Pot O Gold Windsock Craft
This Pot O Gold Windsock Craft is a fun and easy St. Patrick’s Day decoration for kids to make. Hang it on a porch, in a classroom, or from a tree branch and watch the colorful streamers dance in the breeze. It is a great group craft for parties, classroom activities, and holiday crafts at home.
Supplies
- Two large black plastic plates
- One yellow plastic plate
- One green plastic plate
- Green plastic tablecloth
- Red plastic tablecloth
- Yellow plastic tablecloth
- Blue plastic tablecloth
- Heart punch
- Stapler
- Scissors
- Tacky glue
- 8-inch piece of cord
Instructions
- Cut long strips from the green, red, yellow, and blue plastic tablecloths to make rainbow streamers.
- Print the pot template from the Patterns, Templates and Printables section below.
- Place the template on the black plastic plates and staple around the outline. You may be able to stack the plates and cut both pieces at the same time.
- Cut out the pot shapes.
- Use the yellow plastic plate to make gold coins. Tracing around a small lid can help make even circles.
- Glue the yellow coins onto one pot piece so the pile of gold rises above the top edge.
- Glue the colorful streamers to the bottom back side of the same pot piece.
- Glue the second pot piece on top so the streamers are sandwiched between the two pieces.
- Attach the cord at the top for hanging.
- Punch small hearts from the green plastic plate and glue three together in a shamrock shape on the front of the pot.
- Hang your windsock outside or in a window where it can catch the breeze.
Fun Facts
Leprechauns are well-known figures in Irish folklore. According to legend, they hide pots of gold at the end of the rainbow and are famous for being clever tricksters. Stories say that if someone captures a leprechaun, he must reveal where his treasure is hidden, but only if he can be kept in sight the whole time.
Source: CBC Kids – The legend of the Leprechaun
Patterns, Templates and Printables
Click on the pattern below to open it in a new window and print.
Teacher Friendly Educational Extension
This Pot O Gold Windsock Craft works well with St. Patrick’s Day classroom activities and simple social studies lessons about Irish folklore. Children can talk about the legend of the leprechaun, practice identifying rainbow colors, and count the gold coins they add to their craft. Teachers can also use this project as a creative writing prompt by asking students to imagine what they would do if they found a pot of gold.
Supplies
Instructions
Patterns, Templates and Printables
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Contributor
These projects are created by Terri, Betty, Jamie or one of the talented staff members at MakingFriends.com. They have been created exclusively for publication on FreeKidsCrafts.com with supplies you'll be able to find around your house.
