Saturday, March 17, 2012

Scissors and Scotch Tape Saturdays: St. Patrick's Day crafts

Happy St. Patrick's Day!  
We have found a few crafts to keep your little leprechauns busy today!

Lucky Handprint 4 Leaf Clovers

What you'll need:
green paint
paper
paint brush
optional - glitter and glue

What to do:
1. Paint your little one's palm green and have them stamp their hand, fingers pointing in and together, 4 times to resemble a shamrock.
2. Paint on a green stem and allow to dry.
3. Decorate with glitter or stickers to make it unique

Handprint Leprechauns

What you'll need:
orange paint
peach paint
paint brush
paper
green and black craft foam
scissors
glue
yellow button
sharpie

What you do:
1. Paint your little one's fingers (excluding the thumb) orange and paint their palm peach. 
2. Stamp on the paper. Paint just the top of their palm orange for some hair. Allow to dry.
3. Cut a hat out of the green craft foam and a stripe for the hat out of the black foam.
4. Have your kids glue the hat and stripe on their little leprechaun. Glue a yellow button on the hat.
5. Using a sharpie, draw on his adorable little face

Have fun and be creative!  

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