More St. Patrick's Day Crafts

Enchanted Learning Software's Leprechaun Marionette More Kinder Crafts Make a Leprechaun Marionette for St. Patrick's Day. When you pull the string, the arms and legs move!

Supplies needed:

paper and a printer paste thin cardboard scissors a hole punch 4 paper connectors a needle thread.

Go to the color leprechaun template

Print out a copy of the leprechaun template. Click here to go to the color template or click here to go to the black and white template. . To print the template, go to the template page and then choose PRINT from the File menu. Paste the template to thin cardboard. Let it dry.

Go to the black and white leprechaun template

Cut out the parts. Punch holes where the large black dots are. Connect the arms and legs to the body using the brass paper connectors.

Thread the needle and knot it. Thread the string through the small holes in the arms - knot the ends. Do the same for the legs. Tie another string to the top of the head - make a loop to hang the marionette.

With the arms and legs hanging down, tie a thread to the middle of each string. This is the PULL string that makes the arms and legs move.

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