7 Craft Projects For St Andrew's Day
What's better than celebrating St Andrew's Day with a crafting day? We have a great range of projects to make at home, whether you're looking to fill the day or simply keep the kids busy for a few hours.
Get creative with these Scottish themed crafting projects. It couldn't be simpler with our step-by-step tutorials.
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7 Craft Projects For St Andrew's Day
Is there anything more majestic than a Highland cow?
That gorgeous shaggy mane is captured in this craft and is sure to inspire lots more highland cow themed mixed-media art. Felt is wonderfully tactile for children and gives a lovely sensory feel to this project.
Enjoy this step-by-step tutorial on making your own highland cow felt face.
Beautiful thistles always make me think of Scotland. This pom pom thistle is a fun and speedy craft to make and is a great way to celebrate St Andrews Day with the kids.
It’s a fab introduction to making pom poms and they look beautiful finished up in bottle on the shelf or pinned to a memo board.
This project is great for younger children as the cutting and ripping up of the elements for the mosaic is good for honing those all important fine motor skills. It’s also a fabulous stash buster, and there’s something very therapeutic about sorting through you stash and selecting all the same colours.
What better way to celebrate St Andrews Day than creating a Scottish fabric paper flag with your kids.
What better way to celebrate St Andrew's Day than with this incredible, easy to make Paper Woven Tartan project! Kilts have been a recognised feature of Scottish heritage for centuries, so let your creativity run free with this project ideal for beginners.
Celebrate Scotland’s National Flower by cutting your own thistle-inspired lino print!
Lino printing allows you to reuse and print your design an unlimited number of times for different artworks and occasions. Learn how to customise the design with traditional Scottish greetings and sentiments, making your prints versatile all year round!
This modern, one-colour print project uses soft cut lino and a free artwork template making it the perfect beginner's introduction to creating impressive printmaking designs at home.
Celebrate Scotland’s national holiday in style with these bonnie cupcakes! This project guide features 3 cupcake designs that are sure to make a wonderful impression at your St Andrew’s Day party this year. Not only are these cupcakes tasty to eat, but they’re adorable too!
From the saltire flag to wee Nessie and scrumptious shortbread icing toppers, these designs are perfect for beginners to create and enjoy with the entire family!
St Andrew’s day is traditionally a festival of feasting but these days is just a good opportunity practice a bit of ‘coorie’. Coorie is the Scottish version of Hygge and comes from the phrase ‘coorie in’ meaning to snuggle or nestle in and what better way to get cosy than to do a bit of crafting. This tartan soap is such a simple yet effective project and would make the perfect gift to celebrate St Andrew's day.
Cuthbert the cow has been wandering the Scottish Highlands in search of his friends and – most importantly – their St Andrew’s Day feast! He’s following the distant sound of the bagpipes to find his fellow Highland cows before the feast begins.
To celebrate St Andrew's day, cosy on up with this adorable pattern and make yourself a Highland Cow. The crochet cow pattern is ideal for confident crocheters, so why not get started on your next crochet project.