12 Colorful St. Patrick's Day Crafts for Kids

What kid doesn't love bubble wrap? Instead of causing a racket by popping them, your kids can create a cool bubble wrap rainbow by painting the surface and pressing it on a sheet of paper. Bye bye headache -- hello cool craft!

What could be more fun than creating a rainbow with one swipe of a sponge? The simplicity of this rainbow sponge craft makes it particularly great for toddlers, although you'll need to prep the sponge.

Here's a fun way to paint that doesn't involve a brush: pouring the paint instead. These rainbow pour painted pots look amazing, and you can teach the kids to garden with them later on.

Got some Fruit Loops or colored Cheerios in your kitchen cabinet? Then they're the perfect material to build a fruity O's rainbow with glue and some cotton for clouds. Bonus: the act of placing each O in the right spot will occupy your kids for a good chunk of the afternoon.

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This rainbow pretzel sticks craft doubles as a snack: all you need are various colored sprinkles and some white chocolate to make them stick (yum). Have your kids lay out lines of sprinkles (or do this step yourself), then all your kids need to do is roll them across, let dry, then eat!

If you've got cupcake liners of various colors, a cupcake liner rainbow is easily within your reach! Even toddlers will have no problem putting this one together, and you can practice their color recognition while you're crafting.

Want a craft that'll get your kids outside and climbing trees? Then consider creating a rainbow painted tree. Don't worry -- this is not an environmental hazard. The tutorial from dilly-dali art actually suggests you use water-soaked chalk instead of paint; that way the colors will eventually fade. And if your little ones are too young to be climbing trees just yet, they can still cover the lower trunk to create the same effect!

This simple rainbow necklace craft made out of construction paper and string is particularly perfect for toddlers, since it can teach them a thing or two about sizes. Plus, they'll love using the hole punch to put their necklace together!

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Washi tape of various colors can go together to create a cool-looking washi tape rainbow art -- plus, the green tape's shamrock pattern drives home the St. Paddy's vibe.

Want to satisfy your kids' sweet tooth in a crafty, creative way? Then grab some egg whites and gel food coloring to create rainbow meringue cookies -- the perfect snack for a St. Paddy's party with the little ones. They're much easier than they look: you make the meringue, then have your kids paint the inside of the piping bag with different-colored stripes of gel. Insert meringue, then help your kids squirt them onto the pan.

Are your kids bored of painting with a brush? Hand them a pencil instead and have them dip the eraser end in paint. The result: a pencil eraser dot painting that's loads of fun to create.

Colored cardstock and styrofoam go into building this "lucky" rainbox box, where kids write on shamrocks what they feel lucky to have in their lives. It's a great way to get kids to express some gratitide and remember that, hey, they've got it pretty good!

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