If your kids love leprechauns and all their silly mischief, they’re going to have so much fun making this leprechaun paper bag puppet!

It’s a simple St. Patrick’s Day craft that children can do at home or in the classroom. We’ve made it even easier by giving you a free printable template that has all the pieces you need to make this festive fellow.

This craft is the newest addition to our growing collection of St. Patrick’s Day crafts for kids so be sure to check out this page for all of our fun ideas!

Read on below or watch our quick video tutorial to see how simple it is to make this leprechaun craft with your kids or students.

Easy Leprechaun Puppet Craft

This paper bag puppet is a great St. Patty’s craft because of the supplies needed to make it. All you need is paper, a brown paper bag, and a few supplies to put it together.

This means it’s a frugal craft you can do with one or two kids or with a big group of kids!

Supplies

• Brown paper bag
• Colored card stock (light and dark green, orange, pink, peach, yellow and black)
• Scissors
• Glue stick (this type is our favorite)
• Leprechaun puppet template (download form located at the end of the page)

Directions

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

Place the Leprechaun shirt piece at the bottom of the brown paper bag and glue in place.

Position the dark green vest pieces just above the shirt, with the pointy ends overlapping the shirt and glue down.

Glue the three yellow buttons in place along the middle of the vest.

Place the leprechaun face on the paper bag flap and glue in place.

Glue the leprechaun hair along the top part of the face.

Position the beard along the bottom of the leprechaun face, just along the bottom of his smile.

Glue each of the leprechaun’s eyebrows above each eye.

Place the leprechaun’s pink nose in between his eyes and glue down.

Begin assembling his hat by gluing the rim of the hat to the bottom of the hat base.

Place the black rectangle near the bottom of the hat and glue in place.

Position the yellow buckle in the middle of the black hat band and glue down.

Glue the small black rectangle in the center of the yellow buckle.

Place the completed leprechaun hat at the top of the leprechaun’s head.

Related: Leprechaun Minion Craft For Kids

What do you think of this leprechaun craft? We love how it turned out so bright and cheery!

Simplifying This Craft For Younger Kids

We think the details of a craft are what make it extra special, but sometimes, when you’re making it with little kids, it’s too much.

If you’re crafting with preschoolers or kindergarten kids, feel free to adjust the craft to fit their skills and attention span.

We have a few suggestions on what we would do to simplify this craft.

First, you can get rid of the leprechaun vest and just make a solid green rectangle for the bottom of the paper bag. This will cut down on cutting time and gluing. You won’t need to use the yellow buttons either.

Second, we suggest taking the buckle off of the hat. It’s cute, but definitely not necessary. And, if you really don’t mind paring everything down you can skip the hat altogether!

Related: Pot Of Gold & Rainbow Craft

Finally, if you don’t want to do as much cutting you can skip the eyebrows and hair and just let the kids draw them on with markers! You can even draw on a cute pink nose as well.

This will help you save paper, reduce the cutting and let the kids’ creativity and artistic skills expand!

However you decide to make this leprechaun puppet craft, we’re certain the kids will have a blast making it and playing with it once it’s done!

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. Patrick’s 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!

Share With Us

Did you make this craft with your kids or students? We’d love to feature them on our social media!

For a chance to have your child’s craft featured, simply snap a picture of the completed project and post it to our Facebook page, email it to us directly by clicking here, or use #simpleeverydaymom on your social media!

Get Our Favorite St. Patrick’s Day Crafts!

Free Leprechaun Template