Funky shaking shamrocks

The below craft activity is simple and fast to make for St. Patrick day. This activity is a really good one for kids aged 4+ (they might need some help with some little parts). I made it today with my daughter 2+….she was very happy to help…and proud to wear her masterpiece!

Materials needed

Hair band, green felt, green pipe cleaners 60cm/24inch, scissors, plastic ribbon/ (green, orange and white the colors of the Irish flag) pencil and glue      (I used my glue gun to attach everything but any strong glue should work). First cut 2 pipe cleaner pieces about 12 cm/ 5 inch in length. (I wrapped them around a pencil to create a spring effect.)

Next step, I cut a third piece of pipe cleaner approximately 20 cm/ 8 inch. Wrap this around the center of the hair band. My daughter helped with this. Put a small spot of glue on the end of each pipe cleaner and glue it to itself (to avoid any sharp parts from the wire). Remove the pencil from the inside of the wrapped pipe cleaner and glue it to the pipe cleaner on the hair band….guess who got to pull out the pencil!! Draw 2 shamrock shapes onto the felt and cut them out, and glue the shamrocks to the top of the pipe cleaners. Next,  cut 6 pieces of plastic ribbon 20cm/8inch length and tie them to the top just under each shamrock. Funky shaking shamrocks.

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