DIY
Make a
L eprechaun
Handprint BY MIMI MARKOPOULOS
G ive me all the rainbows, pots
of gold and green. It’s OK to
craft up a fun St. Patrick’s Day
decoration even if you aren’t
Irish. St. Patrick’s Day observes the death
of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland.

St. Patrick’s Day marks a celebration of
Irish culture with parades, special foods,
music, dancing and a lot of green, and I
encourage sharing all of these parts with
your children.

This year, my kids wanted to craft some
lucky leprechaun magic together. We used
our hands and a few
pieces of cardstock to
make these
adorable leprechaun
handprints. DIRECTIONS
Cut a smaller square from the black
1. Place your child’s hand on the manilla
cardstock and glue the square to the
cardstock. Make a hand tracing on the
middle of the gold glitter cardstock square
cardstock with a pencil.

to make the perfect leprechaun hat buckle.

2. Let your child cut out the tracing
6. Use the black marker to make two
with scissors.

dots under the brim of the hat for the
3. Use the orange marker to color the top
leprechaun’s eyes.

part of the hand and fingers only; leave the
7. Glue the orange pompom underneath the
palm uncolored.

brim of the hat and between the eyes to
4. Make the leprechaun’s hat by cutting out
make the cutest leprechaun nose.

a hat shape from the green cardstock. Cut
out a strip from the black cardstock. Glue
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the black strip onto the hat cutout.

5. To make the buckle, cut a square shape
from the gold glitter cardstock. Glue the
XO, square over the black strip on the hat.

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ART: SKOMOROKH/ISTOCK/GETTY IMAGES
PLUS; KIDS PHOTO: MIMI MARKOPOULOS
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