St. Patrick’s Day Leprechaun Hat ~ A DIY Door Hanger

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with an easy Leprechaun Hat that’s a DIY Door Hanger! It’s an easy Spring craft project that is simple and inexpensive to make.

I’m excited to share this St. Patrick’s Day Leprechaun Hat with 19 of my favorite DIY bloggers! We are teaming up for a Green St. Patrick’s Day {Home Tours and Decor} blog hop and you are going to love all of the inspiration you will find throughout the week.

Each day there will be new of colorful projects to inspire your Spring home decorations. Links to all of the fabulous projects and home tours you see in the featured image are at the end of this blog post.

I’ve already made one for football season, to celebrate the boys’ love of basketball, and for Easter. Creating my own DIY door hangers is totally becoming my thing.

So I couldn’t resist making one for St. Patrick’s Day this year!

You are going to love how simple this Spring craft is and you won’t believe how inexpensive it is to make!

Leprechaun Hat Door Hanger ~ Supplies

white foam core

serrated knife

1″ wide masking tape

green spray paint

adhesive spray glue*

green moss*

scissors

collection of green and yellow ribbon

hot glue gun {my favorite one}*

Leprechaun Hat Door Hanger ~ Instructions

Step One – Begin the leprechaun hat with a poster sized piece of foam core. Use a pencil to draw the outline of a leprechaun hat. My hat measures 24″ x 18″. I actually could have made two door hangers with one piece of poster sized foam core.

Step Two – Use a serrated knife to cut out the shape. Yes, grab a steak knife from your kitchen drawer. It’s the best tool for cutting out foam core door hangers.

Step Three – Prep the edges of the leprechaun hat for spray painting by using 1″ masking tape and following this technique.

Step Four – Spray paint the shape with green spray paint. Be careful to use several light coats to cover the entire piece. Don’t forget the edges!

Step Five – After the green spray paint has dried, cover the front of the leprechaun hat with adhesive spray glue*. Follow the manufacturer’s instructions for best results.

Step Six – Next grab the bag of green moss*.  Remove half the moss from the bag then fluff it up by tearing it apart. Lots of fluffy moss makes covering the door hanger easier.

Firmly push the fluffy moss into the sprayed on glue. Must sure to cover the entire shape with moss.

As you can see, Tootsie (our 5 year old daughter) was all about helping with this project!

Once the leprechaun hat has been covered with moss use scissors to trim any excess from the edges.

Step Seven – Add a bow with wired ribbon and the St. Patrick’s Day Leprechaun Hat is complete! I simply raided my ribbon stash in my craft room to make the bow.

Bow making can be hard so I love to use a Bowdabra Bow Making Tool* or this easy bow making technique.

Finish the St. Patrick’s Day project by hot gluing  ribbons and bow onto the front of the leprechaun hat. Hot glue a ribbon to the back for hanging.

I love the texture the green moss adds to the St. Patrick’s Day Leprechaun Hat! It’s vibrant color simply pops off our red front door!

 

The door hanger made me so happy that I couldn’t resist picking up a new doormat and a few flowers to add to our front porch.

 

 

I mentioned at the beginning of this post how inexpensive this project was to make. I only had to purchase four items and there is enough leftover to make another DIY door hanger for a friend.

Here’s exactly what I spent:

Leprechaun Hat Door Hanger ~ Budget Breakdown

white foam core – $1 (only used half)

1″ wide masking tape – FREE (supply stash)

green spray paint – $4

adhesive spray glue* – $5

green moss* – $6 (only used half)

collection of green and yellow ribbon – FREE (supply stash)

Total cost – $16

Now you are going to want to settle in to visit all the other fabulous bloggers and their amazing St. Patrick’s Day projects and home tours. Follow the links below to see their awesomeness!

Monday, March 7

Green With Decor
Rain on a Tin Roof
Design Asylum
3 Little Greenwoods
Up to Date Interiors

Tuesday, March 8
Migonis Home
2 Bees in a Pod
Elizabeth Joan Designs
Seeking Lavender Lane
The Deans List

Wednesday, March 9
Live the Fancy Life
Iris Nacole
Karen’s Up on the Hill

Thursday, March 10
Go Haus Go
The House Down the Lane
Lehman Lane
The Honeycomb Home

Friday, March 11
My Creative Days
The Twin Cedars
Casa Watkins

This post shows that door decorations don’t have to be strictly limited to wreaths!

Add a bit of fun to your front door with a Leprechaun Hat door hanger that’s perfect for St. Patrick’s Day. It only takes a few supplies and one afternoon to complete. Plus it’s so unique that I guarantee that your neighbor next door won’t have anything like it!

Visit Ashley @ 3 Little Greenwoods’s profile on Pinterest.

I link up with these fun parties!

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