3-Leaf Clover Macaroni Craft
Mostly what I remember of St. Patrick’s Day has to do with pinching. Dare go to school as a kid without wearing green and you’re bound to get pinched. But did you know that the original color associated with Saint Patrick was blue? Green soon took over, however, as shamrocks and clover-inspired designs became a feature of the day.
With St. Patrick’s Day approaching, Buzz and I made this festive 3-Leaf Clover Macaroni Craft. Using elbow macaroni noodles which I always have in the cabinet, glue, green construction paper and a green marker.
3-Leaf Clover Macaroni Craft
Materials Needed
- elbow macaroni noodles
- green construction paper
- green marker
- glue
The most difficult aspect of this craft, which isn’t very difficult at all, is figuring out which side of the elbow macaroni to place glue on. You want the macaroni noodles to curve into each other almost like a heart, and one side is better for this than the other. Then, use an extra noodle for the stem.
Glue macaroni noodles together into as many 3-leaf clovers as you’d like on the page. We settled on 5 clovers, 1 for each member of our family.
After all of your clovers are glued onto the page, take your green marker and color the top of the noodles. I didn’t want to color the entire noodle because I like the dimension this method gives.
To finish, Buzz wrote out a Happy St. Patrick’s Day wish on white paper using the same green marker. I then cut that out and glued it on our 3-leaf clover craft sheet.
These 3-leaf clovers are a fun craft that kids can do without much supervision, along with a great way to observe the day. It’s hard to imagine St. Patrick’s Day being anything but green and shamrocks, and we have both covered here. Though don’t forget to wear green, as well. That is, unless you like to be pinched.
My daughter likes gluing stuff so this is a good one for her. I would let her use her craft paint on the after.
@Robin {Mom Foodie}, Yes, paint would work, too. I just don’t allow paint in my house. I don’t trust my 5 and 7 year old that much yet lol.
That would be a great craft to do with a young child for St. Patrick’s Day.
Very cute, and I love crafts I don’t have to make a special trip to the store to do!
What a simple, easy craft for younger children.
This is super cute!
This is adorable!! My daughter would love this 🙂
What a wonderful craft! We have all of the supplies in the house already, so I know something we will be doing this weekend!!
Oh, and my St. Patrick’s day memories are similar to yours… of course, these days, they would suspend a kid from school for pinching… and maybe even call the cops and accuse the 5-year-old of assault.
I love it – simple and cute!
Nice craft, easy and fun for kids.
this is so creative! But I may have difficulty with all that glue work!
What a fun craft! I love how easy this looks!
That is so clever! If I can get the items together, I might just make those with my son’s k-1 class tomorrow!
Oh, what fun! I am not subbing this week, or I’d do this with one of my classes. I love macaroni crafts because they tend to be less of a mess than the typical k-3 art choices 🙂
What a fun and easy craft for the kids on St. Patrick’s Day!
What a fun and easy craft!
I remember doing macaroni crafts with my son. The 3 leaf clovers are cute.
How cute and super easy!
We all have pasta sitting around so this is a perfect on the fly activity. We love crafts!
a day late but it’s rainy today so I think this would be a great craft for today!
Awww, that is so cute! I’m going to have to pin it so I can do it with my kiddos next year!