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Coffee Filter Shamrocks: Easy St Patrick’s Day Craft

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Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with coffee filter shamrocks! 

This Saint Patrick’s Day, you can put something pretty on the table that your children have made. This easy St. Patrick’s Day craft for kids makes a lovely centerpiece.

coffee filter shamrock bouquet

Make vibrant coffee filter shamrocks with the kids using food coloring. Simply drip the colors onto a coffee filter, let them blend, and dry. Shape into three or four-leaf clovers, add a chenille stem, and create a festive centerpiece. Get creative and enjoy St. Patrick’s Day fun with these charming DIY shamrocks!

How do you make a shamrock out of coffee filters?

For this project, you will need:

  • Shallow dish
  • Water
  • Food coloring
  • Coffee filters
  • Paint brushes or cotton swabs
  • Waxed paper or plastic wrap
  • Chenille stems

coffee filter shamrocks supplies

For our coffee filter shamrocks, we used yellow, blue, and green food coloring.

While you want to mix each color with a little water, the more concentrated the colors are, the brighter your shamrocks will be.

coffee filter shamrock craft

Place a single coffee filter in the bottom of a shallow dish and have your child drip colors onto the coffee filter. They can also lightly touch the paint brush to the filter but should avoid rubbing the brush into the filter.

As the colors drips, they will spread and blend, making this a great way to learn how colors are mixed.

Do not completely saturate the coffee filter, but move it while it still has a few dry edges to a sheet of waxed paper or plastic wrap to lay flat and dry.
shamrock coffee filter craft

Once the coffee filters are dry, you can scrunch up the filter to shape a three-leaf or four-leaf shamrock. If your goal is to make four-leaf clovers, you might want to use scissors to make four small snips on opposite sides to make gathering easier.

Then, wrap a chenille stem around the center and twist it underneath to form a stem.
shamrock coffee filters

We stuck the bare end of our stems into a small mound of clay and dropped it into a vase.

Then, I added plastic, gold coins to hide the excess stems and clay. It makes such a festive centerpiece on the table and the children love knowing that they helped.

More St’ Patrick’s Day Fun

  • Stenciled Shamrock Shirt for Kids – decorate a plain t-shirt with the Luck of the Irish.
  • Host a Leprechaun Lunch – have lunch with leprechaun style.
  • Printable St Patrick’s Day Jokes for Kids – keep them giggling all day long.
  • St Patrick’s Day Party Printables – host a party for the children and decorate with these free printables.
  • 50+ Shamrock Crafts for Kids – check out tons of shamrock craft ideas to keep the kids busy.
  • Leprechaun Trap Ideas and Mischief for Kids – what’s St Patrick’s Day without a little mischief?

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