No more chasing Leprechauns – the gold is here! Enjoy these shiny pot of gold crafts for kids to make and play with this St. Patrick’s Day!

St. Patrick’s Day is one of the most popular holidays among the Irish and Irish-Americans, honoring St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. However, St. Patrick isn’t the only one that comes to mind when you hear about this holiday; you also think about shamrocks, leprechauns and their elusive pots of gold!

According to Irish folklore, leprechauns are cobblers who get paid in gold coins. They’re quite rich and keep their gold hidden – but if caught by a human, they have to reveal their hiding place!

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What’s the story about the Pot of Gold and the rainbow?

A farmer couple was harvesting their carrots when the last carrot popped up with a leprechaun hanging onto it. Since they had technically ‘caught’ the leprechaun, he now had to reveal where he hid his gold.

But the leprechaun was cunning, and he told the family that they could have everything they wanted if they found his pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. Of course, the crafty leprechaun knew that rainbows have no end – they’re just an optical illusion in the sky!

Many people think the moral of the pot of gold story is that you shouldn’t be greedy; instead, work hard like a leprechaun and save your money. However, we think there’s another beautiful message here. While your end goal may be as attractive as a pot of gold, the journey is no less beautiful and amazing – like a rainbow!

Today we celebrate the spirit of enjoying the journey with some beautiful pot of gold crafts for kids to try this St. Patrick’s Day!

15 Shiny Pot of Gold Crafts for St. Patrick’s Day

1. Pot of Gold Popsicle Stick Craft

Why is green so prominent during St. Patrick’s Day? In the early days, it was a tradition of the Irish to celebrate the holiday by wearing a shamrock or something green. Later, this tradition traveled to America, and everything became covered with green – including our Popsicle sticks in this craft!

2. Pot of Gold Color by Number Sheet

Let the kids have fun coloring while also practicing their Math skills this St. Patrick’s day, with a printable color-by-division coloring page!

3. Shamrock Pot of Gold Paper Craft

It is said that St. Patrick used a shamrock to explain the concept of the Trinity, which is how the shamrock became associated with the holiday. Attachment Mummy celebrates this shamrock by including it in this colorful craft that uses glitter foam for gold coins!

4. Pot Of Gold Yarn Craft

We’ve tried our best to include multiple techniques and materials in this list of pot of gold crafts, and that’s why we love this one from Kidpillar that uses colored yarn to create the rainbow!

5. Pot Of Gold Handprint Craft

Handprint crafts are great for toddlers and preschoolers, and All Free Paper Crafts brings us one that’s perfect for St. Patrick’s Day! Use handprints to make the colors of the rainbow – it’s a genius idea!

6. 3D Rainbow Pot of Gold Craft

Are rainbows 2-D or 3-D? Well, they aren’t exactly something you can touch – they’re just optical illusions in the sky! However, if you fancy a 3-D rainbow, Kids Craft Room has the craft for you!

7. Pot of Gold Paper Plate Lacing Craft

If you’re looking for pot of gold crafts that double up as fine motor activities, you’ve come to the right place! Mess for Less has an interesting paper plate craft that includes lacing beads and yarns – great for young kids!

8. Pot of Gold Craft with Printable Template

Crafts by Ria brings us a simple paper craft featuring a rainbow and a pot of gold, along with a printable template. Download, print and assemble to get a gorgeous work of art!

9. Pot of Gold Rainbow Paper Chain Craft

Here’s a story featuring a man named Liam, who found a leprechaun working in a cabbage field. He immediately demanded to know where the leprechaun hid his gold. After some stalling, the leprechaun walked to the middle of the field and pointed to a cabbage, saying the gold was under it.

Now Liam needed to get a shovel, but he had to mark the spot first. So he tied a red handkerchief around the cabbage and made the leprechaun promise that he wouldn’t touch it. He ran off to get the shovel but when he got back, the whole field was covered in cabbages tied with red handkerchiefs! The leprechaun kept his promise, but still managed to save his gold!

Natural Beach Living brings us a craft that shows how strong the bond between a leprechaun and his gold is – through a colorful paper chain!

10. Thumbprint Pot of Gold Craft

These pot of gold crafts show us different ways you can represent gold coins, but Our Kid Things has a unique idea – your thumbs! Dip your thumbs in gold paint and print them all over this pot so that it’s practically overflowing!

11. Pot Of Gold & Rainbow Pipe Cleaner Craft

There are so many ways to create rainbows, aren’t they? You can use paper, yarn, and as Simple Everyday Mom shows us in this project, colored pipe cleaners too!

12. Color Recognition Pot of Gold Craft

This craft from Darcy and Brian is an easy paper craft that’s great for crafting beginners. A parent or older sibling can cut out the parts from colored paper and the younger kids can assemble it like a collage.

13. Pot of Gold Paper Plate Twirler

Crafty Morning has a fun paper craft that gives as a twirling pot of gold – probably symbolizing how elusive it is to us humans!

14. Pot of Gold Rainbow Wreath

If you’re looking for pot of gold crafts that also work as decor, this wreath from The Crazy Craft Lady is perfect! It’s colorful, yet elegant, and captures the spirit of the holiday beautifully.

15. Pot of Gold Heart Rainbow Craft

How much would a pot of gold be worth today? Experts estimate that as of March 2025, a pot of gold would probably be worth over a million dollars! But Our Kid Things has a craft that shows us that there’s something worth more than that – loving hearts!

We hope you’ve enjoyed these pot of gold crafts along with all the trivia and stories along the way. Make sure to tell your kids these stories; it’ll make the crafts more meaningful to them. You can also think about what the story means to them – not to be greedy, to work hard, to save money, or to not give away your gold to the first person who asks!