor activity, but adult supervision is required.

If you don’t feel comfortable using small pieces, colored tissue paper squares are a nice alternative.

St. Patrick's Day Craft for Toddlers

How we displayed them:

For those of you who have seen my classroom, you know how I love to display the children’s work.

I used a hole punch to place a hole on the shamrocks and strung them in our window, just as I did our valentine hearts.

St. Patrick's Day Craft for Toddlers

And, that is how simple these are! Our toddlers loved creating them, and not one looks like the other. Just as it should be.

Color-Mixing St. Patrick's Day Toddler Craft


More Shamrock Activities

Spin-Art Shamrocks

Shamrock Collage

Fine-Motor Shamrocks

tpt spring dot stamping
Toddler and Preschool Spring Learning Activities Packet

FREE CIRCLE TIME PLANNER!

Get your FREE circle time planner as a gift when you subscribe to my free weekly newsletters.

Here is my Privacy Policy

Success! Now check your email to confirm your subscription.

There was an error submitting your subscription. Please try again.

We won't send you spam. Unsubscribe at any time. Powered by ConvertKit
Share
Pin
Tweet
Email

Filed Under: Art, St. Patrick's Day, Toddlers Tagged With: art, colors, St. Patrick's Day, toddlers

About Sheryl Cooper

Sheryl Cooper is the founder of Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds, a website full of activities for toddlers and preschoolers. She has been teaching this age group for over 20 years and loves to share her passion with teachers, parents, grandparents, and anyone with young children in their lives.

Previous Post: « 20+ Eric Carle Activities for Toddlers and Preschoolers
Next Post: Fun Preschool Literacy Activity with the Love Monster Book »

Primary Sidebar

You can also find us here!

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Looking for something specific?

Categories

Welcome! I'm Sheryl Cooper, teacher of 2 and 3 year olds for over 22 years. Read more about me here!

More Printables!

preschool printables

Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds is a participant in Amazon Associates.

preschool printables

Privacy Policy

Copyright © 2023 Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds · Privacy Policy