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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 printable for you and posted a how-to video below, so check that out!
A couple of things before we get to the details… you can use any rainbow candies for these St. Patrick’s Day gifts. We chose M&M’s because they had all of the colors we needed.
We picked up a 3lb 14oz container at our local club warehouse. They are also available on Amazon (I linked that below for you).
If you can, 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.
She said she had so much fun when we were finished because it was like mixing chocolate and math. I love any project that gets my girls to love math more!
Download our Lucky and Rainbow Printable, open it in Adobe Acrobat, and print on cardstock paper (you can also use regular printer paper if that’s all you have available).
Cut out each card using a paper cutter or scissors (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 above.
Place eight chocolate gold coins on top of a stack.
If you chose the same bags we used, use a provided tie to tie the top. If you use different bags, you could use a string or ribbon.
Place one part of the tie/ribbon into the punched hole on one of the cards and tie it one last time to secure it.
Repeat until you have all of the gift bags you need.
Hi! I’m Heather, Mom of 3, professional snack opener, the only person who knows where everything is in my house and part-time magician (I can turn a bunch of candy into a gift basket and everyone thinks it’s amazing). I share a mix of parenting moments, easy recipes, crafts, and DIY home decor projects.
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This 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!
I watched your video over on facebook and I love these, I might make them for my kids classrooms. Thanks for sharing this.
These are so fun and easy! I have six kids that would love to wake up to these on St. Patricks Day
This 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!
I love these gift bags for St. Patrick’s Day. It looks like something my kids would enjoy helping me with!
I 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!
These are such a cute and fun gift idea! My family will appreciate it!
This is such a fun idea! I will try this for St. Patrick’s Day!