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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:

bullet a printer, 
bullet paper, 
bullet crayons, 
bullet scissors 
bulletglue.

Instructions:

bulletPrint out the template of choice. 
  
bulletColour (where appropriate) and cut out the template pieces. 
  
bulletGlue pieces onto the large shamrock to put Shawn together. 
  
bulletGlue the legs to the very bottom of the stem
bulletGlue the tie onto the body (the stem)
bulletGlue the arms to the sides of the stem
bulletGlue the face to the shamrock.

Alternative Decorating Ideas:

bulletUse sequin or pompom for nose or wiggly eyes for the eyes.
bulletUse the template for the black and white printer on white paper and colour in the pieces with crayon, marker, paint, etc.
bulletUse the template for the black and white printer on green coloured construction paper.
bulletFor the colour printer, we still liked making the body out of green construction paper... it saves a bit of ink!

  
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).

Template 1   (face and limbs)   (color)   or   (B&W)

Template 2   (body)   (color)   or   (B&W) 
 

 

Printable version of these instructions