If you're looking for an adorable, and relatively easy, art project for Saint Patrick's Day, then this leprechaun handprint artwork is perfect! Supplies Needed: • Orange Paint • Face Paint* • Green construction paper • Black construction paper • Yellow construction paper • White construction paper • Googly eyes • Black Sharpie • Paint brushes • Patience :) Before we get started, please note you can make the leprechaun's face any color you wish. My kids looked through several books before deciding which leprechauns they wanted to make and ours were actually a dark peach--almost orange. To mix our color we mixed yellow, pink, and white until the kids decided it was perfect. Steps: Take the child's hand, palm facing up, and paint orange on their fingers only. With another brush spread the face paint on their palms. Gently press their hand down on white paper, trying to keep their thumbs down towards the rest of the fingers. Pull up slowly to reveal the print. We chose to paint some orange bangs on our handprints as well. Then we let the pictures dry overnight. While they dried, we cut out hats and the buckle accents for the hats. We let the kids assemble and glue the hats however they wished. Once the handprints were dry they glued on Googly eyes and drew on faces.
One of my favorite handprints is the leprechaun pictured above with the shocked expression. That student said its a leprechaun that was caught! It's so fun to hear the stories they makes up based off their creations!
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