Show your Irish side! This four-leaf clover is a snap to make, using basic sewing skills. If you’d rather not wear this as a barrette, you may add the clover to a pin back.

Difficulty level: Intermediate
Time to complete: 30 minutes
Age range: 10+

Things you’ll need:
Green felt sheets
Green grosgrain ribbon
Barrette
Hot glue gun
Glue sticks
Scissors
Card stock
Pencil

Things to do:
1. Draw a 2-3 inch wide piece of card stock into the shape of an M, as shown. Cut it out.

2. Trace this four times onto a piece of felt.

3. Cut out the four pieces of felt. Warm up your hot glue gun.

4. Glue a piece of ribbon to the barrette. If using a pin back, this step is unnecessary.

5. Thread your needle, knot the end, and use a running stitch along the bottom of the first shape.

6. Add the other three pieces onto the same piece of thread, not cutting it between.

7. Pull the thread to gather the pieces of felt into a circle.

8. Sew the first piece to the last, resulting in a clover shape.

9. Glue the barrette to the back of your 4-leaf clover.