INSIDE: How to make a St. Patrick’s Day shamrock clover front door hanger. Easy rainbow ribbon craft for St. Patrick’s Day home decor.
Who’s feeling lucky this St. Patrick’s Day? Bring the Luck of the Irish to your front door this green holiday with an easy and super thrifty (read: $10 or less) shamrock craft.
Purchasing just a handful of dollar section ribbon was truly my only investment for this DIY St. Patrick’s Day craft. The remainder of this lucky craft was plucked straight from my recycling bin as I sketched an iconic St. Patrick’s Day lucky shamrock on a piece of cardboard.
Here’s how I brought some luck to my door this St. Patty’s Day in a thrifty way, saving those greens instead for some Irish good times!
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How to Make a St. Patrick’s Day Shamrock Door Hanger
Put a twist on the traditional front door wreath! Lucky for you, this DIY holiday decor is inexpensively easy and quick, saving you time and money for some good ole Irish partying instead.
Good Luck Clover Supplies
– Variety of rainbow colored thin grosgrain ribbons
– Flat piece of cardboard
– Hot glue gun
– Floral wire
how to make st. patrick’s day shamrock with ribbon
Sketch out a simple rainbow cascading into a four leaf clover design onto a flat piece of cardboard. Because this is your lucky day, here is a free four leaf clover template.
So, my 4-year old took the liberty to add his own rainbow touches to the piece of cardboard. I swear, you turn your back for one minute and the markers come out! Moving on…
Wrap a piece of floral wire around the middle section of the cardboard.
On the backside, twist the two ends together and form a loop. This will be what you will hang your Good Luck Clover decor with.
Begin hot gluing the ribbon to form your rainbow. Leave a small end of the ribbon dangling off the cardboard. You will glue this end to the backside of the cardboard.
Attach the ribbon in a cascading, figure eight manner.
Once the rainbow is complete, begin making your good luck clover, applying the green ribbon in the same manner.
Luck ‘o the Irish Friendly Tip: Don’t worry about completely covering the cardboard the first time ’round. Go back and fill in any empty spots, or areas where the cardboard is peeking through, with extra ribbon.
I cut and glue strips to fill in such areas.
Other St. Patrick’s Day Projects:
- St. Patrick’s Day wreath made with shamrock headbands and yarn
- “Lucky” rainbow felt St. Patrick’s Day garland
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I love how this turned out!! So creative (I would have never thought to use ribbon that way).
Thanks!
Now that is a neat trick with ribbon! I love your final craft, so glad you joined us for the hop!
Thanks! Happy to be part of my first ever Blog Hop.
This came out so cute …love how you used the ribbon!
I love the use of rainbows for St. Patrick’s day and this is the cutest!!! Your design is so clever!
Thanks so much! It was a fun challenge.
What a creative project! Love it!
Lots of creativity here. Great project.
It looks like so much fun to bunch up all that ribbon and it turned out so cute! Just joined the party, thanks for hosting ~ Amy
Thanks for stopping by and linking up.
This is really cute. Would love to feature this next week if you have a link party page or link back to Craftastic Monday. Couldn’t find one, so if you do or add it, let me know and I’ll be happy to showcase you:) Thanks for linking to Craftastic Monday at Sew Can Do!
Hi! I’d love to be featured. I did have a link back to Sew Can Do at bottom of my page but I updated it to Craftastic Monday.
So cute! Thank you for sharing at The Really Crafty Link Party this week! Pinned!
Such a cute piece of St. Patty’s decor! Thanks for linking up to Meetup Monday!
What a great idea! I love the multple colors, too.
Thank you! Color is always a good thing!
I love this it is so fun! I was saving it for closer to the holiday for my P3 features. So clever. Stopping by to let you know you are being featured on Friday’s P3 Party post! Have a great week! Thanks for pinning!
Best,
Kim
Thank you so much! I’ll be sure to stop by tomorrow.
This is SO cute! I would have never thought to use ribbon to create a fun piece of door decor! Thanks for linking up for Maker’s Mix-Up! Hope to see you again this week!
Love it!! So creative!!
Very creative and colourful!
Thanks Claire! From one color lover to another!!
Victoria this is such a cute project for y our front door. Happy St. Patricks day!
Thanks Mary! Hope it brings lots of “luck” to our home.
Looks cute! A project so easy my kids would enjoy it too 🙂
Such a creative idea and so colorful! Thanks for sharing at the #happynowlinkup!
It’s pretty! Thanks for teaching us another use of ribbons.
Adorable shamrock decor for the front door. Love the colors you picked for your rainbow.
Thank you for sharing at the Snickerdoodle Create~Bake~Make link party! Pinning.
Super cute project for St. Patrick’s Day. Thanks for sharing at the Inspiration Spotlight Party. Pinned & shared.
Your Shamrock Door Decor looks terrific, Victoria. It’s so bright and cheerful. It was the Most Clicked from our last Snickerdoodle Party and it will be featured today on all of the co-hosts blogs & in the party email notice. Hope to see you at the party!
So cute, my kids are going to love this. Thank you for sharing at The Really Crafty link Party. Pinned!
This is adorable! Front doors should always have some decor! Thanks for linking up with Wednesday Showcase!
Somewhere over the rainbow I will find that pot of gold!!! Fun and really creative, love the ribbon decor.
That’s adorable! Thanks so much for sharing this with us at the DI & DI Link Party.
What a cool project for St. Patrick’s Day!
What a cute holiday project.
Too cute! Thanks for sharing at Vintage Charm! xo Kathleen|Our Hopeful Home
Very cute and creative!
This is super cute and I love any craft with ribbon. I will be featuring this in my DIY St. Patrick’s Day Ideas for the Merry Monday Party on Sunday at 6 pm PST. I hope you can come join us for the party.
This is lovely and I especially like how you used a simple bit of cardboard.
What a festive and colourful decoration to put on the door this time of year.
What fun, so bright are cheerful.
Here in the UK it’s only really Irish people or people of Irish decent that do anything for St Patrick’s day and then most of it involves a trip to the pub. It’s funny though because you only need 1 distant relative to be Irish to be able to claim your Irishness for the day!
Very pretty! I am featuring your craft in this week’s Merry Monday link up party! Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Festive and fun! This is such a great St. Patrick’s Day decoration! Thanks so much for sharing at Celebrate It!