Check out this easy beaded shamrock craft for St. Patrick’s Day! This can be made in just minutes and is a perfect mess free craft option for a class craft, party activity, or even a cute little favor! Try making a bunch of them for a fun garland too!
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Materials:
- Two pipe cleaners (I used the 12 inch kind, but you can use shorter ones too, your finished shamrock will just be little smaller. Also they come in solid colors or glittery metallic, your choice!)
- Beads of your choice (just be sure the opening of the bead can fit easily onto the pipe cleaner wire. I used a mix of pony beads and wood beads)
Sizing:
- Finished shamrock is about 4 inches across
Instructions For the Easy Beaded Shamrock Craft:
- Holding the two pipe cleaners in your hand, cross them one over the other and twist them together at the middle.
- You’ll now have 4 ends.
- Take the bottom end and bend it upward in half and twist it together, creating a stem for the shamrock. If you like, you can also bend into a curl to make it a little fancier.
- Next on the remaining three ends, add beads to them. You can add as many as you want for this. Adding more will give it a denser beaded look, and adding them more sparsely will let the pipe cleaner show thorough a bit more. Totally up to you!
- Next bend each end inward towards the center and twist in the center to close and create a loop.
- Repeat for all three ends.
- Add a “dip” at the top of each loop, giving it more of a shamrock leaf look.
- Pull each leaf out on the sides a bit to make it look a little fuller.
- Done!
