Whimsies Personalized Cartoons Home | Contact Us | About Us | Site Map | Favorite Links | Testimonials | More Holidays Whimsies Personalized Cartoons and Gifts Home Page Subscribe to On A Whim Ezine for your FREE GIFTS! If you love Ballroom Dancing subscribe to Dancing On Air Ezine for more FREE GIFTS! Testimonials from happy people! Check out our new T-shirts, Mugs and other Fun Gifts! SITE MAP About Us Contact Us Interesting Links   CELEBRATE ST. PATRICK'S DAY WITH UNIQUE CRAFT IDEAS! Have fun making these St. Patty's Day Craft Ideas: Grow Your Own Leprechaun and make your very own Blarney Stone! Here's a really fun craft idea for St. Patrick's Day. How to make a unique leprechaun complete with growing hair! (thanks to: familycrafts.about.com) Materials Needed: 5-inch styrofoam cup Planting soil Grass seed Green construction paper Black construction paper Wiggly eyes Black marker Instructions: You need to put the dirt in the styrofoam cup, then put in your grass seed. Cover the grass seed by gently mixing it with your finger. Water your grass so it will grow. This will become your leprechaun's hair. Wipe off the outside of your cup. Cut a Leprechaun hat out of the green and black construction paper. Glue the hat at the top of the styrofoam cup being careful not to cover the top where the grass will grow. Glue on the wiggle eyes. Also, with the green construction paper, cut out some leprechaun ears, then glue them on the each side of your cup. Use a black permanent marker to draw a nose and mouth. Now, simply water and watch as your leprechaun grow's it's own hair!!! A great science and fine motor activity. Here's another unique craft idea for St. Patrick's Day! Make your very own blarney stone using this recipe. It even has a hidden treasure inside. (thanks to: familycrafts.about.com) Materials Needed: 1 cup flour 1 cup used coffee grinds 1/2 cup salt 1/4 cup sand 1 cup water Instructions: Mix all dry ingredients together. Slowly add the water to make a stiff dough; you might end up using only half the water - add it slowly or your dough will be too runny!! Knead on a floured surface until fairly smooth. Break the dough into desired rock sizes. Hide toys and surprises in the center of a ball of dough. Set in a safe place until totally dry. Atleast 3 - 4 days. Once it is dry, the dough will look and feel like a rock. You can carefully break open the home-made rocks with a hammer to reveal the hidden treasures inside. Back to St. Patty's Day Page... This site was designed by Heather Diodati E-mail: info@whimsies-online.com *Whimsies, Pet Virus, Pet Computer Virus, Virus Buster Pet, Personal Pet Virus, Peavey and Virus Virtuel are all Trademarks of DDesign. Top of page