DLTK's Crafts for Kids
Saint Patrick's Day Lacing Craft

Contributed by Leanne Guenther

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:

• wool or ribbon,
• single hole punch,
• scissors,
• pencil,
• card stock, poster board or construction paper

Instructions:

• ADULT:  print template of choice or make your own.
• ADULT:  Trace onto a thick piece of cardboard (cardboard backs from paper pads or old boxes work well).
• ADULT:  Cut out this template.
• Allow 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.
• Allow the children to cut out their card stock shapes
  OR have an adult do this prior to craft time.
• Allow the children to make holes around their shape (about an inch or two apart)
  OR have an adult do this prior to craft time.
• Provide the children with a length of wool or ribbon. 
  • You can wrap some scotch tape around the end of the wool to make it more like a shoe lace.
  • Have the child thread the wool through the holes.
• Practice tying knots and/or bows to tie off in the center.
• Optional:  Let the children use glitter, paint or stickers to further decorate their completed project.

Craft Templates:

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

Pot Template

Rainbow:

Rainbow Template

Shamrock:

Shamrock Template

Printable version of these instructions