Winking Paper Plate Leprechaun

Chasing leprechauns are ya? He’s winking because he’s knows he’s tricky and it will take a lot for you to catch him! Make this fun winking leprechaun from a paper plate and construction paper. A great St. Patrick’s Day craft for a classroom too!

Download the patterns here

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• End of the Rainbow Loot Buckets
• Monster Cards for St. Patrick’s Day
• St. Patrick’s Day Cootie Catcher
• Craft Stick Leprechaun Hat
• Rainbow Crafts for Kids
• St. Patricks Day Activity Sheets
• Cereal Box Leprechaun Trap

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Winking Paper Plate Leprechaun

Here’s a leprechaun craft that will make St. Patrick’s Day a fun day for children as they try to capture him so that they’ll be granted three wishes.

Supplies

• Paper plate
• Construction paper: green black, yellow, orange
• Green glitter
• Peach paint
• 1 large googly eye
• Pink crayon
• Gold pipe cleaner
• Black marker
• Scissors
• Glue stick and/or white craft glue
• Tape
• Pattern for paper plate leprechaun

Instructions

• Paint the center of the paper plate with peach paint and set aside to dry.
• Print the patterns. Cut out the hat from green paper, hat band from black, the buckle from yellow and the shamrock from green paper.
  
• Cover the shamrock with glue and sprinkle with green glitter. Tap off the excess and set aside to dry.
  
• Tear orange paper into strips and then into squares.
  
• Glue the orange squares around 2/3 of the paper plate.
  
• Make sure the hat will cover any white areas of the plate.
  
• Assemble the hat and glue it to the top of the paper plate. Tear two small strips of orange paper and glue on as eyebrows.
  
• Add one googly eye and use a marker to draw a curved line for the winking eye. use marker to add a nose and smile. Color two pink circles for cheeks.
  
• Cut gold pipe cleaner in half and save the other half for another project. Glue a piece of black paper around the end for the pipe.
  
• Poke a small hole in the leprechaun’s mouth and push the pipe cleaner through to the back of the plate.
  
• Bend it over and tape it to the back of the plate to hold it in place.
  

I originally made this project for Kix Cereal