Shamrock Crafts (Clover) | St. Patrick's Day
Preschool Lesson Plan Printable Activities

Description & Instructions

Materials

Alphabet > Consonant Digraph Sh is for Shamrock

Colors > Green

Crafts >
"Shawn" the Shamrock craft or
"Katie" the Clover Paper Crafts

Holidays > March 17 >
St. Patrick's Day, Irish American Heritage Month

Multicultural > Ireland

Plants > Shamrock

* Have fun reading a bit about St. Patrick, the shamrock (a type of clover), leprechauns and why green is such a special color for St. Patrick's Day and the Irish people

*Shamrock: (three leaves) is a type of clover.
*A Lucky Four-Leaf Clover: when a rare four leaflet occurs in a clover it is said to be lucky and the leaves represent hope, faith, love and the fourth one, luck.

Ages 2+ to 6

* Discuss the color green and what it means to the Irish people. It is connected to hope and associated with nature.

* Where is the color green in nature? Plants, trees and animals.

* When talking about plants you can introduce the shamrock and make your choice of these delightful crafts: "Shawn" the Shamrock Paper Craft or "Katie" the Clover Paper Craft

* For younger children cut "Shawn" or "Katie" pieces in advance. Older children may be able to help with the scissor cutting.

* Follow the easy instructions for the craft on the link provided.

* Tip: For young two year olds you may want to print the color version or print the shamrock body on green construction paper to emphasize on the color, and the child will not be as tired to complete the craft. Add tiny drops of glue on the desired spots and have child place the pieces -- indicate and call body parts by name as a vocabulary builder.

* For children 2.5 and older encourage to color and complete the crafts as much on their own as possible.

Other activities:
1. Ages 5+ Alphabet Consonant Digraph Sh - refer to printable materials in the materials column.

2. St. Patrick's educational printable materials Ages 2+ and up

*Print or read and share images and facts you feel are appropriate for the child's age about St. Patrick's Day on this link

* Print these templates on white paper, card stock or green construction paper (the body) of "Shawn" the Shamrock Paper Craft in your choice color or b/w here or "Katie the Clover" here

Consonant Digraph Sh Activity Worksheet Program & Mini-Book

* scissors
* glue
* crayons, markers
* white paper or green construction paper (to print body and save on ink).

Optional:
wiggly eyes
glitter glue

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Shamrock Crafts (Clover) | St. Patrick's Day Preschool Lesson Plan Printable Activities

Shamrock Crafts (Clover) | St. Patrick's Day
Preschool Lesson Plan Printable Activities