Easy St. Patrick’s Pot of Gold Party Game

Pin It

My kids had such fun playing this super-simple St. Patrick’s Day Pot O’ Gold Game.  It only took me a couple of minutes to make, and I got all of the supplies for a couple bucks at the dollar store. 

What you’ll need:

• a black paper cup
• one pipe cleaner for each color of the rainbow (Sawyer didn’t like that we were missing orange.)
• stapler and staples
• white paint pen
• chocolate gold coin candies

How it’s made:

1. Use the white paint pen to decorate the black cup with “Pot O’Gold” or “Happy St. Patrick’s Day!”
2. Holding the pipe cleaners in order of the colors of the rainbow, twist the ends together.
3. Staple that twisted end to the inside rim of one side of the cup.
4. Twist the other ends of the pipe cleaners together.
5. Staple that other twisted end to the inside rim on the other side of the cup.
6. Adjust and separate your pipe cleaners to make them look like a rainbow.

How to play: Have the kids stand/sit back from the cup and toss the gold coin candies into the “Pot O’ Gold.”  If they make it in, they get to eat the candy!
I just made this on a whim for my two oldest kiddos, but it would be great for a school or playgroup party.  And it’s cheap and easy enough that one pot of gold could be made for each child to take home their loot, too!

I love to link up with:
Made by Little Hands Monday, Learning Laboratory Monday, Tip Me Tuesday, Get Your Craft on Tuesday, Show & Tell Tuesday, Made by Me Wednesday, Sugar & Spice Wednesday, Share & Wow Wednesday, Kids Get Crafty Wednesday, It's Playtime Thursday, What Are Little Boys Made of Thursday, The Weekly Kids Co-op, Read Explore Learn Friday, For the Kids Friday, Fun for Kids Friday, and Show & Share Saturday.