Leprechaun Crafts for Kids

March 8, 2021 by Sarah White Leave a Comment

Leprechauns are a fun aspect of St. Patrick’s Day, whether you are building leprechaun traps as a STEM activity or creating leprechaun art and crafts projects.

Here are a few fun leprechaun projects to make with your kids while reading a St. Patrick’s Day story or doing other themed activities.

These leprechaun finger puppets from I Heart Crafty Things are super cute, easy for kids to assemble and give those fingers an important workout. Use them in storytelling or create a game where kids need to do something with their fingers (collect pom-poms or other small objects, for example) while they are “wearing” the puppet.

MomBrite has a super cute printable leprechaun bookmark template where the little guy holds your place and peeks over the edge of the book. We always love crafts that also encourage reading!

This little leprechaun from Party and Bright would be perfect for adding to a greeting card or putting into a holiday themed scene. He has lots of parts so that’s a great fine-motor skill practice for the kids.

I love these super cute leprechaun bottle gnomes, which are a great project for older kids who can work safely with hot glue guns. Why should little ones have all the crafty fun? Grab the tutorial from Everyday Best.

Make a personalized leprechaun craft with this paper handprint leprechaun from Simple Everyday Mom or this one made with paint from Coffee and Carpool.

Or let kids practice lacing and tying knots with this paper plate leprechaun craft from Non Toy Gifts. So cute!

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Easy Pen and Paper Games for Road Trips and Beyond

When my daughter was younger I would spend a lot of time trying to come up with activities she could do in the car on long road trips and things to entertain her when we were waiting at restaurants and things that didn’t involve screens.

But it turns out there are a lot of great activities you can do with just a piece of paper and a pen.

What Do We Do All Day has a great collection of pen and paper games, including some that can be done with just one person, though they’re all more fun if you have at least two.

There are some classics on here like hangman and dots and boxes, but there are also quite a few I hadn’t heard of before.

I don’t want to spoil the whole list for you because you should definitely click over there and look around, but I will share about the one that you see pictured above.

This game is called Bridges, and you start by making the big random shape and the dividing it into a bunch of sections (the post says 30-50 sections is ideal but I think this one is smaller than that).

Each player gets their own color marker and you take turns drawing bridges from one space to another, crossing a third. Once there’s a bridge, no other bridges can start, end or cross in those spaces. Keep going until no more bridges can be built, and the person who makes the last bridge wins.

Check out the post over at What We Do All Day for more great ideas for no or almost-no prep games you can play with your kids or that kids can play together. I’d love to know if you have a favorite paper and pen game, whether it’s on this list or a different one.

[Photo: What We Do All Day]

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