Enchanted St. Patrick’s Day Art Tray
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I created this St. Patrick’s Day art tray after getting the inspiration from one of my absolute favorite homeschooling books.
One of the ideas in Julie Bogart’s book, The Brave Learner: Finding Everyday Magic in Homeschool, Learning, and Life, spoke so deeply to me that I immediately put my book down and sprang into action.
I knew that a special enchanted art table would absolutely delight my children and ignite a spark of creativity. My children loved crafting with the materials I set out so much that I have now created several themed enchanted art tables.
This St. Patrick’s Day art tray is the newest set of craft supplies for my children.
I do not have an entire table available to dedicate to creating an enchanted art space. We do most of our school work at our dining room table and eat all of our meals at our kitchen table. Instead of an art table, we have an art tray.
A large tray works quite well to create an art center. It lives in the center of our dining room table next to our pencil caddy, but all of the materials can be easily moved if we need the space.
My goal with the enchanted St. Patrick’s Day art tray is to inspire creativity. I do not tell my children how to use the available materials. It is an open-ended art activity.
My job is to provide a variety of materials. Their job is to flex their creativity muscles.
Enchanted St. Patrick’s Day Art Tray
I gathered these St. Patrick’s Day art tray materials from my craft closet and local craft store. Don’t feel limited by what is on my tray. Add whatever will make your children happy little crafters. No two art trays need to look the same.
St. Patrick’s Day to me involves lots of green shamrocks, gold treasure, and rainbows. I tried to gather materials based on those colors and themes.
The first thing you need for an enchanted art tray is, well, a tray. This particular tray is about 5 years old and from Target. It has been used in multiple rooms around my house, but I think it has finally found its true purpose.
You want a tray with raised sides to help contain loose art supplies. Handles are a plus because they make it easy to move the tray.
Baby food jars help contain smaller items like googly eyes and pom-poms. The jar lids make fantastic open containers for tiny supplies.
Straws – I used paper straws that I found in the party section of Target. They can be used to add height or stability to a project. They are also a great supply for making puppets.
Pom-poms – Green and white pom-poms are always a favorite craft supply with my kids. I think they like the soft, fluffy texture.
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Googly eyes – Googly eyes are just fun. Simple as that.
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Pocket envelopes – I found a few pocket envelopes in my supply closet and added them to the mix. They were originally used for making a sight word study folder.
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- Vibrant Color Coordination: Engage students and enliven your classroom with colorful library pockets; organize library cards or classroom tasks creatively…
- Durable Construction with Colorful Appeal: Crafted from robust colored paper, these library card pockets withstand daily classroom use, ensuring longevity…
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Foam sheets – Foam sheets are an inexpensive and sturdy crafting supply.
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Brass brads – Brass brads (paper fasteners) are a way to join papers, but they are also so much more. All you need is a little imagination. My son looked at these for just a minute before joining two together and declaring it a miniature barbell. That is creativity in action.
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Rainbow watercolors with glitter – Pots of gold are hidden under rainbows, right? That makes this rainbow watercolor set a great addition to this St. Patrick’s Day art try.
- Great for painting, stamping, greeting cards, and much more
- Includes 21 colorfast colors in a reusable plastic container
- Non-toxic material
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Glitter – People seem to be sharply divided on the issue of glitter – they either love it or hate it. I’m in the love-it category! It is pretty, and it makes my kids happy. A few years from now, my kids won’t want to craft at the dining room table. I’m going to soak it up and make it fun while this phase lasts.
I included two shades of green – fine and coarse, and gold. Glitter clean-up tip – go straight for the vacuum. A rag will just move the glitter around, but a vacuum will suck it right up.
- Bright and sparkling glitter for beautiful craft creations
- Great for classroom projects, party decorations, nail art, slime, customized jewelry and more
- Easy-pour stackable plastic jars with multiple slot size openings and removable lid
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Foam shamrocks – These foam green shamrocks can be used as a stencil to trace or as an art supply all on their own.
- Includes 36 foam shamrocks
- Comes assorted in shades of green and green glitter
- Measure 5.5″ by 5″
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Jewel stickers – These round, sparkly jewel stickers can be anything – a decoration, part of an image, used as eyes, etc. The possibilities are limitless.
- Package Includes: 4032 Pcs 6mm rhinestone sticker (8 Sheets,every sheet has 504 Pcs qty)
- For card diy decoration, scrapbooking embellishments
- Can be applied in anywhere you like
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Foam shamrock stickers – Shamrock stickers of varying sizes felt like a natural addition to a St. Patrick’s Day art tray.
- Material: made of foam material with glitter, non toxic smell, lucky shamrock cutout in light green and dark green, give you a fresh feeling
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- Abundant quantity: comes with 100 pieces assorted size shamrock stickers in 2 colors, enough to arrange a large shamrock decoration
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Thin Stix tempera paint markers – Tempera paint markers are a mess-free way to paint. They work on a variety of surfaces and produce bright, vivid colors.
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Glitter glue – Can you tell that I like glitter? Glitter glue is always a hit with my kids, and the mess isn’t as bad as loose glitter.
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- Colorful: Glitter glue pens includes 10 brightly colored glitter pens, allowing you to create bright and interesting artworks with a variety of colors
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Green satin ribbon – I have no idea what my children will do with this ribbon, but that’s okay. It’s not my job to figure that out. My kids will think of something.
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St. Patrick’s Day stickers – Themed stickers can be a great decoration, but they can also be an interesting writing prompt.
- Assorted shapes and colors of these stickers are perfect for decorating folders, cubbies, bins, schoolwork, and more
- Great for craft projects such as posters, scrapbooks, calendars, and invitations
- A must-have for any teacher’s desk or prize box
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Our St. Patrick’s Day art tray lives on our dining room (aka school room) table right next to our pencil caddy. The caddy contains pencils, pens, markers, glue bottles and sticks, scissors, and a ruler.
These materials never rotate. They are just always available for my children to use in any way they need. My children are also free to gather any paper that they need for their craft projects. I don’t bother including these items in our special art trays because they would take up all of the room.
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