How to Make Felt Shamrocks
These felt shamrocks use super simple sewing stitches which makes it a perfect spring craft for beginners! No sewing experience needed!
Yield: 1 felt shamrock
Cost: $2
Equipment
Materials
- Printer paper (or other scrap paper)
- Green felt
- Green thread
- Green pipe cleaner(s)
- Small clay pot(s) (2-1/2 inch diameter)
- Dried black beans (or other pot filler)
Instructions
Step 1: Find what you need
- Gather your supplies and materials.
Step 2: Make the shamrock's leaves
- Draw a heart on a scrap piece of paper, about 1-1/2 inches across at the widest point. Or you can print a heart outline if you need a template. Cut out the heart shape.
- Place the heart on green felt and use it as a template. Cut around the heart. You can also trace the heart first with chalk or a gel pen.
- Repeat, cutting 2 more felt hearts.
- Cut the bottom 1/3 off of the hearts, creating the shamrock's leaves.
Step 3: Sew the shamrock together
- Thread a needle with green thread and sew through the bottom of the leaf (about 1/8 inch above the flat edge) with a running stitch.
- Repeat, adding the next two leaves onto the same thread, using the same number and type of stitches.
- Hold the thread while pushing the leaves together, "scrunching" them up so they look pleated.
- Tie the ends of the thread together.
- Pull the thread tightly to the back of the shamrock and secure it in a double knot.
- Cut the extra thread close to the knot.
Step 4: Attach the shamrock's stem
- For the shamrock's stem, use a 6 inch green pipe cleaner.(You can also use a regular 12 inch pipe cleaner and cut it down to size later.)
- Add a dot of hot glue to the center back of the shamrock.
- Place one end of the pipe cleaner into the glue and hold it until it stays in place on its own.
- Trim the stem shorter, if you'd like.Most of our felt shamrocks have stems between 3-1/2 and 4 inches long.
Step 5: "Plant" your felt shamrock
- To "plant" your felt shamrock, use a small clay pot. (Ours has a 2-1/2 inch diameter.)Pour dry black beans into the pot until it's mostly full.
- Push the pipe cleaner stem down into the beans to keep it in place.
- Your felt shamrock is complete!
Video
Notes
Looking for more felt crafts? Here's a few of our favourites:
How to Make Felt Roses
DIY Felt Ornaments
Felt Dragon Pattern