As that lucky Pot of Gold at the end of the rainbow can be tricky to find, we decided to make our own. With just a few supplies, you’ll have a fun centerpiece filled with gold.
Supplies for Pot of Gold:
- pot – terracotta pot, or a black pot you may already have
- black paint and paint brush
- Easter grass
- yellow wrapped candies – these can be gold chocolate coins, yellow foil wrapped chocolates, Reese’s peanut butter cups (you can use any color of candy, but yellow keeps with the ‘gold’ theme.)
- pipe cleaner (aka chenille stems), all colors of the rainbow
Paint your terracotta pot with the black paint using your paint brush. I even went an inch down on the inside with paint. Then let it dry. Next, fill you bucket with Easter grass all the way to the top, as it gets pushed down with the candy. Then add in your ‘gold’, filling it to the top.
Line up your pipe cleaners into a rainbow. I stuck them all in the pot at one time, but you could put them in one at a time, starting with the bottom one first.
Now it’s ready for display. But have extra gold on hand, as it doesn’t last long in the pot! Little Leprechauns keep trying to sneak it!
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What a great idea! I love it!
I have featured this on my St. Patrick’s Day Inspirations. If you’d like to grab an A++ button to add to your blog, you will find it at the bottom of the post.
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Thanks for sharing!
This is so cute, but a little grown-up at the same time. I’m including this and the Rainbow Pot you shared on Craft in my Friday Favorites this week!
This is SO cute!! I’m linking it on my Craft, Interrupted FB page : )
i will love making this project. it is so fun! wish me luck making it.
I need a craft for senior citizens at an adult day center, and this is simple and attractive – just perfect for them! Thank you so much.
very nice idea…i’l surely try..
I absolutely LOVE this…..wish I would have seen it earlier so that I could have done it with my kids….I guess – I’ll leave it for next year :)
This is awesome & the kids will love it. Thanks for the idea – I’ll definitely be making these.
How fun. This reminds me of a lady I met in New England. She taught her son the correct order of the colors of the rainbow, you know, good ol’ ROYGBIV, when he was very young. She felt that if a child is perceived as smart, and if adults are impressed with him, he will act that way in turn. I have found that simple lesson to be invaluable. Thanks for the reminder, and the darling St. Patty’s Day idea.
I love this!
I am going to feature it tomorrow during my crafty round-up post.
I made these with my kids yesterday and they were so cute!! Thanks for such a great idea!!
Thanks for the great idea! We did these for my son’s preschool teachers. They were so easy, we’re going to do a few more!
I love this idea! I am going to make these for sure!
Thanks for the cute project. I’m going to try this with some kids I know!
cute idea!
Our women’s group at church (we are called Gal’s) will LOVE this!!
Such a cute idea… must post on my blog tomorrow.
So cute and fun! I love it! I’ve already emailed it to my daughter’s preschool teacher.
What a sweet idea! Thanks for finding something for me to do next week.
What a great craft! Keep chasing those rainbows ^_^
cute! it’s nice to have some easy ideas–and the kids will love that candy is involved.
Adorable! I think my boys will like this one.
Aww, this is fantastic! I’ll be linking.
I love this….sent it on to my daughter for her special ed kiddies…they will love it.
So CUTE! My 5-yr. old son is obsessed with catching the leprechaun…his big sis helped him make a very ingenious trap the other day. I need to make this to surprise him with on St. Patricks Day. I want to find a cheap leprechaun statue to put inside the trap to fool him and I know he’ll be thrilled to think he caught the leprechaun & his pot of gold! Thanks for the great idea!
My girls love pipe cleaners and painting, so they will love this! Thanks for the great idea!
Jen
Creative and Curious Kids!
http://raisingcreativeandcuriouskids.blogspot.com
Thanks for the wonderful idea!
That is fab! Gorgeous idea!
Very, very cute. My daughter has to make a ‘leprechaun trap’ as a school project, and I’m pretty sure this is going to be it! Thanks for sharing.
Oh I LOVE it! Great idea!
These are SO CUTE!
Love these! I can’t wait to make them. They are so cute I’m afraid I’ll get carried away and make them for everyone we know. Thanks!
I love this idea! Now I have plans for Tuesday.
Oh this is a wonderful, simple idea for the day! I am going to put this on our breakfast table St. Pat’s day morning as a surprise for our 4.5yr old daughter. Thank you for the great idea.
I have some gold coins left over from Andrew’s birthday. Thanks for the idea of what to do with them!
I love this , great idea using the pot!
hey marie, i am at the mac store in slc and was checking my email, i thought for sure i would be the first one to make a comment, but alas the third.
Ohhh fer cute! I am so doing this with my son!
This is wonderful and so clever!