Shape Leprechaun
Practice identifying shapes as you make this leprechaun for St. Patrick's Day. This is an easy St. Patrick's Day craft you can do at home or school. It is great for practicing fine motor skills. Practice one to one correspondence as you count the different shapes in the leprechaun.
Supplies:
- Yellow, Green, Orange Paper
- Scraps of black and pink paper for details
- Scissors
- Glue Stick
- Googly eyes
- Marker
- Shapes Leprechaun template
Instructions:
- Print out the Shapes Leprechaun template
- Cut out Circle face and circles for beard. Encourage your child to do the cutting, even if they are not perfect. Glue the orange circles around the face to create the beard.
Have your child count each circle as they glue them down.
- Cut out rectangle and square for the hat and glue onto top of the face.
Add the shapes to create the leprechaun's hat
- Cut out buckle detail for hat. I folded it in half and cut a slit in the middle. I could then get my scissors in to cut along the dotted line. Your child might need help with this step. You can guide them to complete independently.
Cut out the inside of the buckle and glue this side down to hide the dotted line on your finished hat.
- I added a strip of black paper for the belt detail on the hat. Glue it to the top of the hat and add buckle detail. When I glued it on I flipped it over to not show the dotted cutting marks.
Don't forget to count this strip of black paper as a rectangle when you count all the shapes.
- Add the green square to the bottom of the face for the body. Add the Belt and buckle detail to the bottom of the body too.
The shape leprechaun is really coming together.
- Add the writing section under the body.
- Add details for the face. I cut out 2 eyebrows of orange and used a scrap of paper I had to create a pink nose. I glues on googly eyes and drew a mouth.
This little leprechaun is a cutie! Great to hang to decorate for St. Patrick's Day.
