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DLTK's Holiday Crafts for Kids
Saint Patrick's Day Lacing Project

Lacing projects are a great craft for preschoolers and kindergarten children to complete during any holiday.  The lacing gives them fine motor skill practice and practice tying knots and bows (shoelaces!)  

Materials:

bulletWool or ribbon
bulletsingle hole punch
bulletscissors
bulletpencil
bulletcard stock, poster board or construction paper

Directions:

bulletADULT:  print template of choice or make your own.
 
bulletADULT:  Trace onto a thick piece of cardboard (cardboard backs from paper pads or old boxes work well).
 
bulletADULT:  Cut out this template
 
bulletAllow the children to trace the template onto a piece of card stock or poster board (or construction paper... though I prefer the thicker card stock for lacing projects). 
OR have an adult do this prior to craft time.
 
bulletAllow the children to cut out their card stock shapes
OR have an adult do this prior to craft time.
 
bulletAllow the children to make holes around their shape (about an inch or two apart)
OR have an adult do this prior to craft time.
 
bulletProvide the children with a length of wool or ribbon. 
bulletYou can wrap some scotch tape around the end of the wool to make it more like a shoe lace. 
bulletHave the child thread the wool through the holes.
   
bulletPractice tying knots and/or bows to tie off in the center.
 
bulletOptional:  Let the children use glitter, paint or stickers to further decorate their completed project.

 

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Close the template window after printing to return to this screen. 
    

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Set page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers). 

 

Specific Instructions PLUS Templates:

Pot of Gold:  lace with any type of stitch around the outside of the heart (running stitch or blanket stitch would both be nice .  Tie a bow at the bottom.  Black or yellow wool or ribbon would be nice.

Pot Template

Rainbow:  lace with a running stitch in a different color along each arch of the rainbow.

Rainbow Template

Shamrock:  lace with any type of stitch around the outside of the heart (running stitch or blanket stitch would both be nice .  Tie a bow at the bottom.  Green wool or ribbon would be nice.

Shamrock Template

 

Printable version of these instructions