It's almost St. Patrick's Day so its time to get your green on! This is one of my favorite holidays since there are quite a few Irish folks way back on my family tree. I've set up an easy, last minute shamrock garland printable for you.
There are two options. One pdf can be printed in color on your home printer or at a print shop for you to cut out. The second pdf is just the black outline of the same shamrocks, which can be printed on colored or patterned card stock and then cut out.
Printable Shamrock Garland
Printable Shamrock Garland Outline
Each page here has four large shamrocks and 3 small ones so it makes a nice variety for a garland. The large shamrocks measure about 4 1/2 inches tall from stem to top. They would even make cute cupcake toppers. If you are printing the color version, I recommend using a medium weight card stock so they'll hold up well. My go-to card stock for projects like this is the 110 pound card stock from Staples. Its sturdy for many projects, but not so thick that its difficult to cut by hand.
There are several ways you can put together a garland from these little lucky shamrocks. Use a hole punch to make a hole on one or two leaves, and then string them on jute, twine, ribbon or raffia. I used an invisible thread, also labelled as monofilament, for the green card stock garland shown above. I used a 1/16" hole handheld hole punch for a small hole on two petals of the shamrocks, then threaded them onto the monofilament so that it rests along the backside of the shamrocks. You could even thread a needle with the monofilament and just stitch right into each shamrock.
Hang your garland vertically or horizontally. If your garland will be outdoors, you can laminate the printed sheets before you cut them out to make them a little weather resistant. So many options!
If you have a sewing machine handy, you can simply sew down the center of each. Leave a little space between them or a lot of space. For a three dimensional garland, print out double the amount you need and sew two layers together at a time for each shamrock on your garland. You can gently separate the two layers, folding along the stitched line for a big pop!
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