Paper Plate Lacing Leprechaun

There’s nothing I personally love better than a good yarn craft. With that said, I am over for the rainbow for our Paper Plate Lacing Leprechaun Craft. Combining a friendly leprechaun, our favorite kind of yarn craft, and a fun paper plate craft into one magical moment to create.

Not only are yarn lacing crafts just fun, but they are also so great for building hand/eye coordination, fine motor skills, and working on pincer grasp. This is a craft that kids will love to do in an afternoon building up to St. Patrick’s Day!

Make a Yarn Lacing Leprechaun Craft

To make our Paper Plate Lacing Leprechaun you will need paper plates, pale flesh-toned acrylic paint, cardstock, black sharpie, googly eyes, a hole punch, orange yarn, tape, and scissors.

You will also need a glue stick as well as a stapler.

Lacing Leprechaun Craft Supplies Needed

Paper plate
Cardstock – skin-toned, green, yellow, black
Pale skin-toned acrylic paint
Black sharpie
Googly eyes, small
Single hole punch
⅝” hole punch
Orange yarn
Tape
Scissors
Glue stick
Stapler

Paper Plate Leprechaun Step by Step Instructions

Begin by painting a paper plate in a flesh-toned color. Our paint color was called Sun-kissed Peach.

Let the paint dry completely.

Once dry, punch hole around the edge of half the plate, going in as far as the hole punch will allow.

Now, tape an end of a long strand of orange yarn to the back of the paper plate.

And start lacing the yarn around the edge of the plate. Tape the end lacing through the holes to keep from fraying and make it easier to go through the holes.

Continue going through the holes multiple times to make a fuller beard. We went through the holes about 4 times each.

Once done, tape the final end of the yarn to the back of the plate.

Next, adhere googly eyes.

Use a ⅝” hole punch to make a circle from the skin-toned cardstock. Glue the circle in place for the nose.

And draw a simple mouth with the black sharpie.

Then, cut a strip from the length of green or black cardstock for the hat. Cut the remainder of the cardstock into a square. Also cut a square buckle shape from yellow or green paper, as well.