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Shamrock Lacing Card

Kids will love doing these shamrock lacing cards for St. Patrick's Day! Free printable.

I know that St. Patrick’s Day is only 3 days away. (How did that happen? How did it come so fast? Where did the days go? Wasn’t it Halloween just yesterday?)

I also know that grandmothers are always on the lookout for easy activities to do with their grandkids — especially crafts and activities for holidays.

So. I have a super easy St. Patrick’s Day craft that you can do with your grandkiddos. One that takes but a few minutes to prepare for and one that appeals to grandkids and is easy for them to do.

And that is a shamrock lacing card.

Before we started this craft, I said, “What holiday is coming up?”

Elliot instantly shouted, “My birthday!”

That is true. His birthday is next Monday. However, I was referring to St. Patrick’s Day.

This lacing card is super easy to make for Paddy’s Day. First, download my free printable shamrock lacing card and print it up on green cardstock paper.

Cut out the shamrock and use a paper punch to punch out holes around the edges.

Cut a length of yarn. Wrap some tape around one end so it is easy to thread the yarn through the holes.

Then, let the grands have at it!

Lae the yarn around the card.
Pull the string tight.
Keep pulling the yarn through all of the holes.
Kids will love doing these shamrock lacing cards for St. Patrick's Day! Free printable.

When your grandkids have laced around the whole shamrock, tie a knot and trim off the extra yarn. (My gold yarn represented the gold at the end of the rainbow that the leprechauns are always searching for.)

Then, have your grandkids pose for pictures. (That seemed to be a signal for them to pull funny faces and to bounce around! What a challenge to get pictures that weren’t blurry and where the kids didn’t look too goofy!)

Kids will love doing these shamrock lacing cards for St. Patrick's Day! Free printable.
Kids will love doing these shamrock lacing cards for St. Patrick's Day! Free printable.

Gotta check out what face big brother is making so little brother can do the same thing!

Peek-a-boo. I see you!

They both decide they were going to play statue and freeze their pose. Unfortunately, they were not facing the camera as they posed. Little rascals!

And, Elliot’s shamrock was backwards. Do you think I could convince him to change it so I could see the front? Oh no! He stayed still as still and didn’t move!

Kids will love doing these shamrock lacing cards for St. Patrick's Day! Free printable.

There you have it. An easy St. Patrick’s Day craft that your grandkids can do in 15 minutes or less.

Happy St. Paddy’s Day!

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