Plastic Bag Shamrock Suncatcher

Soon will be St.Patrick’s day so we decided to add a little luck to our lives and craft shamrock suncatcher from a plastic bag and other things we found at home.

Today’s post is 1st from 60 junk play posts that will be published on our blog during March and April. Each post will be with different material found in our recycle bin.

With today’s post we are calling for Spring to come sooner and hopefully, luck will serve us!

Plastic Bag Shamrock Suncatcher - craft project for kids using items from recycle bin, part of #junkplay challenge

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Things we used for our shamrock suncatcher:

thin green plastic bag (from recycle bin)
t-shirt inserts (from recycle bin)
black poster paint and brush
glue

As you can see, a list of items we used includes items pretty much anyone has at home so it’s easy to gather these things and get started right now! We have used one sheet of printer paper to make shamrock template. To make shamrock paper, start with square piece of paper, fold it in half and then once more to get square again, than fold to get triangle and cut heart shapes 2 times, one for outside and one for inside. You should get something similar to a template we pictured.

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The first step is to trace shamrock template on cardboard insert and to cut it out. Do this 2 times for front and back of the shamrock. If you’re doing this activity with a toddler, like I did, this is something parents should prepare in advance. Older kids with good scissor skills can at least cut outside of the shamrock.

Next you’ll paint a frame for your shamrock suncatcher. We painted it black, but you can choose to paint it green if you prefer to have it all green.

We have waited quite some time for our paint to dry. To be completely candid, by the time it was dry, there was dark outside! Guess we’ll hang it on a window tomorrow to see how it looks on a daily light. So, when it’s dry, place one black frame on the bottom, painted side should face surface. Apply glue over it and place a green plastic bag over, then apply glue on second frame and place over a plastic bag. This is also where my toddler assisted, she loves anything that involves glue!

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The last step would be to cut out extra pieces of a plastic bag from outside of the frame. Make a hole on one side, add some kind of ribbon and hang over the window! Lovely way to get something beautiful from things from our recycle bin!

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