Do you always forget about St. Patrick’s Day until oops, it’s here? Yeah, me too. Here are five simple last-minute crafts you can do with or for your family to celebrate, just in the nick of time.

Felt Clovers

[Image from Pinterest, with unfortunately no clues as to whose original photo this is.]

I made some of these last year and turned them into pins. (This is a perfect use for leftover felt if you made the easy felt trees for Christmas.)

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Nobody says “February showers bring March flowers,” but maybe they will if we all make this quick and easy and oh-so-fancy little craft the next time we’re stuck inside because of rain (or snow). It poured here yesterday, which is why I’m now the proud owner of a handful of lovely little felt blooms that will help brighten those gray weeks of early spring.

Do you love these? You won’t believe how simple the process is. And they’re like the potato chips of crafting: you won’t be able to make just one. So let’s get going.

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Here’s my definition of the perfect craft: quick, easy, inexpensive, endlessly customizable, and goooooood-lookin’. When I came across some simple and modern felt trees (Christmas or otherwise) in one of my favorite catalogs, I knew I had to at least try to make them. To tell the truth, sometimes my “inspired by something I saw in a catalog” DIY crafts are epic failures, but this one? This one was even easier than I thought it would be, which is why it’s genius for busy families, even ones who think they don’t have crafting skills.

Putting the tree together takes almost no time at all, but there is a fair amount of prep, which makes this a good project to start while kicking back with a cup of tea (or hot toddy) and watching a holiday movie you’ve seen three dozen times. (It doesn’t get better than Love, Actually, yeah?)

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