A String of Good Luck!

St. Patrick’s Day is a big deal in our house!  Ever since my boys were little they looked forward to seeing what pranks those pesky Leprechauns played while we slept on St. Paddy’s Day eve!  And no matter what havoc they wreaked, they always left a consolation…gold coins in the kid’s shoes!  (however, they should have left ME money since I was the one to clean up the mess…even though I created it!)  But even though they’re older and the belief that those pranksters are real was lost some time ago, it wouldn’t be the same if we didn’t have some Irish festivity leading up to our annual corned beef & cabbage feast!  And even though I LOVE creating holiday fun for my family, it’s not the only reason I continue on with it…I hope that these traditions we’ve cherished through the years will continue on some day when my boys have families of their own!  So I don’t tear the house apart any more pretending that the Leprechauns were the culprits…but I still leave coins in the shoes and always create some Irish joy in the house–somewhere!  This year my inspiration came from some tiny clips that reminded me of a rainbow.  And since coins are always found at the end of the rainbow, I decided to make a whimsical garland celebrating the gold at the colorful end!  Have a look at this easy DIY that will sure to bring smiles to kids of all ages!

at the end of the rainbow…

when i discovered these adorable clips in the dollar section of Target i knew i had to find SOMETHING to do with them…

how about a garland?  so i grabbed my stamps–and had some DIY fun!

wouldn’t it be cute to string up a St. Patrick’s Day message with those adorable clips?

a message in a garland…

but what does it say?

and there’s no better place for the gold to be hiding than in this adorable mini pinata…

the sweet prize…

chocolate coins and nuggets are perfect for filling this little guy (found in the party section at Target), and what a fun thing for the boys to smash on St. Patrick’s Day!

so here it hangs…creating some holiday joy in the sun room!

and it’s easy to make the greens look festive with a single paper shamrock tucked in…

i can hardly wait for the boys to find their “gold”!  who knows, i may just add an extra surprise…’cause they KNOW a pinata will be filled with candy!

what’s at the end of the rainbow?

a “sweet” end to the holiday!