St Patrick Day Crafts

St Patrick Day Crafts are fun. Make this cute little leprechaun to watch over your pot of gold.

leprechaun

Supplies Needed Per Leprechaun:

These St Patrick Day crafts instructions don't include the empty pot of gold the leprechaun is holding. If you want to include that you will need two of the fruit containers and a black pipe cleaner.

Green Construction Paper 2 sheets
Pink Construction Paper scrap piece
Black Construction Paper 1/2 sheet
Styrofoam Ball Painted Pink
Orange Curly Hair
Empty Fruit Container Individual Serving Size
Wiggle Eyes 2
Green Twisty Paper or Yellow Construction Paper
Black Marker
Glue
Scissors
Template For Hands and Bowtie

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St Patrick Day Crafts Instructions

Step 1 Create The Body

Fold one sheet of the green construction paper in half with long ends together.

Draw a line across the length of the paper 1 ½ inches down from the open end.

Draw lines spaced 1" apart from the fold of the page to the horizontal pencil line you made.

Step 2

While the paper is still folded, cut the vertical lines (the ones that are spaced 1" apart ) up to but not over the horizontal line.

Don't worry if the pencil lines are showing. Trying to erase them on construction paper can rub the paper into shreds.

Carefully unfold the paper.

Step 3

Bring the short ends of the unfolded paper together to form a tube shape.
This is the body of your leprechaun.

Glue, staple or tape the ends together.
I found it best to put a staple into the top and bottom just to make sure it holds together.

Set the body aside.

Step 4 Creating Arms

Cut two 1" x 8½" pieces from the second piece of green construction paper. Accordian fold the strips.

Cut two hands from the scrap of pink construction paper and glue to the ends of the green strips.
Set aside for now.

Step 5 Putting the Head Together

Glue orange curly hair to the top of the pink ball. To make orange curly hair I took white hair and place it into a ziploc bag and poured orange tempra paint into it. Squish the paint around in the bag so that it covers all the hair. Set it aside until dry or blow dry it.

Glue wiggle eyes to the pink face. Add a mouth using a black marker or a small piece of string.
Set it aside.

Step 6 Making The Hat

Using a black marker color the outside of the fruit container. Using a permanent marker works much better than tempra paint does.

While the fruit container is drying. Cut a circle out of the black paper using the face circle from the template as a guide.

Glue the fruit container to the center of the black circle.

Glue a tiny square of yellow paper to the hat to resemble a buckle. Glue a smaller black square onto the yellow square.

Step 7 Finishing The Leprechaun

Glue the hat to the head of your leprechaun, making sure that the buckle is aimed towards the face. (can't have the little guy wearing his hat backwards!)

Glue the head to the body of the leprechaun.

Glue the arms to the sides of the body.

Using a 12" piece of green ribbon and tie it into a knot. Centering the knot as you pull the pieces tight. Untwist the ends and fan them out to create the bow. You may need to trim the ends for a nice fit. Glue to the leprechaun.
You can use the bowtie pattern and a scrap of yellow paper rather than the green twisty paper.

Congratulate Yourself On A Job Well Done

For more St Patrick Day crafts try one of these links:

Leprechaun 1
A variation of the leprechaun shown on this page that is an easier version of this St Patrick Day Crafts.
Shamrock Coloring Pages
Shamrocks for coloring.
St Patricks Day Coloring Pages
A variety St Patricks Day coloring pages.
Shamrock Stamping
Use a heart shaped stamp to make shamrocks.