Create leprechaun hat napkin rings to decorate your table for St. Patrick's Day.
Approximate Time: about 1 hour
Supplies:
- cardboard tube
- scissors
- ruler
- green craft foam
- black 1/4 inch wide ribbon
- gold 1/2 inch wide ribbon
- 1 inch wide black grosgrain ribbon
- hot glue gun and glue sticks
- white card stock
- pencil
Instructions:
- For a hat pattern, draw a hat shape onto card stock and cut out.
- Trace around hat pattern onto green craft fun and cut out.
![Leprechaun Hat Napkin Rings - Green foam hat.](https://img.thrfun.com/img/012/580/green_foam_hat_s2.jpg)
- Cut a strip of black ribbon for hat band and glue in place.
![Leprechaun Hat Napkin Rings - Ribbon hat band.](https://img.thrfun.com/img/012/581/hat_band_s2.jpg)
- Create a hat buckle from gold ribbon by folding a small piece of gold ribbon in half and cutting a tiny square into the fold. Unfold and trim off any excess. Glue the buckle onto center of hat band.
![Leprechaun Hat Napkin Rings - Gold ribbon for buckle.](https://img.thrfun.com/img/012/582/gold_ribbon_for_buckle_s1.jpg)
![Leprechaun Hat Napkin Rings - Completed hat.](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
- Cut a 1-inch piece from cardboard tube for napkin ring. Cover the tube by wrapping it with black ribbon (or you could use black felt, fabric, etc.) and gluing it in place.
![Leprechaun Hat Napkin Rings - Piece of tube for ring.](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
![Leprechaun Hat Napkin Rings - Covering ring with black ribbon.](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
- Glue hat to top of napkin ring.
![Leprechaun Hat Napkin Rings - Finished napkin ring.](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
By Rachel's Mom from Wilkesboro, NC