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    Home » Fine Motor Skills » Pot of Gold Craft

    Pot of Gold Craft

    Published: Feb 11, 2019 · Modified: Jan 14, 2022 by Vicky

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    You are going to love this fun Pot of Gold Craft as much as your kids. It is a fun craft project that results in one of the most eye catching pots of gold I have ever seen. But if you look beneath the surface, you'll find a fine motor activity designed to strengthen fine motor skills for kids. Cool craft + fine motor activity = mom win!

    This pot of gold craft is deigned to keep kids having fun this St. Patrick's Day while working on their fine motor skills. #stpatricksday #finemotoractivity #finemotor #stpatricksdayactivity #stpatricksdaycraft
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    • Why this Pot of Gold Craft is awesome
    • Supplies
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    • GOT A CRAFTY KID? 
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    Why this Pot of Gold Craft is awesome

    • This craft works on fine motor skills.
    • Makes a fun St. Patrick's Day decoration

    Supplies

    • Paper plate
    • Yarns in rainbow colors
    • Scissors
    • Hole puncher
    • Markers: black and green
    • Yellow pony beads
    supplies for a craft project

    How to make a Pot of Gold Craft

    To make this fun St. Patrick's day craft, fold a white paper plate in half. Most paper plates have a ridged border. Trace the border to form the inside circle. You can make the pot of gold by drawing a circle with a long skinny triangle on top. Any shaped pot will do, so don't stress so much about this part. Just make sure the top rim is large enough to have room for 6 hole punches.

    paper plate craft

    Cut out the pot of gold shape with scissors.

    paper plate with scissors

    Using the hole punch, punch 6 holes along the top of the pot of gold while the plate is folded in half. You'll need one hole for each color of the rainbow. Then hole punch along the inside circle of the plate. Older kids can help with this step. Punching holes is really a great way to strengthen hand muscles.

    hole punch paper plate

    When the plate is unfolded it should look like this.

    plate with punched holes

    Using the green and black markers, color the pot of gold black and the bottom green for the grass.

    coloring a pot of gold

    Now it is time to start the lacing! This is the part of the craft that really works those fine motor skills for kids. Start with the red yarn on the first pot of gold hole and thread through and tie to secure.

    lacing pot of gold

    pot of gold craft

    Then thread through the border hole on back of the pot.

    lacing craft

    Sporadically add a yellow pony bead to the yarn before threading it back through the next hole. When finished, the beads will look like gold filling the pot.

    st. patrick's day lacing activity

    Use this technique with all the colors of the rainbow, each color will have it’s own hole at the top of the pot of gold. Secure each end on the back with a knot.

    paper plate lacing
    st patrick's day activity

             

    When you are done with the last color, secure it on the back of the plate with a knot.

    pot of gold craft

    This pot of gold craft is complete and ready to be hung up for St. Patrick's Day!

    pot of gold craft

    This St. Patrick's Day activity will keep kids busy for some time as they thread to create some beautiful art.

    pot of gold craft

    Happy St. Patrick's Day! I hope you find what you're looking for at the end of the rainbow!

    pot of gold craft

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    The folks at Annie's know crafting, so you know they have put together some amazing kits for your kids.

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    The Creative Girls Club subscription box will get your girl's creative juices flowing. Girls get two kits each month full of crafting fun. Best of all, the crafting can be done with minimal adult supervision. While she is creating, she will be learning valuable skills such as painting, beading, stitching, paper crafting, and much more!

    For boys and girls:

    These Young Woodworkers Kits have everything your little builder needs to create crafts and toys they can enjoy, while learning important woodworking skills along the way. Your child's first three kits will include 5 kid-sized, high-quality tools they'll use again and again. A new woodworking project is delivered every four weeks, with a new and exciting skill to master. Each project teaches a new, real world skill that kids will use for years to come.

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    Comments

    1. Melanie

      February 12, 2019 at 2:17 pm

      This is the cutest thing! I would have loved to do this with my preschoolers if I was still teaching.

    2. Catherine @ To & Fro Fam

      February 12, 2019 at 4:14 pm

      This is so cute! I can imagine little ones having so much fun sliding the beads up and down on the strings.

    3. Kayvona

      February 13, 2019 at 6:18 am

      This looks like so much fun plus it’s super easy to do! Definitely going to do this with my kids!

    4. Jennifer Maune

      February 13, 2019 at 6:54 am

      The lacing is such a good idea to work out those fine motor skills! And the finished product looks great!

      -Jennifer
      https://maunelegacy.com

    5. Lindsey

      February 13, 2019 at 12:33 pm

      This is such a cute and creative craft! And definitely an added plus that it helps kids work on fine motor skills. Thank you so much for sharing!

    6. krystal

      February 13, 2019 at 5:07 pm

      This is a beautiful DIY craft for kiddos. I love how colorful it is.

    7. Allyson

      March 10, 2019 at 4:19 pm

      I am an after school teacher for children with special needs, and I absolutely love this fine motor activity for St.Paddys day. I can't wait to try it out with the kiddos this week. Thank you for the idea!

    8. Helene

      April 27, 2022 at 1:44 am

      2 stars
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      like this before. So nice to discover another person with some unique
      thoughts on this topic. Really.. many thanks for starting this up.
      This web site is something that's needed on the web,
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