Create A Four-Leaf Clover
Create A Four-Leaf Clover
Tutorials | March 13th, 2008
In celebration of St. Patricks Day, I wanted to do a four-leaf clover tutorial. Some of you might not celebrate St. Patricks Day or have no use for a four-leaf clover, but still take a look at this tutorial. This tutorial combines some good techniques. You will Divide, Transform, and add Warping Effects. These techniques will help you quickly and easily create with Illustrator!
Step 1: Creating the Leaf Shape
First, draw a circle with the Ellipse Tool (l). Select the circle with the Selection Tool (v) and hold down the Alt Key (copies the selected object) and the Shift Key (snapping object into place). With these keys pressed, drag out another copy of the circle. Select both circles and Add and Expand them from the Pathfinder Panel.
With the Direct Selection Tool (a), select the bottom anchor point where the circles intersect. With the anchor point selected, drag it downward, roughly double the length of the combined circles. With the anchor still selected, Convert it to a Smooth anchor point from the Control Panel. Next, use the Delete Anchor Point Tool (-) and delete the anchor points on the left and right side of the anchor point you just dragged out.
Now it is staring to look like a leaf, but it needs some color. Before adding color, we will divide the shape into two objects. With the Line Segment Tool () draw a line roughly in the middle of the leaf shape. Select both shapes and press the Horizontal Align Center in the Align Panel. With both objects still selected, press the Divide button in the Pathfinder Panel and Ungroup (shift ⌘ g) both of these shapes by going Object > Ungroup.
Select one of the shape and create a Radial Gradient from the Gradient Panel. Use a light green and a darker green for the swatches in the gradient. Use the Gradient Tool (g) and click and drag from the top right of the shape to the bottom left. Use the same Radial Gradient and gradient adjustments for the other leaf.
Step 2: Transforming
One leaf is done, but we need three more. We can just repeat the first step three times, but that would take to long. This is where the Transform Effect comes in handy. Select both sides of the leaf and Group (⌘ g) them. Next, go to Effect > Distort & Transform > Transform to bring up the Transform dialog. In the Transform dialog change the Copies to 3, Rotate 90 degrees, and click the bottom center point in the 9-Point Proxy (the box with nine points above the Random check box). Now the clover has four leaves. It is a good idea to go Object > Expand Appearance. If you don’t expand the clover, the next time you try to rotate it, you will get some undesired results. Next, comes the stem!
Step 3: Stem
Draw a rounded rectangle the size you want your stem with the Rounded Rectangle Tool. Next, go Effect > Warp > Arch. In the Warp Options dialog, make the Bend 20% and the Horizontal Distortion 40%, while keeping the other options the same. After, go Object > Expand Appearance. Give the stem a Linear Gradient from the Gradient Panel with the swatches being darker greens than the clover leaves. Rotate the leaves and stem into the desired position and your done!
Experiment
Like, I said before, you don’t need to create a Four-Leaf Clover to utilize these functions. The Transform function is a great place to experiment. Try different angles, dimensions, copies, or points on the 9-Point Proxy. The Warp Effects are great for creating consistent shapes, and can be used almost anywhere. And don’t forget the Divide! It is a great way to create multiple object from a single object. St. Patricks day is coming in a couple of days, so those of you that don’t have time to create a Four-Leaf Clover, hop on over to iStock and buy a Shiny Four-Leaf Clover.
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Not a four leaf clover but a 56-Leaf Clover
Not a four leaf clover but a 56-Leaf Clover
Morioka, Japan, May 12, 2009–Best. Luck. Ever?
With 56 leaves–and presumably 14 times the luck of your run-of-the-mill four-leaf clover–this plant bred by farmer Shigeo Obara may be the most-leaved clover ever discovered. The plant may dethrone an 18-leaf clover, also found by Shigeo, in the Guinness World Records.
”I never dreamed of seeing this many leaves on a clover,” Shigeo told the Associated Press. To avoid double-counting, Shigeo had placed decals on the leaves as he tallied them.
—Photograph from AP/Kyodo
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I Found a Four-Leaf Clover
I found a Four Leaf Clover
I Found a Four-Leaf Clover
by Jack Prelutsky
Text © 1984 Jack Prelutsky. Used by Permission of HarperCollins Publishers.
Source: Kids Pick the Funniest Poems (1991)
Do You Feel Lucky? Four Leaf Clover Lottery Commercial
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Do You Feel Lucky? Four Leaf Clover Lottery Commercial
There is your pot of gold
There is your pot of gold
There is your pot of gold
Four-Leaf Clover
I’d like a four-leaf clover,
Clover, clover,
I’d like a four-leaf clover,
No other kind will do.
I’ll search the whole world over,
Over, over,
I’ll search the whole world over,
And won’t stop ’til I’m through!
I found a four-leaf clover,
Clover, clover,
I found a four-leaf clover
Where I’d not looked before.
Not up the world and over,
Over, over,
Not up the world and over,
But here beside my door!
