DLTK's Holiday Crafts for Kids
"Shawn"
the Shamrock Paper Craft
I likely should have called him Sean the Shamrock (I think that's the Irish spelling)... Either way, print him out, put him together and make a wish! Shawn the Shamrock may well decide to bring you a bit of extra luck this year if you do a good job.
Materials:
- a printer,
- paper,
- crayons,
- scissors,
- glue.
Craft Instructions:
- Print out the craft template of choice.
- Colour (where appropriate) and cut out the template pieces.
- Glue pieces onto the large shamrock to put Shawn together.
- Glue the legs to the very bottom of the stem
- Glue the tie onto the body (the stem)
- Glue the arms to the sides of the stem
- Glue the face to the shamrock.
Alternative Decorating Ideas:
- Use sequin or pompom for nose or wiggly eyes for the eyes.
- Use the template for the black and white printer on white paper and colour in the pieces with crayon, marker, paint, etc.
- Use the template for the black and white printer on green coloured construction paper.
- For the colour printer, we still liked making the body out of green construction paper... It saves a bit of ink!
Templates:
- After printing, close the template window to return to the main page.
- If the template doesn’t fit on one page, adjust your printer margins:
• In most browsers: Print → More settings → Margins → Minimum
• Or use Page Setup / Printer Setup in your printer dialog