To create the large shamrock, line up two sets of three jumbo craft sticks on your work surface. Using scissors, trim additional jumbo craft sticks to the width of the shamrock pieces and attach them with a glue gun and glue sticks. If you are using regular-sized craft sticks you will want to use 4 on each side.

Glue the halves together in an “X” pattern. Glue one jumbo craft stick at the base as the stem. If you are working with littles you can use liquid craft glue for this project, but you will have to wait for it to dry before painting.

Basecoat the front and sides of the craft stick shamrocks with a green color of your choice. Whether you like light green, medium green, or dark green acrylic craft paint. Let dry, and apply a second coat, if necessary. Once your base coat paint has dried, you can add patterns to the shamrocks. Create mini polka dots by dipping a new pencil eraser in acrylic craft paint and dotting it onto the shamrock. Create larger polka dots by dipping a sponge dauber in acrylic craft paint and dotting it onto the shamrock. Mix and match the dots and colors for unique combinations.

This part is optional but to finish the craft stick shamrocks off you can tie a piece of ribbon into a bow and attach it to your four-leaf clover. Trim the long ends by cutting out a triangular-shaped notch with scissors. The notch gives the bow a finished look while also preventing the ribbon from fraying. Attach the bows to either the center or the stem of the shamrock.