Create a St Patrick’s Day Candy Bar Wrapper
St. Patrick’s Day is one of those holidays that everyone can have fun with. It doesn’t matter how old you are, you can participate in the events of this lively March day. All that is required is that you add a little green to your wardrobe and if you are so inclined, you can even indulge in a little green beer. It’s also a truly fun day for kids. Many kids dress in green from head to toe and get to look forward to a few cupcakes at school with green icing. Another fun way to celebrate, even if you’re not Irish, is with a St. Patrick’s Day candy bar wrapper.
Candy bar wrappers are one of the easiest crafts around. You don’t even have to be particularly crafty to create great looking personalized wrappers. Creating a St. Patrick’s Day themed one is fairly simple and if you’ve got a little one that is required to bring a treat to share with the class on March 17th, this is perfect. You can add your own custom touches and you can even make it into a fun activity.
A really great idea that I have taken advantage of with my own children for several years is to create a St. Patrick’s Day candy bar wrapper that has a puzzle on it. The puzzle is fairly simple and it consists of finding a special four-leafed clover. I fill the candy bar wrapper with images of three-leafed clovers and one four-leaved. Then when my children take them to school, each child in the class gets a wrapper, the teacher says “go” and the hunt is on. Whoever is the first to find the four-leaved clover gets a prize. In years past I’ve given everything from a gift certificate to the local ice cream shop to a small stuffed toy. My kids love being the ones providing this holiday themed fun to their classmates.
Another fun approach to a custom St. Patrick’s Day candy bar wrapper is to add an image of a leprechaun and then your face or the face of someone you know. All of a sudden you look like a little leprechaun all dressed in green on the wrapper. This is great fun and anyone you give a candy bar too is going to get a good giggle. Many people will actually indulge in the chocolate and then keep the wrapper because it’s just that cute.
With the right software you can actually design and print these custom candy wrappers in just a few minutes. The candies and the wrappers are really inexpensive so make them for everyone you know. They’ll love getting a little treat on St. Paddy’s Day.
