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Rainbow Canvas St. Patrick’s Day Art

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A little pot of gold at the end of the rainbow is just the thing to brighten up those gloomy days of March! This Rainbow Canvas St. Patrick’s Day Art is a fun project for your classroom art center. Your students will really enjoy sponge painting and creating this one-of-a-kind art masterpiece!

Create a beautiful art masterpiece with this Rainbow Canvas St. Patrick's Day Art Project! Such a fun activity for a St. Patrick's Day class party!

Rainbow Canvas St. Patrick’s Day Art

With very little help little ones can create a beautiful sponge painting on canvas for a magical St. Patrick’s Day art piece!

You can place this art project in your art center or create it with your students in small groups.

Display your student’s art masterpieces around the classroom on mini easels and do a classroom art walk. What a beautiful classroom tradition that they will never forget!

St. Patrick's Day Sponge Paint Canvas Art supplies

Supplies

  • Paint
  • Canvas
  • Sponge
  • Scissors
  • Glue
  • Gold Glitter
  • Black Glitter Foam
  • Black Cardstock

St. Patrick's Day Sponge Paint Canvas Art, cut sponge into squares

Instructions for Assembly

Cut a square shape from the sponge for each color of the rainbow that you will use.

St. Patrick's Day Sponge Paint Canvas Art paint rainbow with sponge

Dab a sponge into paint and stamp it onto the canvas to start creating the shape of a traditional rainbow or one shooting across the sky.

St. Patrick's Day Sponge Paint Canvas Art, paint a rainbow

Continue to do the above step until your rainbow is complete. Be sure to use a new sponge for each color paint. Let the paint dry completely.

Creative Tip: allow the paint to overlap a bit to get a nice blend of colors. 

St. Patrick's Day Sponge Paint Canvas Art, cut clouds out of black construction paper and sponge paint them with white paint

Cut cloud shapes from black cardstock. Use a sponge to dab white paint across the entire cloud, leaving a small black border around the edges. Allow the paint to dry completely.

St. Patrick's Day Sponge Paint Canvas Art, glue clouds to rainbow

Glue the clouds onto the rainbow, slightly hanging off of the canvas.

St. Patrick's Day Sponge Paint Canvas Art, cut pot of gold out of black construction paper and glue to the cloud

Cut the shape of a black pot from black glitter foam (You can also use black cardstock if you can’t find black glitter foam). Glue the black pot onto the cloud.

St. Patrick's Day Sponge Paint Canvas Art, add gold glitter to the pot of gold

Spread a bit of glue above the pot and add gold glitter. Allow the glue to dry.

Creative Tip: chunky glitter looks a lot like gold coins!

Create a beautiful art masterpiece with this Rainbow Canvas St. Patrick's Day Art Project! Such a fun activity for a St. Patrick's Day class party!

Stand back and enjoy all the beautiful St. Patrick’s Day art masterpieces your students have created!

More St. Patrick’s Day Fun

Looking for even more fun St. Patrick’s Day Arts and Crafts? Your kids will LOVE making this fun Rainbow Rainstick!! 

Rainbow Rain Stick St. Patrick's Day Craft

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Filed Under: Arts and Crafts, Holiday/Seasonal Tagged With: rainbow, St. Patrick's Day

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MissMaesDays.com is the creation of Mandy Mae; wife, mother, teacher, and frugal-DIY-enthusiast. Hoping to inspire others to take action in making a positive influence in the lives of children with simple DIY, crafting, thrifting, and teaching projects, Mandy enjoys sharing both her successes and hiccups with easy-to-follow tips & tutorials.

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