DLTK's Holiday Crafts for Kids
Shamrock Candle Craft

This tp roll candle may improve your luck a bit (or at least brighten up your kitchen table!).

Materials:

• toilet paper roll,
• printer,
• paper,
• scissors,
• crayons and
• glue.

Craft Instructions:

• Print out the craft template of choice.
• Colour (where appropriate) and cut out the Template pieces.
• Glue the rectangular piece onto the tp roll.
• Glue the flame onto the top of the tp roll to make the candle.
• Tape the candle to the circle ("doily").
• Glue on the shamrocks to decorate the candle or doily as desired.

Alternative Decorating Ideas:

• Use sparkles, sparkle glue, or felt to decorate the "candle".
• Print the black and white template on green construction paper.  Print a second copy on white paper and mix & match the pieces.

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

Template for a colour printer

Template for black & white printer

Printable version of these instructions