How To Draw A Leprechaun How To Draw A Girl Leprechaun

This colorful cartoon of a leprechaun and his lucky lid is made piece of cake with simple supplies and a handy cartoon guide.

Leprechuans are a type of fairy in Irish gaelic folklore and appear every bit petty men with a red beard, a greenish coat and hat. They similar to spend fourth dimension lone, mending shoes and making mischief. They have a hidden pot of gold at the end of rainbows.

This project requires about 50 minutes and is a groovy manner to gloat St. Patrick'southward Twenty-four hour period with your students.

Here's What Y'all'll Demand:

– 12" x 18" green sulphite drawing paper (I employ Tru-Ray brand) for the leprechaun

– 12" 10 18" colored paper for background (optional)

– Black oil pastel

– Colored chalk pastels (as well known as soft pastels)

– Scissors and glue

– 6" 10 4" scraps of glitter paper, colored paper and/or painted paper.

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Drawing the Leprechaun:

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Fold the greenish sheet of paper in half. Open up upwards to reveal a crease.

Below the crease line, draw a big "U" shape. This is the face. Add together a beard along the contour line of the face. Make the edges of the beard bumpy.

Add together two ears. The peak of the ear tin can extend above the pucker line of the paper.

Between the ii ears, depict a wavy line for the lesser brim of the hat.

Place oil pastel below ears and describe a curved line up and effectually to the other side, creating the brim of the hat.

Add together the top part of the chapeau with 3 lines.

Add two eyes, a small curved line for the nose and a broad mouth.

Add together a buckle and strap for the hat.

Coloring the Leprechaun

Using colored chalk, select a skin tone color and color the face. Experience free to colour over the nose and oral cavity. You can trace over the lines again with a blackness oil pastel.

Colour the beard using orangish and chocolate-brown pastel. Blend with fingers.

Color the hat next. Children can decide what colors they would similar to utilize. They can select a rainbow assortment or stick to like-colors. The options are endless and this is a fun way for every child to brand their hats unique.

Colour the strap and buckle.

Trace over all of the oil pastel lines once again so the colors really popular.

Make a 4-Leaf Clover or a Shamrock:

Use glitter paper, painted paper, craft newspaper or regular colored newspaper to create shamrocks.

Fold the 6" x iv" paper scraps in half (non necessary to measure) , depict a heart shape. Cut out and repeat until you have 4 "hearts".

Glue shamrock onto hat. Add a paper circumvolve for the eye.

To finish the project, cut out leprechaun and mucilage to a colored paper. This step is optional every bit you tin cut out leprechaun or exit on original paper.

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