Catching Leprechauns

This year we decided to celebrate St. Patricks day by catching a leprechaun. 

We found some small empty boxes, got some colored paper, and went to work.  J's box had a hole in the top that he covered with paper.  He then cut the paper over the hole into strips and added some clover stickers to those strips.  Leprechauns love clovers as you know, so when they saw them they would walk over and fall into the box.  He added shredded paper to ensure a soft landing and some lucky charms for them to snack on. 

We were going to be out of town on St. Patricks day so we added some flour to the board the traps sat on so we could see the foot prints they were sure to leave behind.  (It was a bit messy but was all I could come up on short notice ;)

We were so excited to see if some Leprechauns would visit our house on St. Patties day!  J. really hoped that there would be one stuck in his trap so we could keep it as a pet...we took comfort in knowing that if you catch a Leprechaun, it is required (by his magical law) to leave some treasure behind when he gets out. 

So, we got home and found that we had, in fact, caught a leprechaun.  It did get out though so he left us some treasure.  We think there were probably 3 that got into the house...2 were trapped and the third one helped them escape.  They sure are sneaky! ;)

Who knew St. Patricks day could be so fun!  I think we'll try again next year.