DIY: Leprechaun Hat & Pot of Gold

Most of the snow has finally melted, although some of the big piles still have a ways to go before all of it is completely gone.  Nevertheless, it is beginning to feel like spring so last week I began putting out a few St. Patrick’s Day decorations. Just enough to look a bit festive before I switch it completely to Easter. 

While I was working on some of my spring cleaning I happened to find some small red clay pots with gold glitter that I had saved from another project and thought they would make cute Leprechaun hats.

To make the project really easy I decided to use some leftover spray paint. Unfortunately I did not have any green so decided to use black instead. 

Once the paint was dry I needed some green ribbon to make a band and found this perfect piece in my recycled ribbon stash. The backside did not have any printing which is just what I needed. 

Then all the little hat needed was a buckle which I made with a little scrap of card stock. Such a quick and easy project.

Next up was a pot of gold. I was recently given a bag of wonderful gold buttons and thought they might be a good substitute for gold coins.

I grabbed one of my black cauldrons and filled it with some of the buttons.

It worked great and is a fun and unique way to display and enjoy the wonderful gold button collection. 

Just a couple simple ways to decorate for St. Patrick's Day using recycled and repurposed items around the house.  

Happy Monday!

St. Patrick’s Day ~ recap

The last couple days have been holiday decoration transition days. Easter is right around the corner this year and there is no time to waste. St. Patrick’s Day decorations are in the process of being packed away and replaced with the rest of the Easter decor so I thought it would be a good time to share a few more highlights of our St. Patricks Day fun since it has been a busy week and I wasn’t able to get to it earlier. 

While Miss E was here last week we made our favorite frosted sugar cookies. We were limited on time so decided to keep it simple and used a couple round cookie cutters to cut out the cookies and then frosted them with butter cream frosting, tinted green for St. Patricks Day and topped with sprinkles. 

It doesn’t get better than that! We packed up half the cookies for her to take home since she was leaving the following day. Speaking of dessert, I also made some mini Pistachio Mousse Parfaits to have after our St. Patrick’s Day dinner because the cookies were going fast.

It was a small batch since it is just the hubs and me. Six seemed like plenty for the two of us.

A few rainbow sprinkles and a chocolate coin on top made them extra festive. 

It might appear that we had dessert first or maybe only dessert and I must say dessert anytime is fine with me, however, we did have a traditional St. Patrick’s Day dinner to start things off. 

Corned Beef, Cabbage and potatoes is always the menu and because we only have it once a year it is a special treat. 

There was one other small project that was quick and easy. Our hand sanitizer got a fun holiday related update. It took a day or two to figure out what to do but I finally decided to keep it simple and made a band to go around the middle. I cut a little piece of burlap and attached some of the same green ribbon I used on the Leprechaun Hat and then sewed the band together in the back. Once it was slid into place on the jar I attached one of my little DIY labels. Easy peasy. 

That about covers it so I think that’s a wrap for St. Patrick’s Day 2021. 

Happy Friday!