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Craft Tutorials | Holiday Crafts | St. Patrick's Day Crafts | 3D Tissue Paper Shamrock
St. Patrick's Day Crafts

3D Tissue Paper Shamrock

Author by Amanda Davis on March 7, 2011 Updated on February 20, 2025

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This 3D Tissue Paper Shamrock is a great holiday craft that'll keep the kids busy for a while, whether it be in a classroom or at home!
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This cute 3D Tissue Paper Shamrock is a great craft to keep the kid’s busy at home, or makes a fun classroom craft as well. All you’ll need is some construction paper, glue, tissue paper, and scissors!



 

3D Tissue Paper Shamrock

St. Patrick’s Day is on March 17th, so if you are looking for a last-minute idea to keep the kids busy, this may just be the answer.

Do you remember doing this? Tear or cut the tissue paper into squares, then twist it around the eraser end of a pencil and press onto a glued pattern. My kids always loved these types of projects. They’re easy and fun, but best of all, they can be time-consuming, keeping them busy for a while!

What You’ll Need

You can find the full printable instructions and materials list at the end of this post.

  • Green construction paper – card stock or poster board
  • School glue or white craft glue
  • Green tissue paper or party streamers
  • Scissors


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5 from 3 votes

3D Tissue Paper Shamrock

This 3D Tissue Paper Shamrock is a great holiday craft that'll keep the kids busy for a while, whether it be in a classroom or at home!
Age Group: Kids Crafts
Project Type: St. Patrick’s Day
Author: Amanda Formaro

Supplies

  • green construction paper card stock or poster board
  • school glue or white craft glue
  • green tissue paper or party streamers
  • scissors

Instructions

  • Draw a shamrock shape (draw three hearts with a stem) onto a sheet of green construction paper. Cut out.
  • Rip or cut up the green tissue paper into small bits, about 1 inch square.
  • For younger children, have them crumple up the bits of tissue paper. Put a little glue into a glue pot or margarine lid for each child. Have each child dip one of the crumpled bits of tissue paper into the glue, and place on the cut out shamrock shape. Alternatively, you can put a layer of glue directly on the shamrock shape, one shamrock leaf at a time. This method creates less mess than dipping individual pieces into the glue.
  • For older kids, using a pencil with a new eraser, place the eraser in the center of the tissue paper square. Twist the tissue paper around the eraser and then press the eraser onto the construction paper. Lift the pencil out of the tissue paper, leaving it on the shamrock.
  • Continue until the shamrock shape is full of tissue. Glue a piece of yarn, string or ribbon to the back to hang your shamrock.
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Comments

  1. RedTedArt says

    March 9, 2011 at 1:18 pm

    Oh wow! Very pretty and you are very patient too! Fabulous!

    Maggy
    PS thank you for linking up Kids Get Crafty!

    Reply
  2. Tammy says

    March 7, 2011 at 5:35 pm

    Oh – how cute!

    Reply
  3. Deeba PAB says

    March 19, 2010 at 9:11 am

    I'm sorry I'm late, but Happy Paddy's day Amanda. This is so cute!! I love it!

    Reply
  4. Carolyn @ My Backyard Eden says

    March 19, 2010 at 2:34 am

    What a fun project. That really takes me back! I used to love doing these as a kid!

    Thanks for linking up to Make it Yours Day at My Backyard Eden!

    Reply
  5. Lianna Knight says

    March 17, 2010 at 4:57 pm

    Great project!! I made similary craft out of cupcake wrappers and styrofoam wreath!!

    You should stop by my blog and link up to the Easter Decor Inspiration Linky!

    http://growingourowngarden.blogspot.com/2010/03/easter-decor-inspiration-linky.html

    Reply
  6. Lanie Ree says

    March 17, 2010 at 4:09 pm

    I've never done this before! It looks great.

    Thank you for linking this up to A Little Craft Therapy, with Life in the Pitts.

    Reply
  7. JDaniel4's Mom says

    March 17, 2010 at 10:23 am

    I love the texture of this craft!

    Reply
  8. Laura says

    March 16, 2010 at 11:25 pm

    You have such cute St. Patty's Day ideas. I love this one!

    Feel free to stop by my blog and enter my necklace giveaway!

    Reply
  9. Jen says

    March 16, 2010 at 5:03 pm

    I've done crafts like this before, but haven't made a Shamrock- very cute!
    Came over from Delicious Ambiguity for Tot Tuesdays!

    Jen
    Creative and Curious Kids!

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  10. Kelli @ RTSM says

    March 16, 2010 at 1:04 pm

    Such a cute idea…and not to expensive either! We may have to try it tomorrow! I think we may make smaller one and turn them into pins for my boys shirts:)

    Reply
  11. Julie says

    March 16, 2010 at 12:08 pm

    This is really cute! Thanks for sharing

    Reply
  12. vanessa says

    March 16, 2010 at 12:53 am

    You have the cutest st. patrick's day crafts that I've seen!

    Reply
  13. Alison says

    March 15, 2010 at 9:05 pm

    This is a nice twist on those felt wreaths… I'm sure the tissue paper is much easier to work with! I love it!!!

    Alison

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  14. Megan says

    March 14, 2010 at 10:53 pm

    They are so cute. I luv these!

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  15. l.a.r.k. says

    March 14, 2010 at 5:23 am

    How cute! :)

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