St. Patrick’s Day is the perfect time for this Potted Rainbow Craft!
The boys have been itching for a craft lately so I came up with this fun Potted Rainbow (a St. Patrick’s Day craft) for us to make together. I love rainbows and really wanted to make a pot of gold so kind of combined the two. I had this little terra cotta pot and thought it would make the perfect “pot of gold“. This project came together so quickly and even my husband was impressed with the result:)
Materials Needed:
terra cotta pot
black and green paint
gold chocolate coins
colored popsicle sticks (or paint regular ones)
floral foam
cotton balls
card stock or small paper plate
glue
Instructions:
Paint the pot black. Surprisingly this only took one coat and the pot looks beautiful. Paint the exterior and the inside rim so it looks all black.
Push the foam down into the pot. Stick the popsicle sticks in at an angle so it looks like the rainbow is ending in the pot. Make sure there is enough foam in the pot for the gold coins.
Cut out a cloud shape from card stock or use a paper plate like I did. The shape and size is up to you.
Glue on some cotton balls to make the cloud. I pulled the cotton balls apart to get the cloud nice and fluffy.
Glue the cloud onto the popsicle sticks. You can add more cotton balls on the back if you like. I used hot glue to speed up the process 😉
Fill the pot with gold coins. (I found mine at Dollar Tree.) I actually tried painting pennies and that was a miserable failure.
I finished off the pot by painting a shamrock onto the front and adding a ribbon.
I think it turned out so cute and the boys just love it. Bryce said, “Mommy real awesome!” so that, of course, made my day 🙂
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Anja says
Hello Trish,
this is such a great and cute craft! I searched some ideas for a wedding gift for my friends. They love Irish things and St. Patricks Day a lot – so YOU made my day with your potted rainbow St. Patricks Day Craft! Tahnk you very much and sunny greetings from Germany!
Anja
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Thank you so much Anja!
Desiree @ The36thAvenue says
What a cute idea… Featuring it tomorrow!
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Thank you SO much Desiree!
Lyuba@willcookforsmiles says
This is so adorable, Trish!! Love it!!
Thank you so much for coming by the party too, hope to see you again tonight!
Dee says
So cute! You should come link this up to The CSi Project today. the challenge is St. Patrick’s Day crafts, decor or food. Come on over!
http://www.thecsiproject.com
Erin Alldredge says
I just wanted to let you know that you’ve been featured on my blog today. http://acraftycook.blogspot.com/2012/04/1-month-of-fun-april-link-party-and.html
Faith @ Artistic31Mama says
Love this! I will definitely have to make this with my kids! 🙂 I’m pinning this one too! Thanks! 🙂
Debbie@Debbie-Dabble and A Debbie-Dabble Christmas says
What a great idea!! Too cute!!
Hugs,
Deb
Al says
Great idea! Very creative.
Paula says
Love this idea!! We’d love for you to link it to our party! http://housewivesofriverton.blogspot.com/2012/03/riverton-housewives-round-up-8.html
Nicole says
That is super cute. Very creative!
Anonymous says
I love this craft! I have the materials onhand so I think I will make one for my mantle this week. Thank you so much for sharing!
SusieQTpies says
Thank you for linking this up in my Pinterest Saturday party! I love it and gave it a magical pin on Pinterest.
moonsword says
Great idea…thanks for sharing it! Instead of chocolate coins I’d like to make cookies, wrap them in gold foil and use a giant pot as the pot o’ gold to serve them. Maybe golden butterscotch cookies or maybe your Chocolate Mint Brownies which look so yummy!
Arrived via I Gotta Create!…cheers!
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Fantastic idea! Sounds perfect!
Natasha Mairs says
Thanks for linking up to Serenity Saturday.
Can’t wait to see what you link up tomorrow
Natasha xxx
http://www.serenityyou.blogspot.com