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February 20, 2019 By Brandy 13 Comments

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St. Patrick’s Day Rainbow Craft for Kids (Video)

Filed Under: Kids Crafts, Paper Crafts, St. Patrick's Day Tagged With: Kids Holiday Crafts

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This post was most recently updated on March 11th, 2020

A bright, colorful, and glittery St. Patrick’s Day rainbow craft for kids! Use craft paper in a rainbow of colors to make this quick and easy rainbow. Then add cotton balls for the clouds!

A bright, colorful, and glittery St. Patrick's Day rainbow craft for kids! Use craft paper in a rainbow of colors to make this quick and easy rainbow. Then add cotton balls for the clouds!

Watch our step by step video!

Rainbows are perfect for any time of year, but especially during the month of March. Ruby and I had fun making this sweet little St. Patrick’s Day rainbow craft to brighten up our window.

I love the bold colors and she loves the glitter.  We will show you how easy it was to make, and share more rainbow treats and activities at the end of the post!

St. Patrick's Day Rainbow Craft

St. Patrick’s Day Rainbow Craft for Kids

rainbow glitter craft
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St. Patrick's Day Rainbow Craft

A bright, colorful, and glittery St. Patrick's Day rainbow craft for kids! Use craft paper in a rainbow of colors to make this quick and easy rainbow. Then add cotton balls for the clouds!
Prep Time5 minutes mins
Active Time10 minutes mins
Total Time15 minutes mins
Cost: $3

Equipment

  • stapler
  • scissors
  • hot glue gun

Materials

  • 1" strips of colored cardstock
  • White Glue
  • Glitter
  • String
  • Cotton Balls
  • 1" white cardstock hearts

Instructions

  • Stagger the lengths of your strips by 1/2" beginning with red. Ex: If your red strip is 8" long, your orange will be 7.5", yellow 7", green 6.5" ...and so on.
    rainbow colored paper
  • Stack the strips in order of the rainbow colors and staple one side.
    paper rainbow
  • Bring the staggered sides over to the other end and staple.
    card stock rainbow
  • Hot glue cotton balls for clouds.
    rainbow with cotton ball clouds
  • Spread glue on white hearts with Q-tip or paint brush. COVER in glitter and let dry.
    glitter hearts
  • Cut a long piece of twine and make a knotted loop. Glue to top of the rainbow.
    rainbow glitter craft
  • Glue hearts to the long strings underneath the rainbow (we used hot glue).
    glitter hearts glued to rainbow

Video

St. Patrick's Day Rainbow Craft

Hang on the wall or in a window!

St. Patrick's Day Rainbow Craft

This post is updated version of one originally shared in 2014.

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  1. Desiree @THE36THAVENUE says

    February 17, 2017 at 4:04 pm

    This is too cute… PINNING!
    Thank you so much for partying with us!
    Desiree
    XO

    Reply
    • Brandy says

      February 17, 2017 at 5:26 pm

      Thank you Desiree! 🙂

      Reply
  2. diyadulation says

    February 21, 2017 at 6:49 am

    This is absolutely adorable! I love any craft that involves glitter!

    Reply
  3. JESS44903 says

    February 21, 2017 at 2:21 pm

    Aww…this is SO cute!!

    I would love for you to share this with my Facebook Group for recipes, crafts, tips, and tricks: https://www.facebook.com/groups/pluckyrecipescraftstips/

    Thanks for joining Cooking and Crafting with J & J!

    Reply
  4. jollyandhappy says

    February 21, 2017 at 6:25 pm

    Very cute craft!! Always love gold glitter!

    Reply
  5. DearCreatives (@DearCreatives) says

    February 22, 2017 at 11:54 am

    Love your DIY need to this one with the grand kids. Thanks for sharing at the Inspiration Spotlight Party @DearCreatives Pinned & shared.

    Reply
  6. littlesapphire says

    February 22, 2017 at 12:50 pm

    What an adorable project! Rainbows sure make these yucky days of February go a little faster. Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  7. Anita says

    February 22, 2017 at 6:15 pm

    This is adorable! Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
  8. Mixed Bag Mama says

    February 23, 2017 at 4:53 pm

    So cute! My 4 year old would love this. Love all of the other ideas too! Thanks for sharing on This is How We Roll link up.

    Reply
  9. Mama's Happy Hive says

    March 8, 2017 at 7:52 pm

    Thank you for linking up at “A Little Bird Told Me” Wednesday link party! You have been featured on Mama’s Happy Hive blog. 🙂

    Reply
  10. Randi | Confessions of Parenting says

    March 6, 2019 at 2:35 pm

    I love all of these fun St. Patrick’s Day ideas! My kids love this holiday, because who doesn’t love rainbows, gold, and mischievous leprechauns?

    Reply
  11. Maritza says

    March 6, 2019 at 2:49 pm

    Such fun ideas. I love the paper rainbow craft. Great for a school activity!

    Reply
  12. The Freshman Cook says

    March 14, 2019 at 7:26 pm

    So adorable and clever! I can’t wait to make this! Thank you for sharing at Celebrate It!

    Reply

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