Lay one piece at a time on an egg and moisten it with water. As the paper adheres to the egg it will transfer some of its colour. Continue to decorate the egg with small pieces of different coloured tissue paper until the entire egg is covered. When the paper dries, remove it from the egg. In empty egg shells that are clean, fill with cotton balls.
Children can decorate their eggs with funny faces.
Moisten cotton and place quick growing seeds such as mustard or grass on the cotton. Now, draw the leprechaun's pants, jacket and shirt. Draw a hat on the leprechaun's head. Tear a light shade of green construction paper into pieces of medium size. Arrange the pieces on the drawing to fill in the leprechaun's shirt.