Saint Patrick's Day Window Decoration

You can make lots of window decorations for your home or classroom using only construction paper, tissue paper and glue. This craft is simple and fun to make with children of all ages. For more window decoration ideas, check out our Paper Stained Glass Window craft.

Materials:

• Green construction paper
• Green tissue paper
• Pencil
• Scissors
• Glue

Directions: 

1. On a green piece of construction paper, draw the outline of a shamrock. Cut out with scissors. 

2. Fold the shamrock cutout in half and cut out, along the same outline, a smaller shamrock, leaving a shamrock outline. You can continue cutting out smaller and smaller shamrocks, if you desire. 

3. One you have cut out all the shamrocks, take out a piece of green tissue paper. 

4. Trace all the shamrock cutouts on the tissue paper. Cut out with scissors. 

5. Glue the tissue paper shamrocks to the corresponding construction paper shamrock outline. Allow to dry. 

6. Hang up on windows. 

Saint Patrick's Day Ornament

This Leprechaun ornament is both simple and fun for any age. It also makes a great decoration for around the classroom or home.

Materials:

• Beige or white construction paper
• Green construction paper 
• Orange construction paper
• Pencil
• Scissors
• Glue
• Crayons, color pencils or markers 
• Single hole punch
• Ribbon

Directions:

1. On a beige or white piece of construction paper, draw or trace a circle. Cut circle out with scissors. This will be the Leprechaun's head. 

2. On a green piece of construction paper, draw the Leprechaun's hat. Use the circle as a guide to make sure the hat is proportional to the head (step 1). Cut out with a pair of scissors. 

3. Trace your child's hand on an orange piece of construction paper. Cut out with a pair of scissors. This will be the Leprechaun's  beard. 

4. Glue the hat to the top of the head and beard (with the fingers pointing down) to the bottom of the head. Have your child draw the Leprechaun's face on the head. 

5. With a single hole punch, make a hole in the top of the Leprechaun's hat. Loop a piece of ribbon through the hole and tie with a secure knot, both ends of the ribbon together.