Paper Plate Leprechaun Mask
Turn into a leprechaun this St. Patrick’s Day with the help of our Paper Plate Leprechaun Mask! With this St. Patrick’s Day craft you’ll now have the orange beard and green hat, so all you’re missing is a pot of gold.
We’ve included a Free Leprechaun Mask Printable Template, too, for help with the sizes. That way, all you need to worry about is painting, gluing, and turning into a sweet little leprechaun for St. Patrick’s Day.
Leprechaun Paper Plate Mask Craft
To make our leprechaun mask you will first need to print the leprechaun hat template. The remainder of the supplies include heavy duty paper plates, orange paint, cardstock in green, black, and yellow, green marker, a jumbo craft stick, scissors, and glue.
Leprechaun Mask Craft Step by Step Directions
Begin by gathering a paper plate and orange acrylic paint. You will want to use a heavy duty, sturdy paper plate for this craft.
Paint the paper plate orange. Let the paint dry completely.
While the paint is drying, cut out all the pieces for the hat from the template. Trace the large square-ish piece, and longest rectangle on green cardstock. Trace the remaining rectangle on black cardstock and the small square on yellow. Cut out all the pieces.
Then, glue the black rectangle towards the bottom of the large green piece.
Next, glue on the longest green rectangle for the brim of the hat.
Top off the hat with the yellow square buckle. We used a black marker to color a square in the center of the yellow cardstock.
Now, with the paint dry, have an adult carefully insert some pointy scissors in the center of the plate and cut out the inner circle.
Glue the hat to the top of the plate.
Finally, add a craft stick to the bottom of the plate. We painted our craft stick green, but this is an optional step.
You’re all ready to run off and find your pot of gold with this St. Patrick’s Day craft!
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More St. Patrick’s Day Crafts for Kids
Need more leprechaun craft ideas? Check out our Simple Shapes Paper Leprechaun Craft, Paper Plate Lacing Leprechaun Craft, Paper Bag Leprechaun Craft, and our Handprint Lucky Gnome Craft to name just a few of our many fun St. Patrick’s Day crafts for kids at Our Kid Things!
Paper Plate Leprechaun Mask
A fun paper plate leprechaun mask craft for St. Patrick's Day with printable template!
Materials
- Leprechaun Hat Template
- Heavy duty paper plates
- Cardstock - green, black, yellow
- Orange acrylic paint
- Black marker
- Scissors
- Glue
Instructions
- Begin by gathering a paper plate and orange acrylic paint. You will want to use a heavy duty, sturdy paper plate for this craft.
- Paint the paper plate orange. Let the paint dry completely.
- While the paint is drying, cut out all the pieces for the hat from the template. Trace the large square-ish piece, and longest rectangle on green cardstock. Trace the remaining rectangle on black cardstock and the small square on yellow. Cut out all the pieces.
- Then, glue the black rectangle towards the bottom of the large green piece.
- Next, glue on the longest green rectangle for the brim of the hat.
- Top off the hat with the yellow square buckle. We used a black marker to color a square in the center of the yellow cardstock.
- Now, with the paint dry, have an adult carefully insert some pointy scissors in the center of the plate and cut out the inner circle.
- Glue the hat to the top of the plate.
- Finally, add a craft stick to the bottom of the plate. We painted our craft stick green, but this is an optional step.
Notes
Make sure you use a sturdy, heavy duty paper plate!