Words and Music By: Louise Ayres Garnett
Adapted By: Terry Kluytmans
Copyright © 2000 KIDiddles.com
Graphing With Lucky Charms (St. Patrick’s Day)
Graphing With Lucky Charms (St. Patrick’s Day)
By – Cheryl Richard
Primary Subject – Math
Grade Level – 3-5
Directions for Lucky Charms graphing activity:
- 1. Distribute individual bags of Lucky Charms cereal to each student.
2. Distribute the one tally sheet and one graph sheet to each student. (See below)
3. Have students individually count and sort the marshmallows in his/her bag and then complete the tally sheet.
4. Using the tally sheet, the students will complete the graph on the next sheet and answer questions 1-3 on their own.
5. Questions 4-7 are answered as a whole class.
6. On a pre-made large graph, go around the room and ask each student for their totals of each individual marshmallow and color in the graph (do this one marshmallow at a time around the room).
7. After the large graph is completed, do questions 4-7.
8. Teacher may guide the students in answering these questions.
9. Discuss the predictions. Find out who made accurate predictions.
10. Once the activity is complete, the students may eat the cereal!
Skills: counting, sorting, graphing, interpreting a graph, computation, predicting
Adaptations: can be adapted to Valentine’s Day using conversation hearts, or any other holiday.
Materials: small bags of Lucky Charms cereal for each student, tally sheet and graph sheet with questions for each student, pre-made large graph for whole class results, crayons, pencils
Tally sheet:
Lucky Charms Tally Sheet
Directions: Count the different Lucky Charms in your bag. Record the total number of each charm beside the appropriate number below using tally marks, and then record the total for each.
| 1. Red balloon = _________________ | Total= ____ |
| 2. Purple horseshoe =______________ | Total= ____ |
| 3. Green clover hat = ______________ | Total= ____ |
| 4. Pink heart = ___________________ | Total= ____ |
| 5. Blue moon = ___________________ | Total= ____ |
| 6. Pot of gold = ___________________ | Total= ____ |
| 7. Shooting star = _________________ | Total= ____ |
| 8. Rainbow = ______________________ | Total=____ |
Make a Prediction!
Using the information above, make a prediction of which Lucky Charm you think will be the most for the entire class and then put a circle around it. On the lines below tell why you think this Lucky Charm will be the most.
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Lucky Charms Graph
Directions: Graph each lucky charm by coloring one box for every charm you have. Use the colors as indicated in the graph. When you are finished, answer the questions below.
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| Red balloon | Purple horseshoe | Green clover hat | Pink heart | Blue moon | Pot of gold | Shooting star | Rainbow |
Questions to Answer On Your Own:
- 1. Of which Lucky Charm did you have the most?_______________ How many?_____
2. Of which Lucky Charm did you have the least?_______________ How many?______
3. How many total Lucky Charms did you have in your bag? ____________
Questions to Answer As A Whole Group
- 4. Of which Lucky Charm did the entire class have the most? __________ How many? _________
5. Of which Lucky Charm did the whole class have the least? ___________ How many? _________
6. What was the total number of Lucky Charms for the entire class? _________
7. Was your prediction of which charm would be the greatest amount for the entire class correct? __________ If not, how close was your prediction? _________________
If you have any questions, feel free to e-mail me. Hope you find this activity helpful.
E-Mail Cheryl Richard!
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Four Leaf Clover— all in a day
I found 62 four-leaf clovers yesterday in my yard. I try to rescue them before my husband mows them down.
Today I found 5 5-leaf clovers, 1 6-leaf, and 1 7- leaf. In all my years of clover finding, I didn’t know a 7 leaf existed!
I love them. I don’t think they are lucky, I think the searcher of them is patient, considers looking for them a sort of peaceful therapy,
and I think God just throws them randomly around to make us happy, and to remind us that even though we are in the middle of a bunch of people,
He makes us special and unique in the midst of it all. A pic of my latest pick. God Bless!
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The 10 Commandments According to Lucky Charms
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The 10 Commandments According to Lucky Charms
by Alex Bash on May 09, 2008
10. Thou shall debateth which fun shaped marshmallow General Mills should introduce next.
9. Thou shall knoweth more about thy daily zinc and calcium intake from one serving than thou knows about thy family history.
8. Thou shall laugheth during Austin Powers when the bad guy says “They’re always after me lucky charms” for yea, our marketing team kicks ass.
7. Thou shall not diggith through thine box and pick out the marshmallows, for yea, thy hands are fucking dirty.
6. Thou shall spiketh thy blood sugar daily with thine high fructose corn syrup.
5. Thou shall never send in proofs of purchase for shitty toys, for behold, they are shitty.
4. Thou shall doeth the puzzles on the back of thee box, for yea, they are awesome.
3. Thou shall wondereth with thine friends why General Mills doesn’t make a cereal with only the marshmallows.
2. Thou shall drinketh thy left over milk from thy cereal, for yea, it is delicious.
1. Thou shall eateth all the brown pieces first and saveth the marshmallows for last, for I tell the truth: the first will be last and the last will be delicious.
And you thought you ate a lot of lucky charms?
And you thought you ate a lot of lucky charms?
