In this simple project, cardboard from a cereal box and a toilet paper tube are turned into a cute free-standing shamrock that is great to use as a St. Patrick’s Day decoration.
- Green cardstock or cardboard from a cereal box (or other stiff paper)
- Toilet paper tube roll
- Green paint
- Brush
- Scissors
- Optional – Glitter
- Optional – Markers
- Optional – Googly eyes
Instructions
Cut the toilet paper tube in half, creating a short cylinder (roughly 2 inches tall). Each stand-up shamrock needs half a tube.
On the half-tube, cut two 1/2 inch slits, one on each side (this is where you will insert the paper shamrock).
Using stiff cardboard (for example, from a cereal box), cut out a large shamrock. For a shamrock template, click here.
Paint the shamrock and the tube green. Let them dry.
When the paint is dry, add decorations to the shamrock if you like (for example, details made with markers, glitter, googly eyes, etc.). And don’t forget to sign it.
Insert the shamrock into the slits in the tube. You now have your own free-standing shamrock to help you celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.
