My kids and I love making homemade crafts for each holiday of the year. Previously my daughter and I made a pot of gold the end of a handprint rainbow for St. Patrick’s Day. This year, my toddler son also got in on the crafting fun, making his own rainbow while my daughter made hers.
Materials
- White paper plate
- Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, and black construction paper
- Cotton balls
- Scissors
- Glue
- Pennies
Directions
- Cut the paper plate in half.
- Cut an arch out of the center of the plate half.
- Cut the red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple construction paper into small squares.
- Glue squares of each color in arches around the plate half starting with the red on the outside edge.
- Glue cotton balls on each end of the arch.
- Cut a half circle from the black paper.
- Glue the flat edge of the black half circle to the back of one end of the arch.
- Glue pennies to the front of the black half circle.
- Display the pot of gold rainbow paper plate craft.
For more fun rainbow crafts, try my Handprint Rainbow St. Patrick’s Day Toddler Craft, Paper Collage Rainbow Craft, and ‘Elmer and the Rainbow’ Paper Rainbow Craft. For more St. Patrick’s Day crafts, try my Footprint Four-leaf Clover St. Patrick’s Day Craft, Handprint Four-Leaf Clover Toddler St. Patrick’s Day Craft, Shamrock Paper Plate Wreath, Pot of Gold Rainbow Paper Plate Craft, and Burlap and Ribbon St. Patrick’s Day Wreath Craft.
Image Credits
How to Make a Pot of Gold Rainbow Paper Plate Craft © 2016 Heather Johnson
Materials for Pot of Gold Rainbow Paper Plate Craft © 2016 Heather Johnson
Cutting the Paper Plate in Half for the Pot of Gold Rainbow Paper Plate Craft © 2016 Heather Johnson
Cutting the Paper Plate into an Arch for the Pot of Gold Rainbow Paper Plate Craft © 2016 Heather Johnson
Small Colored Paper Squares for the Pot of Gold Rainbow Paper Plate Craft © 2016 Heather Johnson
Gluing Red Squares on the Pot of Gold Rainbow Paper Plate Craft © 2016 Heather Johnson
Gluing Orange Squares on the Pot of Gold Rainbow Paper Plate Craft © 2016 Heather Johnson
Paper Square Rainbow for the Pot of Gold Rainbow Paper Plate Craft © 2016 Heather Johnson
Gluing Cotton Balls on the Pot of Gold Rainbow Paper Plate Craft © 2016 Heather Johnson
Gluing Black Pots on the Pot of Gold Rainbow Paper Plate Craft © 2016 Heather Johnson
Gluing Pennies on the Pot of Gold Rainbow Paper Plate Craft © 2016 Heather Johnson
Pot of Gold Rainbow Paper Plate Craft © 2016 Heather Johnson
Pot of Gold Rainbow Paper Plate Crafts © 2016 Heather Johnson