Easy Shamrock Pop Up Card

Say Happy St Patrick’s Day with my easy Shamrock pop up card craft which is simple for kids to make. They can make lots of these and send them to their friends.

Shamrocks or four leaf clovers as they are also known are very popular around St Patrick’s Day! They are said to bring good luck. 

At the start of March my kids and I always try to start some St Patrick’s Day crafts and we either choose between leprechaun crafts or something with shamrocks. 

Previously we made a shamrock clock craft which is proving to be very handy now that my daughter is starting to learn the time. 

I am also planning on making some pictures featuring shamrocks which we can use for decor. 

My latest idea is a 3D Shamrock card. I love pop up cards at any time of the year and have made others before for St Patrick’s Day. My easy leprechaun card is very popular with children.

You can make my simple shamrock pop up card using my easy to follow craft procedure below complete with images.

Easy Shamrock Pop Up Card

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Say Happy St Patrick's Day with my easy Shamrock pop up card craft which is simple for kids to make. They can make lots of these and send them to their friends.

Print

Materials

• Cardstock paper.
• Craft papers.
• Pencil.
• Ruler.
• Scissors.
• Glue.
• Marker Pens.

Instructions

Step 1:

First, you need to select a green-shaded craft paper that is long and wide enough to cut out at least three shamrocks.

Step 2:

Then, make one vertical fold on any end of the paper, the fold has to be wide enough to draw half of the shamrock from the template. 

Step 3:

Then, fold the paper into 6 equal accordion folds. You can see this visually below.

Step 4:

Place the shamrock template over the paper as shown

Step 5:

Draw the shamrock shape.

Step 6:

Cut along the line, but only leave the red area from the template uncut.(Example Template.pdf) 

Step 7:

Open the fold to reveal your shamrocks. 

Step 8:

Select your background paper for the card.

Step 9:

Apply glue on the first half of the shamrock.

Step 10:

Glue it onto one side of the card. And, then apply glue on the last half of the shamrock.

Step 11:

Carefully close the card.

Step 12:

Open up the card and your shamrocks should 'pop up'

Step 13:

Now, select a front cover for your card. You can choose any color you wish.

Step 14:

Glue the cover.

Step 15:

Open the card, add some more decorations. The choice is up to personal taste or perhaps whatever you can find in your craft drawer.

Will you send your Shamrock pop up card to some friends to wish them Happy St Patricks? What message will you put inside? How about ‘I hope you have the luck of the Irish’.

Please print out my free PDF templates to help you make the shamrocks and also to help you create the card template:-

Shamrock printable template

Example Template

For more March fun please see some of my best Saint Patrick Day craft ideas

Why not color some of my leprechaun coloring pages after you complete this craft

Will you be making my Easy Shamrock Pop Up Card?

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