Create a simple and lively leprechaun for St. Patrick's Day from your
hand prints. This a wonderful holiday keepsake or a sweet holiday gift
for someone special.
Craft Project Directions:To
make this craft project you will need scissors, colored construction
paper, a pen or pencil to trace your hands, tape or glue, and crayons or
markers.
To begin, first take a piece of white paper and fold it in half. Next
trace your hand print onto the piece of paper with your fingers together
and your thumb out at a slight angle from your palm. Cut out the hand
prints - you should have two since you folded the paper in half - and
set aside.
Be sure to round out the bottom of the palms. The bottom will
be the chin of your leprechaun's face.
Next take a piece of green construction paper and fold it in half. Trace
your hand print with your fingers together and your thumb straight out
to the side.
Cut out the hand prints - you should have two since you
folded the paper in half - and set aside. Trim these prints straight
across from the thumbs to create a brim for your leprechaun's hat.
Now select a colorful piece of construction paper for a background.
Take
the two white hand prints and overlay them so the thumbs become ears
and the palms overlap to form a chin and a leprechaun face. glue or tape
them in place.
Next take the green hand prints and overlay them on top of the white
leprechaun face you just created.
Overlap the green prints so the
fingers overlap to form a hat and the thumbs line up to form the brim of
the leprechaun's hat. If you want, slide the brim of the hat under one
of the leprechaun's ears and tilt it slightly. Glue or tape it in place.
Now you are ready to decorate your Leprechaun! Add a delightful
Leprechaun face, a shamrock or two, a buckle for the hat, and maybe even
a lucky piece of Leprechaun gold or two.
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
