It’s time for shamrocks, rainbows, gold, and leprechauns! As St. Patrick’s Day approaches, it’s the perfect time to get the kids excited about celebrating this fun and festive holiday!

Kick off the festivities with this fun leprechaun cup craft. They’ll take an ordinary paper cup and turn it into a cute little guy decked out in green. 

This leprechaun craft is a great way for kids to use their creativity by thinking outside the box and seeing the potential of an ordinary object. 

Find a pot of gold filled with St. Patrick’s Day crafts inspiration and ideas to make this March one the kids will remember!

Simple Leprechaun Craft

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Children can bring their leprechauns to life with just a handful of basic supplies and paper cups from your leftover party supplies! Kids will be excited to create and celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with this fun and easy craft. 

Supplies

• Paper cup
• Colored cardstock
• Scissors
• Glue
• Double sided tape or glue dots (optional)
• Leprechaun Template (click the “click here to get this freebie” image at the end to open the form)

Direction

First things first, download the Leprechaun template. Once it’s downloaded, print it out. Now before the kids can start building their projects, they’ll need to carefully cut out the pieces that they will be using.

Next, let’s start bringing our leprechaun to life! Start by assembling the face. Have your child take the mustache and the nose pieces and glue them onto the face.

Next up are the eyes. Have your kids take the eye pieces and glue them one on each side, just above the nose.

What’s a Leprechaun without his hat, right? So, let the kids attach the hat piece on top of the leprechaun’s head. Make sure it’s secure by gluing it in place.

For an extra touch of detail, we’re going to add a buckle to our hat. Place the outer buckle in the middle of the hat band and glue it in place. Then, ask your child to glue the inner buckle to the middle of the outer buckle. If there’s any extra paper hanging off the sides of the hat, simply trim it off.

Now, let’s move on to the shirt. To finish it off, let the kids glue 3 yellow buttons in the middle of the cup. This will give our Leprechaun a bit of style!

Finally, it’s time to bring it all together. Take the head and glue it to the top of the paper cup. We prefer using a glue dot or double-sided tape here because there’s no drying time, but a glue stick works just as well.

That’s it! Isn’t it easy and fun to make? Check out our other spring crafts we’re sure your kids will love making them too!

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St. Patrick’s Project Ideas

Looking for some St. Patrick’s Day project ideas to keep your kids entertained and full of festive spirit while learning? There’s no shortage of fun and creative activities to explore during this holiday season! From creative crafts to engaging activities, there’s something for everyone to enjoy.

These projects are bound to ignite excitement and creativity in children of all ages. Keep reading below for a pot of gold filled with books, crafts, and activities that promise hours of entertainment and learning as we celebrate the magic of St. Patrick’s Day!

St Patrick’s Books For Kids

Pete The Cat: The Great Leprechaun Chase is a must-have for Pete the Cat fans! Join Pete as he tries to catch an elusive leprechaun.

How To Catch A Leprechaun is a silly book that’s, you guessed it, about catching a leprechaun! Please read this book and let your kiddos build their trap and start a family tradition.

There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Clover is another book kids can’t get enough of. See what the old lady is doing this St. Patrick’s Day!

Need more book suggestions? Check out our favorite leprechaun books for kids!

Free For St. Patrick’s Day Crafts

Leprechaun Monkey Craft – Let’s get wild and let kids’ imaginations swing with this cute monkey craft! To make the monkey into a leprechaun there’s two versions of this craft to choose from. One where they craft the colored pieces together or have kids color in the template!

Leprechaun Tissue Paper Craft – Forget trying to catch a leprechaun, make one with this fun tissue paper craft! Kids of all ages can join in on the fun of arranging the colored tissue paper in just the right places to make a leprechaun appear.

St. Patrick’s Day Name Craft – Celebrate and learn at the same time with this St. Patrick’s Day craft! Kids will discover their own pot of gold as they create festive art and practice spelling their name. Use our editable PDF to prepare the craft with your child’s unique name!

Baby Yoda Leprechaun Craft – Go on a galactic adventure this St. Patrick’s Day with Baby Yoda! Transform everyone’s favorite little green friend into a charming leprechaun with this fun and festive paper craft. May the luck of the Irish be with you! 

Fun St. Patrick’s Day Activities For Kids

Your little ones will be engaged in some holiday fun with our St. Patrick’s Day cutting practice worksheets! They’re designed to enhance kids’ scissor skills, and each page offers different cutting paths, finish the picture matching, and counting exercises.

By mastering scissor techniques, children refine hand-eye coordination, hand strength, and fine motor control. This set is divided into four fun worksheets with activities that ensure kids will have a fun and educational experience! 

Celebrate the magic with our exciting St. Patrick’s Day color by number printables! Included are four festive designs featuring Irish balloons, a leprechaun hat, a pot of gold, and a rainbow.

Kids can enjoy the holiday in a fun and educational way when they match the color and numbers to reveal the pictures. From counting to mastering fine motor skills and exploring colors, these activities promise hours of festive learning and creativity!

Dot markers are a mess-free way to have some educational fun! Our St. Patrick’s Day do a dot printables will keep your kids happily occupied, while also reinforcing key educational skills.

These pages will explore letter recognition, fine motor skills, numbers, counting, graphing, and more with 27 exciting pages, including colorful art, letter, number, and shape activities.

Get ready for some learning fun this St. Patrick’s Day with this counting with a leprechaun activity! This counting activity is designed for preschoolers, and has free printables to make math magical as kids practice number recognition and counting to ten.

Each page features adorable leprechauns and sets of objects to count. Your little ones will enjoy counting and coloring the leprechauns as they reinforce essential math skills during the holiday season ahead!

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