Irish Blood

The boys representing their Irish Blood

Today in the car after picking the boys up from school, Jag, the youngest of my nanny boys, asks me if we can make an art project. I said yes and proceeded to ask him what he would like to make. He responded, "Can we makes somefing that is like my blood?" This response caught me off guard and sort of disturbed. Trying to discover where he got this idea of blood, I encouraged him to explain further. His continued to explain to me, "Gaffy, you know my Irish blood that I get from the leprechauns. Can we make somefing like that?" I could not help but laugh, realizing that Jagger was not talking about the red nasty blood of a crime scene, like I had originally thought. But rather he was referring to his Irish heritage...which in his 4 year old mind  came in the form of blood from leprechauns! I was glad to find Jag's comment one of comic relief rather than one to be worried about. As we continued our drive home my mind raced to come up with a creative "Irish Blood" art project that we could throw together quickly after dinner and before bedtime. The one I came up with was Leprechaun Heads. For those of you with little ones looking for a fun St. Patrick's Day project with limited supplies and time this is as simple as it gets and the boys loved it. 

How to make your own leprechaun head:

Materials:

Paper Plates

Paint (we used water colors = less mess)

Markers

Glue

Colored paper

scissors

Have the kids paint the outside rime of the plate while it is laying face down. Once the paint is dried have them cut the edge randomly, this will become the leprechaun's beard. Next, I had the the boys cut hats out of green construction paper, complete with belts (black/brown paper) and gold buckles (yellow paper). They then glued the hats onto the top 1/3 of the plate and drew on the leprechaun faces. That's it! The easiest way to make your own leprechaun. :) 

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