If you’re too busy to spend a lot of time on St. Patrick’s Day craft projects with your family but you’d like to do some kind of activity together, you’re in luck. The Internet is full of free St. Patrick’s Day images that can be used to create easy craft projects. As an example, crafts made from vintage Irish flags pictures found on the Web make projects simple, due to the fact that vintage images are both versatile and very effective at conveying the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day. You can find a little something for everyone, because vintage Saint Patrick’s Day images range from mischievous to sweet to Irish-loving patriotic. Vintage images can also be downloaded and used without fear of copyright infringement. That’s a great bonus, because you don’t have to worry about the accidental illegal use of other people’s art. Doing a fast Web search for “free St Patrick’s clip art” will also give you a large number of free St. Patrick’s Day images from which many crafts projects can be made.

Here are examples of two Saint Patrick’s Day projects nearly anyone can make by using free art found on the Web:

St. Patrick’s Day Place Cards
If you’re going to have guests over for corned beef and cabbage, you can make your table look more festive by making your own St. Patrick’s Day place cards. They’re a great way to make your guests feel welcome! Fortunately, these can be made quite easily using vintage cards or free clip art images. Simply download the the image or images you like and paste them into a table in your word processing program. The table should have two columns and six or eight rows, depending on how long and thin you want the cards. Paste the art into every other cell, making sure there’s enough room to write people’s names. Then, print onto heavy card stock, cut them out using a paper cutter or a ruler and craft knife and they’ll be ready to fold in half. Voila! That’s it. Your St. Patty’s Day table will be instantly more beautiful.

Handmade St. Patrick’s Day Postcards
Once you’ve gone online and downloaded the Saint Patrick’s Day art you would like to use, paste it into a word processing or PowerPoint document. You can size the card by adjusting the software’s settings. Place the image on one half of the card, so it can be folded in half after it’s printed. Print the card on card stock as heavy as your printer will allow, fold it and and apply just a little glitter glue to make it sparkle. You can also make your own envelopes or just get some at the dollar store.

I hope you enjoy making these simple and fun St. Patty’s Day crafts and that you have a joyful holiday. If you want even more St. Patty’s Day fun, check out these Saint Patrick’s Day trivia.

Erin Go Braugh!