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St. Patrick’s Day Lucky Leprechaun Craft

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What is St. Patrick’s Day without a visit from a lucky leprechaun? Whether you are planning a fun party or just trying to come up with ideas for the kids, this is a nice and easy craft to do.

St. Patrick's Day - Lucky Leprechaun Craft

St. Patrick’s Day Lucky Leprechaun Craft

What is St. Patrick’s Day without a visit from a Lucky Leprechaun?

Whether you are planning a fun party or just trying to come up with ideas for the kids, this Lucky Leprechaun craft will add some fun to your day. Plus, don’t forget to check out these super cute St Patrick’s Day Cake Pops Recipe or these Lucky Charms Cupcakes too.

If you know me, frugal is my middle name. I like to include crafts that do not require expensive materials. You might already have everything you will need on hand and will just need to raid the craft closet. And Hey!!! Let’s get those kids excited.

This St. Patrickโ€™s Day craft will give your kids a chance to practice their concentration and perseverance skills as they may find it tricky to place the pieces exactly where they want them to go. These also make excellent house decor and grandparent gifts.

Let’s get started – Making Your Leprechaun Hat Template

Please note that full printable instructions, including the materials needed, are below. 

Supplies Needed for Lucky Leprechaun Craft

Materials Needed For Lucky Leprechaun

Instructions to Complete Your St. Patrick’s Day Craft

Templates Cut Out for Lucky Leprechaun Craft

First, you will need to print the Lucky Leprechaun Template and cut out all the pieces.

Just a quick side note: The template pieces can also be colored instead of tracing and cutting colored cardstock.  

Trace & Cut Each Piece as follows:

  • First, trace and cut the large circle from the skin-colored paper.
  • Repeat this trace and cut again method with the large skewed rectangle and rectangle strip from green paper.
  • Cut another rectangle strip and LUCKY letters from orange paper.
  • Then cut the smallest strip and smallest square from brown paper
  • Finally, trace and cut the bigger square from the gold glitter paper.
Making the leprechaun hat - pictured green construction paper and brown belt

Now it is time to assemble the hat. Start by gluing the long green strip to the bottom of the skewed green rectangle.

It starts to get fun at this point. You can see it all beginning to come together. Now you can make the hatโ€™s belt by gluing the small brown square to the gold square, then glue that to the long brown strip.

Making a St Patrick's day Leprechaun Hat. gluing betlt onto hat

Now glue that belt to the hat and attach the hat to the head. You can see it coming together.

Making Leprechaun Hair for Lucky Leprechaun Craft

Time to start creating some lucky leprechaun hair. Begin by taking the orange strip and cutting slits down the entire length. Give the fringe a little fluff and glue these under the brim of the hat to act as the leprechaunโ€™s hair.

Adding The lettering "Lucky" To the Leprechaun craft

Pulling St. Patrick’s Day Lucky Leprechaun Craft Together

Now it is time to start gluing the LUCKY letters to the leprechaunโ€™s chin.

INSIDER CRAFT TIP: To keep the beard centered, start with the C first. Gluing it in place to the center of your work. This will make it easier and if you suffer from a little OCD like me, more pleasing to the eye. 

Now give your leprechaun a cute face by popping on some googly eyes and the pom-pom nose.

Then Lastly, draw on a smile and the leprechaun craft is complete. As my kids would say; “totes adorbs” in my terms “it is pretty rad”. Either way, I know your kiddos would enjoy completing this craft. 

St. Patrick’s Day Lucky Leprechaun Craft – Printable Instructions

This craft is great for toddlers and preschoolers because itโ€™s so simple to do! It would also be brilliant if youโ€™re having a St. Patrickโ€™s Day-themed party.

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St. Patrick's Day Lucky Leprechaun Craft

St. Patricks Day Lucky Leprechaun Craft e1580694876358

What is St. Patrick's Day without a visit from a lucky Leprechaun? Whether you are planning a fun party or just trying to come up with ideas for the kids, this is a nice and easy craft to do.

Prep Time 5 minutes
Active Time 15 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Difficulty Easy

Materials

  • Lucky Leprechaun Template
  • Cardstock: brown, green, light green, orange, skin color and gold glitter
  • Pink pom pom
  • Google eyes
  • Black marker
  • Glue stick
  • All-purpose glue

Tools

  • Scissors

Instructions

  1. First print the template and cut out the pieces.
  2. Then trace and cut the large circle from the skin-colored paper. 
  3. Repeat this trace and cut again method with the large skewed rectangle and rectangle strip from green paper.
  4. Cut another rectangle strip and LUCKY letters from orange paper.
  5. Then cut the smallest strip and smallest square from brown paper
  6. Finally, trace and cut the bigger square from the gold glitter paper.
  7. To assemble the hat, glue the long green strip to the bottom of the green skewed rectangle.
  8. Make the hat’s belt by gluing the small brown square to the gold square, then glue that to the long brown strip.
  9. Now glue that belt to the hat and attach the hat to the head.
  10. Next, take the orange strip and cut slits down the entire length. Give the fringe a little fluff and glue these under the brim of the hat to act as the leprechaun’s hair.
  11. Then glue the LUCKY letters to the leprechaun’s chin. TIP: To keep the beard centered, start with the C first.
  12. Now give your leprechaun a cute face by popping on some google eyes and the pom pom nose.
  13. Lastly, draw on a smile and the leprechaun craft is complete.

Notes

NOTE: The template pieces can also be
colored instead of tracing and cutting colored cardstock.

Did you make this project?

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I hope you enjoy this simple idea for St. Pattyโ€™s Day! Do you have any fun craft ideas? Iโ€™d love to hear about them too! Could you drop us a comment below? We would love to hear from you.

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14 Comments

  1. We don’t celebrate St. Patrickโ€™s Day but I’ll make sure I’ll wear green and do this craft. So fun! My nephews and niece will love it for sure!

  2. This is so cute. It looks easy enough for a preschooler to make. I will suggest this activity to my grandson’s nursery school teacher. I am sure she will love the idea. Thanks for sharing.

  3. That’s nice creativity to keep the kids engaged and display their talents in art and craft. My son likes creating new things, I showed him your post. He started making one.

  4. This looks fun! My kids would enjoy this! I’m not great with arts and crafts, but this looks like something even I could handle.

  5. That is super cute! I used to do seasonal and holiday crafts like this with my kids all the time when they were younger.

  6. How cute is this lucky leprechaun! My kids were just asking if we could make a craft for St. Patrick’s Day this year!

  7. your leprechaun looks very cute. love how you created the fringe for his hair. i hope you and your kids have a fun st patrick’s day next month.

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