Easy Rainbow Shamrock Craft with Oil Pastels

Get ready for St. Patrick’s Day with this easy rainbow shamrock craft for kids. Oil pastels make this rainbow shamrock so vibrant and colorful, it will brighten up any space! My daughter and I had so much fun with this project, we each made 2.

Kids will love making their rainbow in the shape of a shamrock and using oil pastels is always fun. We have our rainbow shamrocks hanging up on our art wall and they are so bright and cheerful.

For another St. Patrick’s Day project idea, take a look at this brightly colored shamrock art with chalk pastels.

I made a free shamrock template for you as part of my free printable resource library to make this project even easier. This template is available to my email subscribers as part of my free printable resource library. Fill out the form below to gain instant access.

After signing up you will receive a welcome email with all of the sign-in details. 

Make your own rainbow shamrock craft

This post contains affiliate links, which come at no cost to you. If you would like more information please review my disclosure policy.

Supplies

• Free shamrock template
• Oil pastels in rainbow colors
• White cardstock
• Scissors

Instructions for your St. Patrick’s Day art

1. Start by printing out your shamrock template onto white cardstock. You can cut it out before you begin or after the project is finished.

Depending on the age of the child, they might need help to cut out their shamrock shape.

2. Arrange your oil pastels into the colors of the rainbow. I found that it was easiest for my daughter when we took the colors and placed them in order of a rainbow. She could easily tell which color to use next.

If you are looking for more spring projects, take a look at this colorful collection of spring art for kids!

3. Have your kids start with red oil pastel and color all the way around their shamrock, leaving the stem white for now. Continue on with the rest of the colors.

If there is space left when they reach purple, they can start again at red. I think it looks pretty cool to have the rainbow colors twice!

4. Once they are done with all the rainbow colors, kids can color in the stem. We chose a darker green for our shamrock stem, but any color would work. This rainbow shamrock craft looks so bright and cheerful hanging up on the wall!

Rainbow art projects are always fun to make and this shamrock craft is the perfect project for St. Patricks Day and a great way to let a little spring color in after a long winter. Kids will love making their shamrock rainbows with oil pastels.

Spring crafts are always so bright and cheerful, take a look at this gorgeous Cherry Blossom Painting With Cotton Balls and this Monet Water Lilies Art Project with watercolors and oil pastels for more spring inspiration!

Fill in the form below to gain access to my printable resource library! 

After signing up you will receive a welcome email with all of the sign-in details. 

Pin this art project for later