I know how much my son loves getting messy so thought we would break out the paints for St Patrick (in honour of our Irish heritage).
We cut an ordinary green pepper in half and dipped it in some green paint. Sounds simple but somehow we ended up breaking the plate – oops! Then the toddler was let loose, creating pretty shamrocks over sheet of paper.
Four-leafed clover anyone? Our version of the shamrock, symbol of Ireland and associated with St Patrick.
12 Comments
Domestic goddesque
March 2, 2012 at 11:06 amWe did this last year- what made me laugh is that I actually sought out a green pepper. It occurred to me afterwards that you could have used any colour pepper as it was the paint that was green!!
jenny
March 2, 2012 at 3:42 pmI also went to three supermarkets searching for the perfect green pepper!
Mammasaurus
March 2, 2012 at 9:01 pmHow cool? Very cool!
oh yes I nearly forgot – TAG!
Catherine Burden
March 2, 2012 at 11:40 pmTag!
becky
March 3, 2012 at 12:54 amGorgeous simple and fun TAG!
Aisha
March 3, 2012 at 5:13 amFAB idea! #TAG!
Karina
March 3, 2012 at 11:08 amTag!
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Leeanne A
March 5, 2012 at 3:30 amOh I love how that turned out!
Keynko
March 5, 2012 at 7:58 amThese are so lovely, am I to old for printing like this? I may have to borrow a small person!
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Annmarina
March 11, 2014 at 7:17 pmThis is a cute print idea but the Shamrock is the plant associated with St. Patrick and Ireland as Patrick used it to teach the pagan people about the Trinity [God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit] – it has three parts to the one leaf not four as in the clover, which is nothing to do with the celebration of St. Patrick, I’m afraid.
Lovely ideas on your site though, thank you : )