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How to make a felt leprechaun for St. Patrick’s Day

March 11, 2013

I have always thought, from when I was little, that leprechauns are a little creepy. But we have had a lot of fun with various St. Patrick’s Day free, awesome printables at our house, and I wanted to make a cute leprechaun for John for him to enjoy and remember the holiday more distinctly**.

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So I thought I’d try to mimic my felting/hot-glue-gun skills from my Snowy Day Peter. I found a super cute leprechaun, a non-creepy one, from SweetClipArt.  And I got to work.  This one has a few more details, so it took a little longer, but overall it is a 15 minute project if you know how to handle a hot glue gun, which is a talent I have.

Here is a copy of the Leprechaun Template that I started with.

I assembled my materials:

  • Template
  • Felt: green, black, cream, red
  • Cotton balls
  • Makers: red and black
  • Hot glue gun
  • Scissors

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I began cutting the template apart.  First the hat, then the head, then the jacket, then the pants.  I made two felt pieces of each.

I also cut a black strip for the hat, a little red hair, a black bow tie, two little hands, and two little feet.

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Then I glued each section together with a small bit of cotton ball between the two pieces of felt.  I cut some green eyes for him too.   I messed up some parts, and ended up making a bigger jacket and pants, which I recommend.

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John was there with me when I made it, so it wasn’t a surprise this time, but he loves it!

**We have talked a little about the difference between Protestant and Catholic, and that we really don’t “celebrate” the holiday, (though some of our family is Catholic, so that is certainly fine, too :) ). But we actually should be wearing orange on the holiday — oh well, it is just fun to have an excuse to celebrate the color green, shamrocks, gold coins, drinking good beer (for Mom and Dad), and leprechauns.

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Comments

  1. Tracey@We-Made-That says

    March 13, 2013 at 9:13 am

    HOW CUTE! He is so cute and you could do so many fun things with him, like play or turn him in to a pin to wear or a magnate to put on the fridge. Thanks so much for sharing on We Made That

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  2. Kirstylee says

    March 13, 2013 at 10:48 am

    That leprechaun is so cute! I think I’ll do this with my preschooler, although I’ll probably just have him use regular Elmer’s glue because I’m a little overprotective with the glue gun. :)

    Reply
    • wildflowerramblings says

      March 13, 2013 at 12:07 pm

      Yes, definitely use Elmer’s if your child is doing it! I should probably have written that this is an ADULT craft :) He watched me do it though :)

      Reply
  3. Savannah @ HammockTracks says

    March 19, 2013 at 1:04 pm

    Your leprechaun is so cute. This project reminds me of all the felt Christmas tree ornaments that my late mother-in-law made. I hope you’ll consider adding this to my “Look What We Did!” link up. Here is a direct url – http://hammocktracks.com/buttons/

    Reply
  4. Hannah says

    March 19, 2013 at 1:40 pm

    Oh goodness he is so cute!! Thanks for sharing with us at Eco-Kids Tuesday! Hope you join us again today! http://likemamalikedaughter.blogspot.com/2013/03/flip-trainer-review-at-eco-kids-tuesday.html

    Reply
  5. Sanz says

    March 27, 2013 at 5:49 pm

    Oh how cute! That’s adorable.

    Reply
  6. Savannah @ HammockTracks says

    March 31, 2013 at 9:52 pm

    Thanks for linking this up to Look What We Did. Tomorrow I will be kicking off a new link up for April. I hope you’ll stop by and add all your new posts. I look forward to seeing what you’ve been up to. -Savannah

    Reply

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