Don’t get caught without your green. With these easy upcycled toilet paper roll craft ideas, you can make lucky four-leaf clover and shamrock necklaces to wear on Saint Patrick’s Day.
Learn how to make lucky four-leaf clover and shamrock necklaces for St. Patrick’s Day with the step-by-step DIY instructions below. Learn how to make a toilet paper roll shamrock or lucky four-leaf clover from a recycled cardboard tube, and then make them into lucky charms for necklaces so you don’t get pinched without your green. Shamrock necklaces are an easy Saint Patrick’s Day craft for kids and adults of all ages. Four-leaf clover and shamrock crafts made with recycled toilet paper rolls also make great party favors for a Saint Patrick’s Day celebration or a shamrock-themed birthday party.
Make Saint Patrick’s Day shamrock and four-leaf clover necklace crafts just for fun, to hand out as gifts, or to ensure you don’t get pinched without your green on Saint Patrick’s Day. Our step-by-step video craft tutorial below makes these recycled toilet paper roll Saint Patrick’s Day necklace crafts easy for children, from preschoolers to teens, to put together with the guidance of an adult. First published on February 24, 2019, this DIY shamrock necklace craft tutorial is regularly updated and republished to improve the content and remain current. You might also enjoy these creative Saint Patrick’s Day arts and crafts.
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How to Make Saint Patrick’s Day Shamrock and Lucky Four Leaf Clover Necklaces:
First, please visit the DIY tutorial on how to make toilet paper roll shamrocks and four-leaf clover crafts. Next, turn recycled cardboard tube shamrocks and clovers into a shamrock or lucky four-leaf clover pendant for a necklace with the simple how-to instructions below. Or scroll down to watch the video tutorial to make these quick and easy Saint Patrick’s Day crafts at home or in the classroom. Paper roll shamrocks and lucky clover necklaces are fun to hand out as favors at a St. Patrick’s Day party. You might also enjoy making shamrock handprint art with this printable art template.
Shamrock and Clover Necklace Craft Supplies:
- Recycled toilet paper rolls or tubes
- Flat wash paintbrush
- Green acrylic paint
- Acrylic is better for this St. Patrick’s Day craft activity because tempera paint does not cover the toilet paper roll well enough. Tempura paint allows the cardboard to show through too much.
- Scissors
- Rainbow colored variegated yarn, green variegated yarn, or green yarn
- Alternatively, you can use hemp cord or another type of string.
- (Optional) Colored wooden beads or pony beads, or learn how to color wooden beads
- (Optional) Wooden alphabet beads; try THESE or THESE
- Single-hole punch
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Step-by-Step Saint Patrick’s Day Shamrock and Lucky Four Leaf Clover Necklace Craft Tutorial:
First, make toilet paper roll shamrocks and four-leaf clover crafts with step-by-step craft activity instructions and a video tutorial below. Once you have constructed a few toilet paper roll shamrocks and/or lucky clover pendants, turn them into shamrock necklaces for Saint Patrick’s Day. The simple step-by-step instructions below will help you turn your recycled shamrock toilet paper roll crafts into Saint Patrick’s Day necklaces, as shown in the photograph below.
1. Make toilet paper roll shamrock crafts:
- Make four-leaf clovers and shamrocks from a recycled toilet paper roll.
- Visit the toilet paper roll four-leaf clover and shamrock craft tutorial–>HERE.
- Once finished, a link in the post makes it easy to return to these shamrock necklace instructions.
- The DIY shamrock necklace video tutorial below also shares instructions on making these easy toilet paper roll Saint Patrick’s Day crafts.
- You might also enjoy making toilet paper roll birdhouse ornaments for your Easter Tree.
2. Use a single one-hole punch to make holes for a necklace in each recycled shamrock or clover craft:
- With a single or one-hole punch, turn each recycled cardboard tube shamrock or clover into a pendant or lucky charm for a necklace.
- Look at the video tutorial and in the photos above and below to see where to punch holes into the recycled toilet paper roll shamrocks and clovers to make Saint Patrick’s Day necklace crafts.
3. Add a strand of yarn, string, or cord to make an infinity necklace for each necklace pendant or charm:
- Cut a strand of yarn approximately 26 to 42 inches long for each shamrock or lucky four-leaf clover necklace.
- Alternatively, you can use string or hemp cord.
- Shorter necklace lengths are best for toddlers, preschoolers, and young children, while longer-length shamrock necklaces are best for older kids, teens, and adults.
- String the shamrocks onto the necklace string, yarn, or cord before moving on to the next step.
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4. (Optional) String beads onto each Saint Patrick’s Day Necklace to make a shamrock or a lucky charm necklace:
- Add beads in equal amounts to the free ends of the yarn before tying the ends together to complete each Saint Patrick’s Day shamrock or lucky four-leaf clover necklace.
- If you don’t want to add beads to your shamrock necklaces, skip this step and move on to step five.
- String colored wooden beads, wooden alphabet beads, or pony beads onto your necklace, as shown in the photos above and below.
- Or, write “lucky,” “Irish,” or “Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!” “Kiss Me” or whatever you wish with wooden alphabet beads onto each shamrock or lucky clover necklace, as shown in the photo below.
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5. Wear Saint Patrick’s Day Necklace Crafts with pride, hand them out as party favors, or gift them to family and friends!
- Don’t get caught without your green on Saint Patrick’s Day!
- Wear a toilet paper roll shamrock pendant or a lucky charm necklace to avoid getting pinched!
- Or, on Saint Patrick’s Day, hand your recycled shamrock and lucky clover necklaces out as gifts or party favors at your celebration!
Step-by-Step Toilet Paper Roll Shamrock and Four Leaf Clover Necklace Craft Project Video Tutorial:
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Recycled Cardboard Tube Shamrock and Lucky Clover Necklace Crafts for Saint Patrick’s Day
We hope you enjoy making recycled cardboard roll necklace crafts for Saint Patrick’s Day. You may also enjoy these Saint Patrick’s Day art projects and craft ideas.
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Learn more about this shamrock St. Patrick’s Day craft’s author, photographer, and creator, Nell Regan Kartychok, and Rhythms of Play HERE!
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- Encouraging Kindness to Nature
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