If you are ever in the need to make a functional craft or to use up one of the dozens of toilet paper rolls that you have collected for crafts look no further. This St. Patrick's Day leprechaun craft is a perfect way to get a durable figure for your child to play with and uses a toilet paper roll.

Step 1: You will need to cut out two small squares of yellow construction paper, two small strips of black paper, two strips of green paper with one slightly wider than the other, a standard strip of brown paper and a strip of brown paper that looks like a beard, and a circle that is bigger then the circumference of a toilet paper roll. You will also have to cut out a circle that is the circumference of a toilet paper roll out of the first circle. Remember all strips must be long enough to wrap around the toilet paper roll.

Step 2: It may feel like there is a lot of cutting in this craft but by getting it all out of the way you can quickly begin the fun process of putting the craft together. First, place the standard brown strip at the bottom of the toilet paper roll. The the less wide green strip directly above it. Leave a gap of toilet paper roll and glue on the googly eyes and above them glue on the second strip of green construction paper so that part of it hangs above the toilet paper roll.

Step 3: Next carefully place the larger circle that you have cut out over the top of the toilet paper roll. You may have to do a little trimming around the inside of it if it does not fit smoothly over the green paper. Just be careful to not cut away so much that it will not stay in place. Then carefully push down the paper that is hanging over the top of the toilet paper roll and place the smaller circle that you cut out so that it the top of the hat. Glue or tape it in place.