We like shape crafts and try to make one for each holiday or season. Our shape Cat in the Hat has been such a popular classroom craft that we have decided to create a craft for St Patrick’s Day, too. This shape leprechaun craft is a perfect activity for a geometry unit. Kids will practice shapes and can name them while crafting.
Of course our shape leprechaun is also a fun craft to make at home with mom or dad. In case you prefer a non-shape leprechaun, you can take a look at our paper leprechaun craft or our entire St Patrick’s Day craft collection.
Shape leprechaun craft
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Supplies:
- Shape leprechaun template
- Construction paper: green, orange, yellow, red, white and black
- Gray cardstock paper
- 2 googly eyes
- Black marker
- Scissors
- Glue
How to make the paper leprechaun craft
The leprechaun template comes with two versions:
1. home template – print the template, cut out the patterns and trace them on corresponding paper.
2. classroom template – print the pattern directly on colored paper and cut them out.
This way you can easily craft with just one or two kids as well as with a classroom full of students.
STEP BY STEP DIRECTIONS FOR HOME CRAFTING
Print the home template, cut out the patterns and trace them on corresponding colored paper.
To make the shape leprechaun craft, you will need 1 white face, 2 orange eyebrows, 1 red nose, 1 green hat, 1 green hat brim, 1 black hat band, 1 yellow hat buckle and 10 orange beard strips.
Start by gluing the head on the middle of the gray cardstock paper.
Glue the green hat brim on top of the head.
Add the hat above the hat brim.
Glue the black band onto the hat.
The yellow buckle goes in the middle of the hat band.
Glue the red nose in the middle of the face.
Glue the googly eyes above the nose.
Add the eyebrows above the eyes, one on each side.
Glue the orange beard strips at the bottom of the face, going around it.
Use a black marker to draw the leprechaun’s mouth.
Curl the end of each strip of paper around a pencil or pen
STEP BY STEP DIRECTIONS FOR CLASSROOM CRAFTING
Print the classroom template on corresponding colored paper. The head is printed on white paper, the hat and hat brim on green paper, the hat buckle on yellow paper, the eyebrows and beard strips on orange paper, the nose on red paper. For the hat band there is the option to either print it on white paper (the black pattern) or on black paper (the outline pattern).
To make the shape leprechaun craft, each student will need 1 white face, 2 orange eyebrows, 1 red nose, 1 green hat, 1 green hat brim, 1 black hat band, 1 yellow hat buckle and 10 orange beard strips.
Start by gluing the head on the middle of the gray cardstock paper.
Glue the green hat brim on top of the head.
Add the hat above the hat brim.
Glue the black band onto the hat.
The yellow buckle goes in the middle of the hat band.
Glue the red nose in the middle of the face.
Glue the googly eyes above the nose.
Add the eyebrows above the eyes, one on each side.
Glue the orange beard strips at the bottom of the face, going around it.
Use a black marker to draw the leprechaun’s mouth.
Curl the end of each strip of paper around a pencil or pen.