Leprechaun Water Bottle Bowling
Go "green" and play a lucky bowling game with these do-it-yourself leprechaun bowling pins made from recycled plastic bottles!
Materials
Directions
Paint an empty plastic bottle white. Once you finish painting, set the bottle aside to dry. Tip: If you want your bottles to have a little bit of weight before you begin painting, add some dry beans or rice to each bottle and then close the cap.
Once the base coat is dry, draw a face in the upper curved area of the bottle close to the cap.
Paint a dark green coat on your leprechaun. Leave an opening in the center for the "shirt" so that you can draw buttons later.
Paint pants on your leprechaun by painting the base of the bottle using a light green color.
Paint an orange beard and hair around the face of the leprechaun, covering the cap of the bottle.
Using the permanent marker, draw three buttons down the front of the shirt. Allow the leprechaun to dry completely.
Cut out a leprechaun hat from green stiffened felt, then glue the base of the hat to the front of the bottle cap above the face.
Once you and your child have made 10 pins, set them up in the hallway or a large room and use a small ball to bowl down the little leprechauns. Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Caroline Gravino Urdaneta, a PBS Parents resident crafter, is a designer of creative family projects, tinkering painter and mother of four children. She writes about project ideas for the whole family and how to encourage creativity in kids on her blog.
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