Make a Leprechaun Trap for St. Patrick’s Day
Making a Leprechaun Trap
With St. Patrick’s Day approaching, my kids wanted to catch a Leprechaun with a Leprechaun trap. They devised a plan that involved a trap and gold.
Making a Leprechaun Trap
We just used materials that we had on hand.
- a box
- printer paper
- coloring tools (crayons but whatever you have)
- wooden spoon
- gold and chocolate gold coin
I had the kids color St. Patrick’s Day themes on regular printer paper, including “Free Gold” (which if you look closely at the picture above you’ll see) and we taped them onto a box. The idea began a few days before St. Patrick’s Day and originally the kids were set on drawing gold coins and cutting them out, but I thought it would be cute to get something a little more fun. I did a quick search on Amazon, found some fake gold coins, and luckily they were able to get to us in time.
Setting the trap, my son grabbed the wooden spoon, placed the “gold” under the box, and I sent them off to bed.
The next morning we found the trap had been sprung but alas, no Leprechaun, however, he did leave a chocolate gold coin for each child and a fun letter for them! We also found a few tricks had been played on us!
Tricky Leprechaun
The kids woke up to green streamers everywhere. It was wrapped around stuff and the kids were amazed. My youngest was trying to navigate it as if the streamers were lasers. It was hilarious.
We also found a box of Lucky Charms left by the Leprechaun, which is a real treat because we don’t eat that kind of cereal regularly. It was wrapped up in the streamers as well.
My son went to use the bathroom and he screamed, “Oh, the leprechaun got us again”, as there was some “green pee” waiting. The kids all ran in to see… they had fun.
This is one of those “tricks” that some with like and others won’t… and that is ok. This kind of fun only lasts a little while with kids and so we went for it!
Anyway, though the leprechaun trap didn’t catch him this year, the kids really enjoyed trying!
Supplies for the Tricks
- streamers
- tape
- green dye
- Lucky Charms
Notes:
- We did green streamers, but a rainbow of streamers would be really cool!
- There are other cereals to use that mimic Lucky Charms in appearance and that are healthier, I have tried a few but wasn’t a fan. They were chalky and just not what I would describe as a “treat”. As I said we don’t buy Lucky Charms, or any like this, at all… so we opted to just do the sugar and dye option as a treat. You could skip this for various reasons or find a tasty, organic, colorful cereal to take its place.
Making the Day a Bit More Fun!
As I mentioned above, the leprechaun left a letter for the kids… in reality I obviously created a Leprechaun Letter for them. It’s one of those things I said I would do every St. Patrick’s Day, for a couple years, and then I always forgot to… but this year I did it and thought others might like the ease of just printing one.
So, for those of you looking for a quick way to add some more fun to St. Patty’s Day… I created a few leprechaun letters, added some coloring pages and a snack recipe… and added to my Etsy shop! Head over to Etsy to grab it!
I also added one for the classroom for all of you teachers! Grab the Classroom Leprechaun Letter here!
For even more fun, check out this sweet St. Patrick’s Day Keepsake to make with your kiddos and for those wanting to know more about St. Patrick’s Day, head over and read these 9 St. Patrick’s Day facts!
Have a great St. Patrick’s Day!
Comment below about some of your St. Patty’s Day traditions and if you make a leprechaun trap, head to Instagram or Facebook and tag me @bemandfam! I’d love to see them! Don’t forget to pin this for later and if you like Pinterest, I am there too!
May the luck of the Irish be with you!
BEM + fam 🙂 
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