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Shamrock Tree Craft

There are two variations on this craft depending on which templates you print and how messy you want to get.  You can either:

  1. print the Shamrocks and decorate a "homemade" trunk (to make the trunk, trace your child's arm from the elbow up, including the fingers)
     
  2. print the Trunk and the Shamrocks and paste them together.

If you want a very well covered tree, print two copies of the Shamrocks template.

Materials:

bullet printer, 
bullet paper, 
bullet scissors, 
bullet glue, 
bullet something to colour with.  
   
bullet You will also need finger paint if you choose the first option.
  

Instructions:

bullet

Print out the template of choice. 
  

bulletColour pieces, as necessary.  (For a change of pace, try using different mediums than you typically do, such as paints or pastels).  
 
bulletCut out the pieces.  This step may require adult assistance.  Don't worry too much about getting the tree branches cut out perfectly. 
 
bulletGlue the shamrocks all over the tree to decorate.
 
bulletYou can glue the entire tree to a decorated background (blue construction paper, with green tissue paper for grass, a painted rainbow and white cotton balls for clouds works very nicely!)
  

Templates:  

bulletClose the template window after printing to return to this screen. 
   
bulletSet page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers). 

Shamrock Template    (color)   or   (B&W)

Trunk Template           (color)   or   (B&W)

 

 

Printable version of these instructions