If there’s one holiday that we always sort of skirt by each year, it’s St. Patricks’ Day.

We still don’t know why it’s a holiday, but we love celebrating and crafting so we made this leprechaun minion craft to share with you!

There’s nothing sillier than minions, except minions that you dress up to look like leprechauns.

Kids will have a blast making this or any of our other St. Patrick’s Day crafts.

It’s the perfect activity to do at home, daycare or in the classroom. And, with our free printable template, there’s no worry of having to draw out your own pieces.

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with this easy craft! Read our directions or watch our quick video tutorial to see how simple it is to make with your kids or students.

Leprechaun Minion Printable Craft

The best thing about paper crafting is that all you really need is paper!

Because paper is the star of the show, we like to use bright, thick card stock if possible. If you’re doing this craft with a large group of kids and card stock isn’t in the budget feel free to substitute construction paper instead.

Besides paper all you’ll need is some markers, scissors, and glue!

Supplies

• Colored card stock (in yellow, orange, green, black, gray and brown)
• White card stock
• Black marker
• Dark green marker
• Scissors
• Glue stick (this type is our favorite)
• Leprechaun minion template (download form located at the end of the page)

Directions

Download the leprechaun minion template, print and cut out the pieces.

Glue the minion’s overalls on the bottom part of the minion body, making sure the pant legs hang off the body.

Place the boots behind the pant legs and glue in place.

Position the minion’s arms on either side of the body, just below the overall straps and glue behind the body.

Glue the minion beard on the body, with the center part of the beard just below the minion’s smile.

Make the minion’s goggle by gluing the white eye to the gray goggle.

Place the brown iris in the middle of the white eye and glue in place.

Use the black marker to draw on the pupil.

Position the goggle straps on either side of the minion’s head and glue in place.

Place the completed minion eye in the middle of the goggle straps.

Complete the leprechaun minion by gluing this green hat to the top of his head.

Use the dark green marker to draw on the overall pocket.

This leprechaun minion turned out to be a fun and silly St. Patrick’s Day craft!

Adapting This Craft For Young Kids

Because there are several small pieces in this craft, we’d say the recommended age range is somewhere around 6 and up.

If you’ll be doing this craft with younger kids, it’ll work perfectly fine as well. You’ll just need to have adult assistance with some parts of it.

When doing this paper craft with kids who can’t yet cut well, you’ll want to be sure to cut out all the template pieces ahead of time. Having all the parts laid out and ready to go will be so helpful!

If you’d like, you can even get the ball rolling by creating the eye/goggle combo and gluing the arms in place before bringing them out for the children.

No matter what age range of kids you do this craft with, we’re certain they’ll love crafting and having this leprechaun minion to show off!

More St. Patrick’s Day Ideas For Kids

We always recommend starting any theme with books! These St. Patrick’s Day books are fun and will definitely keep the kids engaged. Grab them from the library or buy them to add to your home collection.

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! Read this book and then let your kiddos build their own 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. Patricks’ Day!

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

Have some fun sensory play with this St. Patrick’s Day sensory bin; it’ll help encourage independent playtime and it’s great for exploration!

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