Make a Shamrock Magnet
Topics: Preschool, Arts and Crafts, St. Patrick's Day
Kids love playing with tactile objects, and this spaghetti arts and crafts project is sure to fit the bill for Saint Patrick's Day. The shamrock, a symbol of Celtic culture, is a simple design to trace and cut and will fill your refrigerator with Irish spirit!
What You Need:
- Scissors
- Cardboard
- White glue
- Small container
- Green food coloring
- Paintbrush
- Dry Spaghetti
- Scissors
- Magnet
What You Do:
- Cut a shamrock shape from the cardboard.
- Pour a small amount of glue into the container. Add a few drops of green food coloring and mix well.
- Have your child paint the green glue all over the shamrock shape.
- Break the spaghetti into pieces about as wide as the shamrock. Cover the entire shamrock with rows of spaghetti. (The pieces can extend past the edges.)
- Brush green glue on the spahetti and let it dry. Carefully trim the spaghetti.
- Glue a magnet onto the back of the shamrock.
Adapted with permission from "The Arts & Crafts Busy Book" by Trish Kuffner (Meadowbrook Press, 2003).
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