Make a Leprechaun Marionette for St. Patrick’s Day. When you pull the strings, the arms and legs move!

Supplies Needed:
  • Paper and a printer
  • Paste
  • Thin cardboard
  • Scissors
  • A hole punch
  • 4 paper connectors
  • A needle
  • Thread

Instructions

1.

Print out a copy of the leprechaun template. Click here to go to the color template or click here to go to the black and white template. To print the template, go to the template page and then print the PDF file there.

Paste the template to thin cardboard, then let it dry.

The color leprechaun template. The black-and-white leprechaun template.
2.

Cut out the parts. Punch holes where the large black dots are.

Connect the arms and legs to the body using the brass paper connectors.

Connect the paper parts using the connectors.A connector
3.

Thread the needle and knot it. Then thread the string through the small holes in the arms - knot the ends. Do the same for the legs. Finally, tie another string to the top of the head and make a loop to hang the marionette.

Where to make the knots.
4.

With the arms and legs hanging down, tie a thread to the middle of each string. This is the PULL string that makes the arms and legs move.

Where to make the knots.A finished Leprechaun Marionette!