If you have a little one learning all about shapes, and you need a fun St. Patrick’s Day craft to go along with it, then are you ready for this Simple Shapes Paper Leprechaun Craft? You should be very ready, because this craft is so cute!

This leprechaun craft is made even easier with our included Free Printable Leprechaun Template. This way, you have all the sizes of circles and squares and rectangles that you need, all you have to do is glue together!

Simple Shapes Leprechaun Craft

To make our Simple Shapes Leprechaun Craft you will first need our free printable leprechaun template. The rest of the supplies include cardstock, small googly eyes, a black pen, craft flowers, scissors, and a glue stick.

St. Patrick’s Day Leprechaun Craft Step by Step Directions

Begin by printing the template. Cut out the pieces.

Trace the beard circle on orange cardstock. Trace the face circle on light skin tone. The small nose circle on pink. The square and longer rectangle for the hat trace on black paper. And finally, trace the remaining rectangle on yellow cardstock. Cut out all the pieces.

Glue the face circle near the center of a sheet of green cardstock.

Now, cut the beard circle in half. Cut a wavy edge around the curve of the half circle.

Then, cut out a piece from the inside of the half circle. This is now the beard.

Glue the beard to the face.

Next, glue the pieces of the hat together. The yellow belt glue near the bottom of the square.

Then, glue the brim to the hat.

Glue the hat in place, the bottom of the hat meeting the top of the beard.

Add googly eyes and the small circle pink nose.

Draw a simple mouth with a black pen.

Finally, we added a small craft flower to the belt of the hat, just for an extra little touch.

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More Leprechaun Crafts for Kids

Looking for more leprechaun crafts for kids? Check out our Paper Plate Lacing Leprechaun Craft, Paper Bag Leprechaun Craft, Craft Stick Felt Leprechauns Craft, and our Trim the Leprechaun’s Beard Craft to name just a few of our many fun St. Patrick’s Day crafts for kids at Our Kid Things!

Simple Shapes Paper Leprechaun Craft

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Active Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes

This simple shapes leprechaun craft is a great St. Patrick's Day for preschool kids learning about shapes.

Materials

Leprechaun template
Cardstock - green, light skin tone, orange, black, yellow, pink
Small googly eyes
Black pen
Small craft flowers
Scissors
Glue stick

Instructions

Begin by printing the template. Cut out the pieces.
Trace the beard circle on orange cardstock. Trace the face circle on light skin tone. The small nose circle on pink. The square and longer rectangle for the hat trace on black paper. And finally, trace the remaining rectangle on yellow cardstock. Cut out all the pieces.
Glue the face circle near the center of a sheet of green cardstock.
Now, cut the beard circle in half. Cut a wavy edge around the curve of the half circle.
Then, cut out a piece from the inside of the half circle. This is now the beard.
Glue the beard to the face.
Next, glue the pieces of the hat together. The yellow belt glue near the bottom of the square.
Then, glue the brim to the hat.
Glue the hat in place, the bottom of the hat meeting the top of the beard.
Add googly eyes and the small circle pink nose.
Draw a simple mouth with a black pen.
Finally, we added a small craft flower to the belt of the hat, just for an extra little touch