Top O' The Morning to Ya!
March 02, 2024
Top o' the mornin' to ya! Honestly, I had zero intention of making peg doll Leprechauns, but when I saw this downloadable printable box from one of my favorite Etsy sellers, I sighed, knowing all too well that wee Leprechauns were in my future. I had so much fun creating them; they made me smile! When I'm in my craft room my husband likes to come in and see what I'm up to. He took one look, grinned and said, "But we're not Irish." I said, "And yet we're having corned beef and cabbage next week." 💚
We don't need to be Irish to celebrate St. Patrick's Day!
To make the dolls you'll need:
- This Irish Kitty box download or the Irish Children box download
- 60 lb white cardstock
- tiny clothes pins or paper clips to hold the box together while drying
- 7/8 x 2 3/8" wooden peg doll body--on sale now
- green, black, and red paint
- green felt, once you try Benzie felt, you'll never use another!
- needle and thread for his hat
- green faux flower or faux shamrock for embellishment
- gold button or sticker for the buckle
- orange roving for his hair --on sale now
- scissors, glue, paintbrush and toothpicks
- double sided sticky back tape
- Paint the body green, let dry.
- Paint a 1/4" black belt around his waist, let dry.
- Cut a 6" length of roving and separate out a finger's width piece. For his beard, wrap roving several times around his neck and chin and secure with a large dab of glue. If you need some roving, see below.
- Cut and sew hat seam on the outside using template. See below if you want the template.
- Glue hat on head and add embellishment.
- With a dull toothpick, dab into paint and dot eyes in black and a red nose/mouth. Space the eyes farther apart than you think, it looks better wide spaced. The nose/mouth goes directly underneath.
- Glue on gold button for buckle. You can also dab on glue and sprinkle gold glitter for his buckle.
- Purchase and download this box template. This one is adorable too. Slip the box download into your software. I use Mac's Pages. Size the box to your own specifications. My box measured approximately 4.75" by 3.5" folded and finished. Make the box top a scant bit larger so it will easily fit over the bottom.
- Print on cardstock, I liked using 60 lb. as it's easy to print and cut and holds up well.
- Cut out, then glue and secure the glued tabs with clips while drying.
- Use double sided sticky back tape or tabs to secure dolls to box.
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3 Comments
My husband sounds like your husband (men are so literal). Unfortunately he doesn’t like cabbage. But there might be some Irish soda bread in his future.😉. Chloe
ReplyDeleteAhhh, soda bread! I forgot about that. I seem to remember I have a very simple recipe. I'm going to look that up.
DeleteI try to celebrate most holidays whether they pertain to us or not. Mexican food all year, but esp. on May 5. Latkes during Hanukah, but the rest of the year I call them rosti. And corned beef and cabbage in March. I finally figured out that roasting it is way better than boiling. Like a totally different everything! And no smell! Really, I don't know if I'll make corned beef this year, but if I do, we'll have corned beef hash the next day and we both love that.
The Leprechauns are adorable! You are sooooo creative.
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