Looking for march crafts for preschool with lots of color? These rainbow clouds, smiling leprechauns and bright spring flowers give you plenty to choose from.
There are simple pictures to decorate plus a few more detailed ideas to adapt with adult help.
You can keep things simple or try something a little bigger. A couple of the pictures show activities rather than crafts, so those are noted below.
Help with cutting and supervise small decorations, or swap them for larger paper shapes.
March craft ideas to try with your preschoolers
handprint leprechaun
We’re starting off strong with this super cute handprint leprechaun. I love how the orange fingers become his beard.
The oversized green hat and yellow buckle make it even sweeter.
For your version, try an orange handprint with a drawn smile. Add a big hat cutout above the eyes to finish the look.
clouds with rainbow tails
How cute are these rainbow clouds? Long colored strips hang below the white clouds, with red on one side and purple on the other.
Try arranging your strips first, then topping them with a cloud covered in white cotton balls. There’s no need to make every strip the same length.
a hat to color
If you are looking for something simple to decorate, this one is for you. The uncolored hat has a square buckle and a little shamrock, with a band that circles around the back.
Let your preschoolers choose the colors for their own version. An adult can help fit and secure the band.
rainbow pot of gold
I am obsessed with those overlapping gold-colored circles. They spill across the top of the black pot, with a rainbow curving up behind them.
For a similar picture, start with a large black pot shape. Try round yellow or gold paint marks above the rim instead of drawing every coin.
a lion with a curled mane
This lion has such a cute little face! Yellow curls and white loops surround the brown center, making the mane stick out from the background.
For a preschool version, have an adult prepare wide paper strips. Your little ones can choose where the loops go around the face.
decorate a kite
Don’t want lots of little decorations? No problem! This kite outline has four big sections to color, plus separate bow shapes.
Try a different color in each section. You could add the bows along a drawn tail on a larger sheet to turn it into a finished kite picture.
pepper-print shamrocks
Who knew a pepper shape could look so much like a shamrock? These dark green prints have little curved stems underneath.
The pepper cross-section beside them shows where those rounded edges come from.
Have an adult cut the pepper if you try stamping your own. Add the stems with a brush afterward.
colorful butterfly wings
I love how colorful and a little messy these butterflies look. Yellow, pink, purple and green spread across the wings, with curled antennae above each one.
For your own butterfly, let the wing colors vary rather than trying to make both sides identical. An adult can help gather the center and shape the antennae.
green shamrock window art
This shamrock may just be one of my favorites here. I love the overlapping green patches inside that thick dark outline.
You can see the lighter and darker areas where the pieces cross.
Try arranging translucent green paper scraps inside a prepared shamrock frame for a similar window decoration.
Thing 1 and Thing 2
How adorable is that blue handprint hair? These Thing 1 and Thing 2 figures have red tube-shaped bodies, smiling faces and white number labels.
Keep the handprints big if you try this idea. The fingers sticking up above the faces are my favorite part.
a rainbow for the window
Here is another pretty window idea, this time with a rainbow. Small colored patches fill the curved bands, with white cloud shapes at the ends.
For a similar craft, offer larger colored pieces to arrange inside a prepared rainbow outline. I’d keep those little clouds too.
green footprint mischief
Looks like a leprechaun left a little mess, lol! This picture shows green toilet water and green footprints on the seat.
It’s a grown-up prank setup rather than a preschool craft.
For a craft-table alternative, let children make green footprint shapes on a large sheet of paper. Keep the painting away from bathroom surfaces.
pink patterned flower
I am obsessed with this pink flower. The alternating stripes and white dots are so cute together, especially against the yellow background.
Try arranging folded cupcake liners around a small paper center. Add green folded leaves beside the stem if you want to follow this design.
umbrellas under a rain cloud
If you are looking for a bigger display idea, this one is for you. There’s so much to love, from the hanging blue raindrops to the colorful umbrellas and little puddles.
This detailed scene needs adult preparation. For a simpler preschool project, try flat umbrella shapes under one big gray cloud instead of recreating every standing figure.
shamrock counting cards
Want an activity to go with your shamrock crafts? These green shapes are numbered from one to five, with gold-colored counters arranged beside them.
This is a counting activity rather than a finished art project. Children could decorate large shamrock cards first, then use oversized paper circles in place of the small coins.
a bright yellow chick
How cute is this chick? The round yellow body, orange triangle beak and little orange feet are adorable together.
For a similar plate craft, try yellow paper fringe around the face. Draw the eyes instead of using loose googly eyes if you want fewer small pieces.
paint-dot rainbow
Don’t want to cut out lots of rainbow strips? No problem! This rainbow is made from rows of colorful paint dabs on a blue background.
I love the white clouds at both ends. Try following broad curved guides with your paint dots, leaving a little blue showing between them.
bright Truffula trees
These Truffula trees are so fun! The orange, pink, purple and yellow tops sit above pale trunks with little dark lines.
The green ground and blue sky keep the background simple.
For your version, try bunching colorful tissue squares into big round treetops. Let each child pick their own color combination.
a waving leprechaun puppet
This is another leprechaun idea, but it’s a little different from the handprint above. I love the raised arms and the smiling face tucked inside that orange beard.
Have an adult prepare the smaller cutouts for a similar puppet. Don’t forget the little shamrock on the green hat.
a swirly green shamrock
Last but definitely not least, we have this pale green shamrock with green and gold sparkle. I love the swirls across the leaves!
The picture doesn’t show the mixture’s ingredients, so there’s no recipe to copy here. For a preschool variation, use age-appropriate green craft paint and try painted yellow dots instead of loose glitter.