Really did not like the pinching as a child; but, I do like to
wear green and have used a lot of green in my crocheting recently to make hats. In addition, when I was a kid I love wear my Irish button which had a different say then below.
Kiss Me Irish
Button
Materials: DecoArt Products Required, Crafter's
Acrylic , DCA01 – White, DCA84 - Shamrock Green, Craft Twinkles, DCT16 - Lime Green, Americana
Spray Sealers, DAS13 - Americana Matte Spray, Self-adhesive pin back. 1/2" flat brush, Liner brush, Three 1/2" unfinished wood
hearts, Lara's Crafts U10081, Craft glue and 2 3/8" wood circle, Lara's
Crafts L10627-30
Directions:
Refer to photo
for placement and paint as follows, White; Lime Green, front and sides of
hearts.
Refer to photo
for placement and glue hearts in clover shape to left side of circle.Use liner brush
and Shamrock Green to paint clover stem and words on circle; let
dry.
Spray with
Americana Matte Spray Sealer and let dry.
Attach pin back
to back.
Pony Bead Rainbow
Materials: 1 brick of Styrofoam,1
each purple, blue, green, yellow, orange and red chenille stems, 15 purple pony
beads, 18 blue pony beads,23 green pony beads,27 yellow pony beads,32 orange
pony beads,36 red pony beads, and Bag of cotton balls
Directions:
String pony beads
onto chenille stems, matching the colors. (i.e. string green pony beads on
green chenille, purple pony beads on purple chenille, etc)
Start with the purple
beaded stem. Center the beads on the stem and trim the ends of the stem
leaving about 2” on each end.
Find the center of
the Styrofoam block and insert the two chenille ends into the brick,
forming an arch (see photo example here). Hint: use one of the pieces
of chenille that you cut off to create the holes first, pull them out then
insert the beaded chenille into the hole.
Repeat step 3 for
each beaded stem, in the rainbow sequence (next is blue, green, yellow,
orange, and red).
Glue cotton balls all
around the bottom of the rainbow to form clouds. Cover the Styrofoam brick
with cotton balls.
When cotton balls and
glue are dry, stretch and gently pull the cotton balls to cover any
exposed Styrofoam edges.
Mickey & Minnie St. Patrick's Day Headbands
Material: Template for Mickey and Minnie St.
Patrick's Day Headband, Scissors, Stiff black felt for the ears, Regular felt
scraps (yellow and two shades of green)*, Low temperature hot glue gun, Small
piece of thin cardboard or card stock (for the Mickey headband), Green pipe
cleaner (for the Minnie headband), and Thin black headband(s)
Helpful Tip:
Sticky-back
yellow felt works especially well for the buckle on Mickey's hat. If you use
regular felt, you can apply glue with the tip of a toothpick when it's time to
stick the buckle in place.
Directions:
Print the template and use the pieces
to cut out shapes from the specified types and colors of felt. Note: It's
easier to cut out the center of the belt buckle if you snip through one of the
corners, as shown. The cut will be hardly noticeable once the buckle is glued
to the hat.
Working with one
ear piece at a time, apply a line of glue across the center of the
connecting band (specified on the template piece). Stick the glued portion
to the underside of the headband, positioning it about 1½ inches left of
the center point of the band. Now glue the two round ear flaps together,
as shown. Attach the second ear piece to the headband in the same manner,
this time positioning it an equal distance right of center (you should end
up with about 2½ inches between the two ears).
For Mickey's
hat, first glue a small rectangle of cardboard atop one of the pieces, as
shown (this will make the hat stand upright once it is attached to the
band). Now glue the second hat piece atop the first, sandwiching the
cardboard between them. Fold the hatband around the hat and glue it in place.
Then stick the buckle to the center of the hatband.To attach
Mickey's hat to the headband, glue the left edge of the brim to the left
ear.
Then glue the center of the brim to the headband. Do not attach the
hat to the right ear — otherwise, the hat will buckle each time your child
puts on the headband.For Minnie's
shamrock bow, glue a 3-inch pipe cleaner stem to one of the felt
shamrocks, as shown.
Next, glue a 2-inch length across the lower leaves.
Glue the matching shamrock piece on top.Bend the leaves
slightly forward to make the completed shamrock look more dimensional.
Then glue it to the base of one ear.
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