Footprint Leprechaun & Little Leprechaun Footprints!

Footprint leprechaun & fingerprint pot o' gold made by my 4 yr old

Last week our playgroup had a cute St Patrick's Day get together and the kids enjoyed making footprint leprechauns & wee leprechaun footprints - check out the gold coin hunt we also did!

How to make the footprint leprechaun:

1. Set out orange, peach, & green paint along with 3 paintbrushes. I made the peach by adding a little brown to white paint.
2. Paint the child's foot starting at the heel. Use peach to paint an area that will make the face area (see the 1st and 2nd photo above- just so there is enough room to add eyes & a nose later).
3. Using orange, paint an area under the peach in the shape of a beard.
4. Paint the remaining area with green paint.
5. Press the foot on to paper.
6. While it dries, cut a leprechaun hat, a black pot, & a black strip for the hat.
7. When it finishes drying, have the child glue the hat on and the black pot. Have them also glue the black strip on to the hat.
8. Using yellow or gold paint, have the children make fingerprint (or thumbprint) gold coins and one on the hat.
9. They also drew on green eyes, a black nose, and a red mouth. I also drew a black circle inside the yellow footprint on the hat (see the first 2 photos above).
10. I also decided to add a little white triangle shirt and green bow tie to ours (see photos above).

Cute things to add:

1. One of the moms suggested to her daughter that she could draw a rainbow on her artwork when they got home. My son drew a rainbow on his- he loves telling me which color comes next!
2. On my daughter's, I printed this cute St Patrick's Day saying (right-click to save and ours is 3.5 x 5 inches).
3. I also added a thumbprint 4 leaf clover to ours.

Leprechaun craft made by 4-5 yr olds

The kids also made wee leprechaun footprints- here's how:

1. Have the child make a fist.
2. Paint the side of the hand closest to the pinkie with green paint.
3. Stamp on to paper. We did a trail of footprints so stamp as many as you wish.
4. Repeat with the other hand.
5. Make 5 fingerprints above each to create toes.
6. Repeat with all the footprints.
7. See a photo explanation here.

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