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It’s Your Lucky Day! Find 1000s of Crafts Right Now

February 20, 2012 by AllFreeHolidayCrafts Leave a Comment

As the title of this blog post promised, today is your lucky day!  For two reasons.  1) St. Patrick’s Day is right around the corner and we’ve got a bunch of fun and festive craft ideas to share with you.  And 2) We’re going to introduce you to one of the most addictive, inspiring websites of all time.  And you’re going to love it!

So, let’s actually start with number 2.  Have you all heard of this thing called Pinterest?  I know, it’s a funny name and the concept is sort of confusing.  I mean, who actually knows what an “online pinboard” really is?  Well, we’ve broken it down for you in our handy guide to Pinterest.  In short, Pinterest is a website where you can go to find just about anything, from recipes to craft tutorials to funny cartoons to inspirational quotes.  And so much more!  So. Much. More.

You can search for something of particular interest to you, say St. Patrick’s Day crafts, for example.  Pinterest will bring up all of the green-leprechaun-rainbow-shamrock projects you could ever imagine.  And then you can spend hours (literally) looking through all of the fun ideas.

Just click on the image below and you can start browsing now!

 

Or you can choose to browse more general categories that you enjoy, like DIY & Crafts, Home Decor, or Food & Drink.  It’s all up to you!  And you can create your own account where you can organize your favorite things and save projects and recipes to categorized “boards.”  This is especially handy when you find something you want to try out, but don’t have time for right then and there. You can “pin” the tutorial or recipe and come back to it later!

So, those are the basics of Pinterest.  You with me so far?  Yes?  Good!

Back to #1, where we promised to share some fun St. Patrick’s Day crafts with you.  Whether you’re Irish or just like pretending to be for one day each year, St. Patrick’s Day is one of the most fun holidays to craft for.  I mean, what could be better than leprechaun and rainbow crafts?!  And if Pinterest is any indication, a whole lot of you guys like making decorations for this holiday.  Some of our most popular “pinned” projects from AllFreeHolidayCrafts are St. Patrick’s Day tutorials!  Below we’ve highlighted some of the best-of-the-best, but you can also check out our St. Patrick’s Day board on Pinterest for tons more inspiration!


Most Popular St. Patrick’s Day Crafts:

Four Leaf Clover Bouquet

Happy-Go-Lucky Wreath

Enviable St. Patrick’s Day Card

Leprechaun Hat Treats

And just to make your day even luckier, here are some of our other most popular projects from Pinterest.  These are the ideas that people from all over the country and world liked enough to “pin” and share with their friends.  We hope you like them too!

Other Popular Crafts:

Carrot Boxes for Easter

Coffee Filter Roses

Cupcake Liner Flower Suckers

 

Tell me:  Are you addicted to Pinterest?  Or do you think you will be after reading this?

 

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How to Make St. Patrick’s Day Crochet Patterns

February 10, 2010 by FaveCrafts Leave a Comment

St. Patrick’s day is a holiday we all like to celebrate on March 17 by wearing green, sporting our shamrocks and “Kiss me I’m Irish buttons.” It’s also our favorite time to drink the Irish drink of Guinness or even green beer. My favorite time in Chicago is when they dye the river green and have the fun parades. Leprechauns, shamrocks and rainbows are all the key symbols that help us celebrate this holiday. Help celebrate St. Patty’s day this year by crocheting a fun pattern, such as a crochet shamrock or a top hat.

A St. Patrick’s day granny square crochet pattern by Jackie Karp is one of my favorites. She uses a 4.5mm hook and worsted weight yarn in cream and green colors. I really like this pattern a lot as you can just use it for that, a decoration for you home. I’m Irish and I would love to have a pattern like this. You can find this crochet granny square pattern here.

At chezcrochet.com you can find a few different shamrock patterns including a coaster, a couple different fridgies and a hot pad. All of these are actually useful, but they can also be used for decor. Just crochet using these patterns and you’ll love the result.

Fridgies are really neat because they serve as two purposes. You can attach a magnet to the bag of them to create a simple magnet to hang on your fridge, hence, fridgie. OR you can attach a pin to the back and you can wear your shamrock around with you all day.

Because St. Patrick’s is in March it is still cold out and you know what that means? That means you can still wear scarves and cover yourselves with afghans. Crochet yourself a green-colored scarf or afghan. It would make a really neat scarf if you used two shades of green or even the yarn that changes colors on its own. You can then crochet a fridgie and sew it onto your scarf or afghan to really get the Irish look.

Learn how to crochet a top hat for this Patty’s day. You can find some really neat patterns here. Look like a leprechaun for the day. Dress up in a top hat, wear your green scarf, crochet a fridgie and wear it as a pin and you’re good to go.

Another fun St. Patrick’s day craft I like to do is the princess crowns. You take some of that wired garland, the flimsy kind with the shamrocks sticking out of them and cut it to the size that will easily wrap around your head. You then tie the two ends together to make a circle. Once this is done, you take light green and dark green ribbon (I usually use wrapping ribbon), you cut it to the length of your desire and then you tie it around the wire garland. This creates a whimsical Patty’s day crown. I then like to take scissors and curl the ribbon, kind of like you do when wrapping presents for a nice presentation. You then wear your Patty’s day crown proudly and let everyone know you’re Irish!

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