Are your kids ready for St. Patrick’s Day? Get them excited to celebrate with a fun and creative craft!

They’ll find the cutest leprechaun monkey craft waiting for them at the end of the rainbow this St. Patrick’s Day. It’s a fun and creative craft they’ll love to make and proudly display as a festive holiday decoration. 

For more holiday fun, check out some more of our St. Patrick’s Day crafts and activities.

Leprechaun Kids Idea

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There are two versions of this craft that you can choose from. There’s the craft version that can be made with colored paper, or have the kids color in the template with crayons or markers to make it their own. This is a great option for your younger kiddos.

With both versions, kids can practice their cutting and pasting skills as they assemble their little monkeys. It’s a great way for them to work on fine motor skills as they have fun creating a whimsical craft.

Grab the free template, scissors, and glue so your little monkeys can get to crafting!

Supplies

• Colored cardstock or construction paper
• Scissors
• Glue
• Marker or crayons
• Monkey template (enter your email in the form at the end of this post to have the link sent to you)

Directions

Download the monkey template, print, and cut out the pieces you need.

Begin by gluing the face to the middle of the monkey’s head.

Glue the eyes below each of the eyebrows. Use a marker or crayons to draw the cheeks onto the monkey’s face.

Next, glue the belly to the middle and the bottom of the monkey’s body.

Place the bowtie at the monkey’s neck and glue it in place.

Take the left arm and glue it near the top of the body, on the backside, with it pointing up. Take the hand and glue it to the end of the arm.

Glue the right arm to the back of the body, with it pointing down.

Place the clover on the right arm and glue it in place. Next, place the monkey’s right hand facing up, so it’s holding the clover, and glue it in place.

Position the monkey’s tail near the bottom of the body and glue it to the back.

Make the hat by gluing the hat band to the hat, then glue the outer buckle to the middle of the hat band. Use a black marker to draw the inner buckle inside the yellow outer buckle.

Finish up by gluing the hat to the top of the monkey’s head.

What a great way for your kids to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day! Check out our other fun crafts while you’re here too.

St. Patrick’s Day Ideas For Kids

If you’re looking for more St. Patrick’s Day craft and activity ideas, look no further.

We have lots of ideas to keep your little leprechauns busy learning and having fun this March. We love to celebrate with the kids by making memories and crafting, so try some of our favorites below.

St. Patrick’s Day Books For Kids

Reading to your kids is the gift that keeps on giving! They get to experience a world full of imagination and explore stories from different perspectives. It also helps them grow intellectually.

By reading to children early in life, you can equip them with more expertise when it comes to basic literacy. Let’s show our little sprouts how reading can be genuinely delightful and make the most of those cozy moments together.

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!

St. Patrick’s Day Crafts For Kids

Crafting is a relaxing activity that is especially fun during the holidays. Kids love to make festive crafts they can show off and decorate for the holiday.

It also helps kids work on necessary skills and build their confidence when they complete a project.

Add in some of our favorite St. Patrick’s Day crafts to get the kids inspired to make something today!

St. Patrick’s Day Name Craft – At the end of this rainbow is a pot of gold overflowing with coins that help kids spell their names. It’s a fun and creative craft that is great for kids to learn letter recognition, how to spell their names, and fine motor skills.

Cat Leprechaun Craft – In one of the cat’s nine lives he was a leprechaun. Your little ones will love this craft that dresses the cat as a leprechaun complete with his own pot of gold. It’s a fun paper craft that stretches their imaginations and creativity!

Leprechaun Cut & Paste Craft – This fun art activity is a great way for kids to get into the holiday spirit. They’ll color or paint the template and then use their cutting and pasting skills to complete their leprechaun. Once he’s finished, it’s on to find the treasure at the end of the rainbow!

Popsicle Stick Leprechaun Craft – We all love a fun popsicle stick craft, and this one is perfect for St. Patrick’s Day. Kids will transform some plain old sticks into cute leprechauns. We make it super easy to get to the fun by providing a free template, too!

St. Patrick’s Day Activities For Kids

For some festive learning, download these St. Patrick’s Day Cutting Practice Worksheets! These are just the thing to help kids improve their scissor skills, counting, and matching!

Using scissors develops hand-eye coordination, hand strength, and fine motor control, which is imperative to gain independence as kids grow. Grab the scissors and these 4 worksheets for a great activity to do this March. 

If you’re looking for something easy to prepare for your kids at home or in the classroom to do this St. Patrick’s Day, then download these leprechaun coloring pages. Kids will love coloring in the five different festive designs. Coloring is a great way for kids to stretch their creativity, so grab the crayons to get started! 

These St. Patrick’s Day do a dot printables are a fun activity that is filled with art, math, reading, and fine motor practice. These pages will help kids with letter recognition, numbers, counting, graphing, and much more. Download this set of 27 pages for some fun and learning this holiday!

These festive St. Patrick’s Day color by number printables help kids practice number recognition, color recognition, and fine motor skills. This no-prep activity is filled with four fun and festive pages kids will love to decorate for St. Patrick’s Day! 

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