Now that I have a little one, I am even more in love with Holiday traditions and searching for new ways to make them special. My neighbor, who is a mom in love with Holidays as well, had a beautiful paper garland she made last year up in her dining room that I fell in love with. She had taped paper to her dining room table and as her husband put it she "made us draw on it." Then she cut all the paper into clovers and strung them into a clover garland. I wanted to take it home, so I had to make one too.
I went through my paper collection, pulling out all the greens and golds I could find. My little one is only 20 months old so I would put a piece of paper on his highchair tray and hand him one marker or crayon at a time and let him scribble. I drew a bit too. Of course I invited the hubby to draw to but he passed. When I felt like we had enough drawing done, I started to cut. I cut 4 leaf clovers and a few 3 leaf clovers, all sizes. I also cut gold coins and a few silver. And for extra luck, I threw in some horse-shoes! Then strung them on a pieces of yarn and hung them in my dining room doorway. And although the holiday has come and gone. I suddenly feel the luck of the Irish has blessed my home.... I may keep it up until Easter.
