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When we think of St. Patrick’s Day, we think of leprechauns and the giant pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. The girls love to create little treats for their friends at school and this year we thought it would be fun to focus on those things and create the cutest little St. Patrick’s Day gift.
They can be given out to classmates, co-workers, or even teachers! I even created a FREE printable for you and posted a how-to video below, so make sure to check that out!
A couple of things before we get to the details… you can use any rainbow candies you’d like for these St. Patrick’s Day gifts. We chose M&M’s because they had all of the colors we needed.
We were able to pick up a 3lb 14oz container at our local club warehouse. They are also available on Amazon (I linked that below for you).
If you are able to, I highly recommend allowing the kids to help! I had my 7-year-old sort the colors and then help me count 18 pieces, of each color, into each bag.
When we were finished, she said she had so much fun because it was like mixing chocolate and math. I love any project that gets my girls to love math more!
How to Create These St. Patrick’s Day Gifts
You’ll need:
Our FREE Printable
Rainbow Candy (we chose M&Ms)
Chocolate Gold Coins
Bags
Cardstock Paper
Scissors or Paper Cutter
Hole Punch
Pen or Marker
Directions:
- Download our free Lucky and Rainbow Printable, open in Adobe Acrobat, and print on cardstock paper (you can also use regular printer paper if that’s all you have available).
- Using a paper cutter or scissors, cut out each card (there are 20 on each page).
- Punch a hole on each card on the top left-hand side.
- Fill out the “from” on each card.
- Separate rainbow candies by color.
- Open a bag and place 18 pieces of each, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and brown candies. The number may vary, depending on the size and shape of the bags you choose. This worked well for the bags we linked to above.
- Place 8 chocolate gold coins on top, in a stack.
- If you chose the same bags we used, use a provided tie to tie the top of the bag. If you used different bags, you can use a string or ribbon.
- Place one part of the tie/ribbon, into the punched hole on one of the cards and tie one last time to secure.
- Repeat until you have all of the gift bags you need.
How-To Video
What do you think of our St. Patrick’s Day creation? And if you’re looking for more St. Patrick’s Day ideas, make sure to check out our Leprechaun Bait idea from last year and make sure to try our Cheesy Bacon Irish Soda Bread Muffins and Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies!
Marysa
March 31, 2021These are so cute! How sweet to make these for kids. You are so creative and this would be a special gift.
Elizabeth O
April 28, 2020These are some great gift ideas for St.Patrick’s Day. I love that chocolate and some printable cards. Children will love it more.
Lily
March 12, 2020I like these little gifts for St.Patty’s Day. They kind of remind me of the clever candy gifts you would give and receive for Vday.
Lyanna Soria
March 11, 2020That sounds like a wonderful idea and it’s easy to make as well. Thanks for this creative idea and I’m sure kids would love this.
Stephen
March 10, 2020These are so cute and just in time for the big day 😍
shayna
March 10, 2020What a great idea – These are adorable! I’m definitely going to make these for my son’s class on for St. Patty’s day.
Ashley R
March 10, 2020What a super fun idea. I remember loving giving my friends gifts when I was younger and now that I’m older, I know that gifts is my love language!
Shanelle Ogden
March 10, 2020I love this idea! So cute!
Marta
March 10, 2020You always create the most adorable crafts! I love these so much!
Kareena
March 10, 2020Such an awesome idea! I love how easy this is to make. Would love to share with my kids teachers. Thanks for sharing!
Clair Cook
March 10, 2020This has got to be the cutest St. Patrick’s Day treat I have ever seen! I am going to make these for my kids!
Tina
March 10, 2020This is a cute idea. I am not that creative do it is very enjoyable to see the creativity of others.
Luna S
March 10, 2020I watched your video over on facebook and I love these, I might make them for my kids classrooms. Thanks for sharing this.
keikilani
March 10, 2020These are so fun and easy! I have six kids that would love to wake up to these on St. Patricks Day
Lisa Joy Thompson
March 10, 2020This is such a super cute treat idea! I love that your daughter said it was like mixing chocolate and math! 🙂 So cute! I’ve always loved letting my kids help me in the kitchen (even if it sometimes makes more work for me) because reading instructions and measuring ingredients help with learning and teach life skills at the same time!
Indra
March 10, 2020I love these gift bags for St. Patrick’s Day. It looks like something my kids would enjoy helping me with!
Kay
March 10, 2020I really love that you include the gold chocolate coins at the top of the colorful candies. It’s such a great idea for St. Patrick’s Day!
Catalina
March 10, 2020These are such a cute and fun gift idea! My family will appreciate it!
Toni
March 10, 2020This is such a fun idea! I will try this for St. Patrick’s Day!
Amary
March 10, 2020Seems like a fun diy to do with kids. Having colourful pieces makes it even more fun. Hope their friends like the gifts.
Kita Bryant
March 10, 2020This is so fun and colorful! I would love to surprise the kids with this awesome idea.
EMILY ZIELINSKI
March 10, 2020oh wow, what a clever idea. I dont really celebrate St Patricks day but these would be great gifts if i were ever invited to a party
Joy
March 10, 2020M&Ms are the only way to go! I love your gift bags. They are super cute and colorful. I bet these would be a huge hit for the kids at school. Thanks so much for sharing (sharing it myself right now)
Jay Aguirre
March 9, 2020Ooh I really like this. This is such a cool and festive way to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day and create something crafty and cute!
littlemisadvencha
March 9, 2020lots of treats and chocolates. every kid surely loves and enjoys this. <3
Monica
March 9, 2020This is such a fun idea!! We’ve never given gifts for St. Patrick’s Day, but I may want to reconsider this!
Stefani
March 9, 2020What a cute and clever idea. I love these!
Monica
March 9, 2020These are adorable!!! I totally want to make them for my son to give out for his birthday to his classmates. He was born on St. Patrick’s Day.
Heather
March 9, 2020That’s such a fun idea!
Fatima Torres
March 9, 2020This is such a clever idea for the kids. We’ll be putting something like this together for our oldest’s classmates.
Amy Desrosiers
March 9, 2020These are super cute for St. Patrick’s Day. I know my kiddos would love to eat their way to these gold coins.
Christine Weis
March 9, 2020Oh, I LOVE IT! I’m thinking that these would make a cute little gift for my class. They would absolutely love this. Thanks for the idea!
Stephanie
March 9, 2020These are the cutest! Such a fun idea, my daughter turns 4 soon and she wants to have a “rainbow party” so these could be a totally cute take home for the kids!
Jamie
March 9, 2020So cute!! I remember making those years ago. The hardest part was to not test the pieces! ha/ha
Tara Pittman
March 9, 2020I need to make these for my boys. They are so darn cute and my boys will love them.
Lisa
March 9, 2020These chocolate little bags are such a cute idea for St Patrick’s Day! The printable is very useful too.
Melissa Cushing
March 9, 2020Oh these are so much fun and what a wonderful little gift bag of goodies that the kids and adults will love! So bright and colorful too and I always love those chocolate gold coins 🙂
Rebecca
March 9, 2020So many awesome gift ideas for this year’s St. Patrick’s day!
Colleen
March 9, 2020This is such a cute idea! I love all the colors, and everyone loves candy. It’s perfect!
Jessica Collazo
March 9, 2020This is such a cute idea love all those colors and the coins
Matt Taylor
March 9, 2020Those are very creative, St. Patrick’s Day gifts! Thanks for sharing!!