Lucky Shamrock Pin Project
Time: 2-3 Class Periods
Difficulty: Moderate
Cleanup: Soap & Water
Materials:
Difficulty: Moderate
Cleanup: Soap & Water
Materials:
Green Felt
Metal Tooling Foil
Bar Pins
Glass Gem Stones or Glass Beads
Dimensional Fabric Paint
Glue
Paint Brush
Scissors
Permanent Marker
Use felt, tooling foil and fabric paint to create your own "good luck charm"! This project also has an instructional video available!
Steps
- Step 1Start with a 9x12" piece of green felt. Cut out a 9x12" piece of tooling foil.
- Step 2Apply a generous coat of glue to the foil, using a brush to even out the coverage. Press the felt piece into the glue. Allow to dry overnight.
- Step 3Cut the felted foil into 6-8 pieces, depending on how big you want your shamrocks to be. Draw a shamrock onto foil with permanent marker.
- Step 4Cut out shamrock with scissors.
- Step 5Bend and crimp shamrock. Shape with tooling foil tools if desired.
- Step 6Paint details with Tulip Slick Dimensional Fabric Paint and set glass gem stones or glass beads into the paint. Let paint dry.
- Step 7Glue pin back onto foil. Allow glue to dry.