St. Patrick’s Day is right around the corner. Time to don your green and pretend that everyone is part Irish. I love making crafts with my kids for each holiday of the year. I also enjoy making crafts from items found around my house, and I have amassed a large supply of empty toilet paper rolls. For a craft that I shared with my daughter’s kindergarten co-op St. Patrick’s Day lesson this year, the kids made some adorably simple leprechaun hats with toilet paper rolls painted green.
Materials
- Toilet paper rolls
- Green paint
- Green, black, and yellow construction paper
- Scissors
- Glue
Instructions
- Paint the toilet paper roll green.
- Allow the paint to dry thoroughly.
- Cut a 2.5-inch diameter circle from the green construction paper.
- Cut a 1-inch wide band and a 1/4-inch rectangle from the black construction paper.
- Cut a 1/2-inch rectangle from the yellow construction paper.
- Glue the black band around the bottom of the green toilet paper roll.
- Glue the yellow rectangle on the black band.
- Glue the black rectangle on the yellow rectangle.
- Glue the decorated toilet paper roll to the center of the green circle.
- Display the toilet paper roll leprechaun hat.
For more St. Patrick’s Day crafts, try my Footprint Four-leaf Clover St. Patrick’s Day Craft, Handprint Four-Leaf Clover Toddler St. Patrick’s Day Craft, Shamrock Paper Plate Wreath, and Pot of Gold Rainbow Paper Plate Craft.
Image Credits
Toilet Paper Roll Leprechaun Hat Craft © 2017 Heather Johnson
Toilet Paper Rolls for the Toilet Paper Roll Leprechaun Hat Craft © 2017 Heather Johnson
Painting a Toilet Paper Roll Green for the Toilet Paper Roll Leprechaun Hat Craft © 2017 Heather Johnson
Green Toilet Paper Rolls for the Toilet Paper Roll Leprechaun Hat Craft © 2017 Heather Johnson
Cutting the Paper Pieces for the Toilet Paper Roll Leprechaun Hat Craft © 2017 Heather Johnson
Gluing the Black Band to the Toilet Paper Roll Leprechaun Hat Craft © 2017 Heather Johnson
Gluing the Yellow Rectangle to the Toilet Paper Roll Leprechaun Hat Craft © 2017 Heather Johnson
Gluing the Black Rectangle to the Toilet Paper Roll Leprechaun Hat Craft © 2017 Heather Johnson
Glue the Green Circle to the Toilet Paper Roll Leprechaun Hat Craft © 2017 Heather Johnson
Finished Toilet Paper Roll Leprechaun Hat Craft © 2017 Heather Johnson
