St. Patrick's Day Hat Crafts

Craft St. Patrick's Day theme hats to wear or use as home decoration.

Make St. Patrick's Day hat crafts for the holiday that is celebrated internationally on March 17. The holiday offers a number of themes to work with, including the color green, shamrocks, the leprechaun and a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Adults and children alike can craft festive hats to suit the holiday.

Paper Leprechaun Hat

Create a leprechaun hat to dress up for St. Patrick's Day. Leprechaun hats are typically green, so gather green construction paper for the hat and yellow construction paper for the buckle. Or print out a leprechaun hat template at Enchanted Learning (enchantedlearning.com) and color it in with green and yellow crayons. The template serves as a guide to create your hat. Cut along the lines, then loop the paper to form the hat and add the hat top and brim.

Snack Holder Leprechuan Hat

Dress up your table for St. Patrick's Day with a leprechaun hat that serves as a snack holder. Create one using a clean half-gallon round ice cream container. Cover its outside with green construction paper that is cut to fit. Cut a circle out of green construction paper that is larger than the base of the ice cream container and glue it to the bottom of the container to serve as the hat's brim. Paint a buckle or use black and yellow construction paper to make the shape of a buckle to glue on to the hat container.

Luck o' the Irish Shamrock Cap

Shamrocks are symbolic of good luck around St. Patrick's Day. Create a festive hat that features a dangling shamrock. This hat craft requires two green foam sheets that measure 12 inches by 18 inches. Disney Family Fun (familyfun.go.com) offers specifics on how to cut the foam sheets and put the cut-out shapes together to form the hat. Since foam is durable, this may be a hat that can be worn year after year to celebrate the holiday.

Lucky Parade Hat

Use a paper bowl to create a St. Patrick's Day theme hat. Punch one hole on each side of the bowl's edge. Thread sewing elastic through each hole and knot to keep in place. This creates a chin strap for the hat. Turn the bowl upside down and draw and decorate on it with St. Patrick's Day themes, such as a pot of gold, rainbow, shamrock and a leprechaun. Use paint, crayon or marker for color and make it more festive by adding glitter.

References

• Enchanted Learning: Tiny Leprechaun Hat for St. Patrick's Day
• Family Fun: Luck o' the Irish Shamrock Cap
• Crayons: lucky Parade Hat