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DLTK's Holiday Crafts for Kids
Saint Patrick's Day Wreath

MATERIALS:

bulletRing of cardboard (empty cereal boxes work wonderfully)
  
bulletgreen construction paper 
  
bulletscissors
  
bulletglue
  
bulletsmall piece of wool
  
bulletOPTIONAL:  stapler and tape
 saint patrick's day wreath
bulletTrace a small plate and a large plate onto a piece of old cardboard.  (My 6 year old enjoys tracing by herself.  My 3 year old prefers I do this part.) 
  
bulletEmpty cereal boxes or frozen dinner boxes work well as a source of recycled cardboard.
  
bulletIt doesn't matter if you go over the folds of the cardboard 
 trace plate
bulletCut a small strip of cardboard and glue or tape it onto the back of the ring over any folds in the cardboard.
  
bulletThis will reinforce the ring.
  

reinforce
bulletCut strips of construction paper (about 1 1/2 inches by 4 inches)
  
bulletglue the strips into rolls (like making a paper chain)
  
bulletGlue the rolls of construction paper onto the wreath.  
  

For the center clover decoration, cut 
  
bullet4 strips of long paper (about 1 inch x 8 inches),
bullet4 strips of medium paper (about 1 inch x 7 inches)  
bullet4 strips of short paper (about 1 inch x 6 inches)

Glue or tape each of the strips into rolls (you'll end up with 4 big, 4 medium and 4 small).

Nestle a small roll inside a medium and a medium inside a large and tape, glue or staple them together (I prefer staples).  

Repeat with a second set.  Now hold the two sets together, staple to staple and glue, tape or staple them (it makes a figure 8).

Repeat with a third set and glue/staple that to the top of the figure 8 (you now have a 3 leaf clover).  

Repeat one last time with the final set and glue/staple to make a four leaf clover.  

Roll a 3 inch square of construction paper as tightly as you can and glue/tape it to hold.  Glue/tape it between one of the leaves of the clover as a stem. clover
bulletTake a piece of string and tape it to the wreath and to the clover so the clover hangs in the center of the wreath.
  
bulletHang on the wall.
  
bulletWe made a wreath with only one row of construction paper loops this time, but two rows looks great too!  (Tasha likes single row wreaths and I prefer double -- to see an example of a double, check out the chinese new year version)
 saint patrick's day wreath

  

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