The month of March is filled with lots of Holidays to enjoy as well as changes to weather and season. Because of this, there are so many crafts that can be made in the month of March. Starting with St Patricks day and ending with Easter. Here are a few easy craft ideas for your kids to enjoy during the month of March. Enjoy spending some quality time creating memories and crafting with your kids!
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1.Windsocks for March Themed Crafts
Creating windsocks to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day is a great March activity. It’s easy. Just use green construction paper, shamrock stickers, googly eyes and colorful tissue paper or streamers. Staple the construction paper together making a round tunnel shape. Staple on handle on top to hold. Decorate with whichever design you choose. Attach streamers or ribbons to the bottom for a whimsical touch.
Shamrock Windsocks
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Leprechaun Windsocks
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Gold Coins Windsocks
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- Construction paper (black and blue)
- Gold glitter for coins
- Rainbow streamers
2. March Themed Sun Catchers
Make colorful sun catchers inspired by March events such as St. Patrick’s day, Easter and the changing of weather. Cut out the shape needed from card stock or a paper plate, depending on which sun catcher you choose. Glue tissue paper pieces, cotton balls and other items that are needed for the project you chose. Hang them in a sunny window to catch the light and create a beautiful display of colors.
Rainbow Sun Catchers
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Shamrock Sun Catchers
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Easter Egg Sun Catchers
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- Cut oval shapes out of clear contact paper
- Place colorful tissue paper squares on the contact paper
3.Leprechaun Traps for St Patricks Day
Enjoy some easy crafting with your kid. Encourage their creativity and build their own leprechaun traps using recycled materials like cardboard boxes, popsicle sticks, and craft supplies. They can decorate their traps with paint, glitter, and shamrock stickers and much more. Afterward, set them up around the house on St. Patrick’s Day to see if they can catch a mischievous leprechaun!
Follow The Rainbow Leprechaun Trap – You can find this complete with all parts in Etsy.
Stairway To Gold Leprechaun Trap
What you need:
- Large Colorful Popsicle Sticks
- Mini green popsicle sticks
- Mini pot of gold
- Gold coins/ gold pom poms
- Green basket filler
- Hot glue gun
Simple Rainbow Trap
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- Strips of construction paper for rainbow
- Cotton balls
- Gold coins
- Top of shoe box
- Green construction paper for show box top
- Long stick
- Hot glue gun
4.Spring Flower Collage Craft
The first day of spring is March 20. To celebrate the arrival of spring, we can create fun flower collages. You can give you kids a variety of materials such as colored paper, tissue paper, buttons, pom-poms, and sequins. Let them cut out flower shapes and arrange them on a piece of cardstock or construction paper to create their own unique garden scenes. Or follow the pictures as examples, and the materials provided to make the flower collages.
String Flower Collage
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Family of Flowers Painting Collage
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- White paper
- Water paint
- Scissors (to cut out the flower shapes)
- Pipe cleaners
- Cardboard for backing ( can use back of a box)
- Hot glue gun
Paper Plate Spring Flower Collage
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- Paper plates
- Tempura paint
- Scissors ( to cut plate into flower shapes)
- Jumbo craft sticks
- Construction paper
- Hot glue gun
5.Paper Plate Rainbows Crafts For March
Paper plates are always a creative way to make crafts. Use these plates as a base, have kids paint rainbow arcs across the surface. They can then add cotton balls or strips of colored paper as clouds at each end. These simple and cheerful decorations can be hung up around the house to welcome the arrival of spring.
Paper Plate Rainbow Craft
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- Cut out paper plate (bumpy part only)
- Markers ( colors of the rainbow)
- Cottonballs
- Glue
- Scissors
Rainbow Cloud Paper Plate
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- Half paper plate
- Cotton balls
- Construction paper strips (rainbow colors only)
Rainbow Dot Craft
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6.March Madness Basketball Crafts
With the NCAA basketball tournament often taking place in March, kids can get into the spirit by making basketball-themed crafts. They could create basketball crafts using paper plates, tissue paper and paint.
Tissue Paper Basketball Craft
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- Paper plate
- Orange and black tissue paper ( cut into squares and crumpled)
- Glue
Paper Plate Dot Basketball Craft
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7.Nature Walk Collage Craft
Take a nature walk outdoors to gather materials like leaves, flowers, and twigs. Then, use these found objects to create collages or pressed flower art. Kids can arrange their treasures on paper or cardstock and use double sided tape to stick them down to the paper. These will make beautiful nature-inspired designs.
What you need:
- Double sided tape (to glue the nature on)
- Beige cardstock
- The items you found in nature placed on the tape
8.Kite Making Craft for March
March often brings windy days along with the beginning of some nice weather – making it the perfect time to fly kites. Help kids make their own kites using materials like construction paper, straws, string, and streamers. They can decorate their kites with markers, stickers, or paint before taking them outside for a fun day of flying.
You can find this kite making craft in complete form from Etsy.
DIY Paper Kite Craft for March
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Conclusion
There are so many different kinds of crafts you can make for the month of March. These crafts are not only entertaining but also provide opportunities for kids to explore their creativity and learn about seasonal themes. Some even involve exploring and playing outside! I hope you enjoy crafting with your little ones!
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