Mar 15 2009
Sunday thoughts and St. Patrick’s Day Crafts
This weekend hasn’t been the best weekend but it’s turned out ok. The weather has been cold and rainy which is such a major disappointment after having weather in the 80’s last weekend! My middle child has finally gotten better, my youngest daughter was sick at the beginning of the weekend but is now getting a little better, and it seems that my son may be getting sick now. Let’s cross our fingers that his isn’t as bad as theirs.
Today my dad and fiance went to pick up a refrigerator because a while back mine decided to die on me. We didn’t get a new frig but it looks really nice, double door with ice maker and is bigger then the last one we had. So far it’s cooling great!
Other than that my weekend has been nothing but work, take care of sick kids, and watch the rain cover my yard with mud puddles. There hasn’t even been any good movies on that I haven’t seen a million times! Maybe this weekend was just one of those weekends where you should stay in bed and sleep the whole weekend away. Boy that would be nice!
Now not to jump subjects but in a couple of days it’ll be St. Patrick’s Day and if you have kids you know how fun it is to make all the green crafts, foods, and dress in green clothes so that you don’t get pinched. I figured I’d share a couple of cute St. Patrick’s Day crafts that I plan on trying out with my little ones this week.
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Have child place hand, palm side down, on the dark green construction paper and trace for a hand pattern. Repeat two more times to make three hand patterns. Have child cut out the hand prints. Using the light green shamrock leaf pattern, trace and cut out three leaves on light green paper. Trace the stem pattern on dark green construction paper, cut out. Glue them stem, then the three clover leaves, then the hand prints onto the blue construction paper. (See picture) Have child write his or her name at the top or on the back. |
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Ediable St. Patrick’s Day Pin http://holidays.net/stpattys/crafts.htm
| Three green lollipops Aluminum foil Twist tie Plastic wrap Green or white ribbon Tape Safety pin |
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DirectionsLay unwrapped green lollipops on a piece of aluminum foil. Put the sides up against each other and overlap the sticks to form a shamrock shape. Secure the sticks with a twist tie.Use a piece of plastic wrap to tightly cover the lollipops, twisting the excess around the sticks. Use a piece of narrow green or white ribbon to tie a bow around the twist tie.With tape, attach a safety pin to the back of the shamrock. Wear… or eat! Either way, enjoy your St. Patty’s Day pin. |
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Thanks for the St. Patrick’s Day ideas! Those looks like fun. I’ll have to try them out with my nieces and nephews.