Shamrock crafts for a bit o' St. Patrick's Day fun

St. Patrick's Day is coming up on March 17. Need some fun craft ideas? Read on.

Bring a bit o' good luck to you or someone you care about this St. Patrick's Day: make a shamrock bookmark. It's pretty easy, with instructions and photos over at Squidoo. The one and only item you'll need for this project is flexible, green-colored wire. The Squidoo project relies on crafting wire from WigJig (who I think submitted the idea), but anything similar will do. As for tools, just a pair of skillfully-wielded pliers will do the trick.

Note the shape you're aiming for here is the traditional shamrock with three leaves, not the lucky four-leafed clover. Why? Because three leaves are a lot easier to bend into a pleasingly symmetrical shape, that's why!

Other wiry St. Pat's Day ideas can be found here, such as green and gold bracelets and shamrock-shaped earring and necklace sets. Or pop over to About.com for a ton of other St. Patrick's how-to projects, including necklaces, bracelets, and lucky charm key chains.

My personal fave is one that parents can make with kids: a St. Patrick's Day pin made from lime green lollipops. Sweetie! Speaking of kid-friendly St. Patrick's Day crafts, is this fuzzy-wuzzy shamrock not cute? Finally, although I'm not big on Martha, you have to admit her site always has the best ideas. Like this plan for tiny hand-made shamrock boutonnieres.

As for myself, I'm keeping it simple with a shamrock garland made from pretty green wrapping paper. Trace your shamrock from a book, magazine or from the Web. I found my shamrock template (shown above) online by doing a Google search.

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