Leprechaun Hat Craft

St. Patrick’s Day Leprechaun Hats

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What kinds of things do you do on St. Patrick’s Day other than wearing green? Here’s a fun Leprechaun Hat craft that might help add a little magic to your day.

Every year in our family that pesky Leprechaun creates a few messes and leaves his footprints wherever he goes like on the toilet seat and the kitchen floor. He even leaves a little green kiss on the kid’s noses. It’s all in good fun and he loves to leave cute gifts, as well. This year I am making Leprechaun hats filled with rainbows, gold, and green goodness. It’s almost like that guy and his friends have left their hats behind to say “Have a fun-filled day”!

Here’s what I used. It doesn’t take much.

Leprechaun Hat Supplies

Green card stock and other heavy papers
Gold paper
Glue gun
Fun punch like a circle or square (optional)
Adhesive shamrocks
Ruler
Scissors and paper cutter

Leprechaun Hat Instructions

Start by measuring and cutting a 10.5″x5″ strip and glue the short ends together overlapping an inch to form a cylinder.
Cut 1/2″ slits every 1/2″ around the top and bottom of the cylinder and fold them in.
Laying one end of the cylinder on the paper draw around it. Cut it out and glue it to the top of the hat.
Cut out a 4″ circle for the brim. I used a small bowl.
Fill the hat with goodies.
Add glue to the folded slits and center the brim to the bottom creating the hat.

Cut a 1 1/2″ x 10″ strip of gold paper and glue it to the hat forming a hat band.
(Optional) Using your decorative punch cut out your shape and attach a shamrock sticker to the front and glue in place on the front of the hat.