Pete the Cat St Patricks Day Craft

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Are your kids getting excited about St. Patrick’s Day? If so, they’re going to love searching for leprechauns after making a pair of Leprechaun Lookers with this fun Pete the Cat St Patricks Day craft!

As you begin planning your book-based activities for March, be sure to include this fun craft designed to pair with Pete the Cat: The Great Leprechaun Chase.

Not only is it a great way to upcycle some empty cardboard tubes, but it’s a project kids will love personalizing before going on a leprechaun hunt!

Head to Amazon or your local bookstore to snag Pete the Cat: The Great Leprechaun Chase, then give these fun book- based activities a try!

Pete the Cat St. Patrick’s Day Craft

It’s St. Patrick’s Day, and it’s also the grand opening of Pete the Cat’s leprechaun catching business. Pete gears up to trap a leprechaun for his friends! But catching a leprechaun is never easy—especially if it’s Clover, who’s full of tricks.Will luck be on Pete’s side? Or will Pete learn luck is actually something earned?

– Amazon Summary

This is the perfect book for Pete the Cat fans to enjoy in the days leading up to St. Patrick’s Day, and when you are done enjoying it there are several educational activities you can try.

What You’ll Need

• Toilet paper rolls (you’ll need 2 for each set of binoculars)
• Construction paper (I used yellow and green for this craft)
• Green/gold/yellow objects (sequins, buttons, pom poms, stickers – I used sequins for this craft)
• Green String
• Gold ribbon
• Hole punch
• Scissors
• Glue or tape
• Pencil
• Optional: Hot glue gun and glue sticks

What You’ll Do

Measure and cut the construction paper to fit the toilet paper roll. (Use a pencil to help mark your measurements if desired.)

Glue the paper around the roll. Repeat this step for each roll.

Place a stripe of glue on the side of one of the rolls. Press against the other roll and attach the two tubes together, forming the binoculars.

Set aside and allow time to dry.

Once dry, punch a hole on both sides of the set at the top. Insert the string, tie on both sides to make a strap for the binoculars.

Time to decorate!

Glue ribbon around the front part of the binoculars.

Glue sequins or other decorative objects on the binoculars.

Allow plenty of time to dry before allowing the kids to pretend play with their binoculars!

St. Patrick’s Day Picture Books 

Fill your book basket with a great collection of books about St. Patrick’s Day. Most of these books can be found at your local library or used bookstore.

If you have a hard time finding them, you can order them on Amazon by clicking the images below.

 

How to Catch a Leprechaun – You’ve been planning night and day, and finally you’ve created the perfect trap! Now all you need to do is wait. Is this the year you’ll finally catch the leprechaun? Start a St. Patrick’s Day tradition with this fun and lively children’s book.

The Night Before St. Patrick’s Day – It’s the night before St. Patrick’s Day, and Tim and Maureen are wide awake setting traps to catch a leprechaun! When they wake the next morning to the sound of their dad playing the bagpipes and the smell of their mom cooking green eggs, they’re shocked to find that they’ve actually caught a leprechaun. But will they be able to find his pot of gold? 

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Clover! – There was an Old Lady who swallowed things over and over, and now she’s come back to swallow a clover! She’s back! That lovely old lady has returned just in time for St. Patrick’s Day. Now she’s swallowing items to make the perfect rainbow to hide a pot of gold.

Teaching Resources

This leprechaun trap craft kit comes with everything you need to build an attractive trap for a devious leprechaun—and fool-proof tips for catching one!

Explore the colors and symbols of St. Patrick’s Day with this fun Mini St. Patrick’s Day themed Playdough Kit. Kids can “bury” the gold coins and jewels in the playdough and dig for it, then put their discovered treasure in the cauldron.