I started decorating for St. Patrick’s Day last week. I am a bit Irish somewhere down the bloodline; My father’s grandmother, I think. Matt’s birthday is the day after St.Patrick’s Day, and his favorite color is green, so I do like to decorate for the holiday.
Sara had the idea to use horseshoes for St.Paddy’s Day decor to show “the luck of the Irish.” She picked up a bunch of used horseshoes for about $1 each!
For our word display, we spelled out “Lucky,” using a horseshoe as the U.
We Modge Podged the letters with scrapbook paper, and embellished them with some decorating moss, berries, and other green foliage.
We also used some plastic gold coins, and I made several felt four leaf clovers I saw on Pinterest.
We painted the horseshoe gold, and I found these tiny wooden signs at Michael’s. I painted “Leprechaun Crossing” onto the sign and glued it to the horseshoe.
Lucky Leprechaun Crossing
We were also sure to paint the edges of the wooden letters gold for a more finished look.
I really love the “Lucky” display, but I might decide to fasten the letters onto a wooden board. I’m not sure yet, so for right now they are just resting against the wall on our entry table.
We also used the horseshoes to make the St. Patrick’s Wreath. The first thing we did was add some decorative moss to a twig wreath so that the base was green.
We the attached the horseshoes with floral wire to the wreaths, and then added the flowers.
Daisies, hydrangeas, berries, and leaves were glued on in spots to highlight the horseshoes. I also added more of the felt clovers and plastic gold coins.
Just hot glue the flowers down
Initially, I wasn’t going to paint these horseshoes gold, but when I looked at the wreath while sitting in my car, I noticed that I really couldn’t see the horseshoes.
Unpainted Horseshoes
I think if this were meant for an indoor wreath, or had different color flowers embellishing it, I could have left the horseshoes. But I think painting the horseshoes gold not only makes them more visible, it also makes the wreath even more fitting for St Patrick’s Day.
Painted Horseshoes
I think both projects are nice, and I think they’re my favorite wreath and word display yet!
