little leprechaun family

feeling a little crafty on st. patty's day?

why not craft a little leprechaun family.

i am always beating myself up because i don't feel like

i do enough crafts with the little miss,

but we were inspired when we saw one of these

little leprechauns in little missy's classroom.

we kinda just winged it. no directions,

but they're pretty self explanatory.

here's what you need:

empty toilet paper rolls or paper towel roll that you can cut down,

paint, paint brushes, colored foam sheets to make the hat,

scissors, glue or a glue gun, pipe cleaners,

pencil to curl the pipe cleaners for the hair,

buttons, ribbon or little things that can be used for

accessories on your leprechaun and a couple of hours.

here's the steps:

first paint your leprechauns,

second, cut out and glue a foam circle to cover

the top of the roll and make the top of the hat,

cut out the brim and apply to the roll

and cut a foam strip to glue around the

middle back to make the arms. next,

curl 1 or 2 pipe cleaners and

glue to the roll to make the hair. last but not least,

cut and glue 2 little pieces of pipe cleaners for the shoes.

viola, your little leprechaun family is born

our little leprechauns - from left to right, daddy, mommy, sister, and baby brother leprechaun