Materials
Green construction paper
School glue
Clear tape
Gold glitte
Scissors
Round cereal bowl
Directions
1 To make the buckle: Cut out a rectangle about 3'' x 4''. Cut out a second smaller rectangle from the first to form a hollowed-out buckled shape. Cover the buckle in school glue, then sprinkle on gold glitter. Shake the excess glitter off and allow it to dry.
2 To make the top part of the leprechaun hat: Cut down the center of a piece of green construction paper widthwise, forming two long rectangles.
3 To make the bottom part of the leprechaun hat: Using a black marker, draw a belt on the bottom of your newly cut rectangles. Get creative using stripes or zig-zags to give personality to each hat. Form a cylinder by adhering the ends of the rectangle together using a glue stick. Press together for about a minute with your fingers, running them along the seam until it hardens.
4 To make the base of the hat: Use a round bowl to trace a circle onto another piece of green construction paper. Cut out the circle.
5 Put it together: Use school glue to affix the buckle to the cylinder top part of the hat, gluing it onto the belt. Use clear tape to affix the top part to the circle from inside the cylinder.
6 Your child's hat is ready! Hide lucky treats inside and use it to decorate your table or mantle for St. Patrick's Day.
Caroline Gravino Urdaneta is a designer of creative family projects, a crafter, tinkering painter and mother of four children. She writes about project ideas for the whole family and how to encourage creativity in kids on the popular blog, Salsa Pie.