We have a St. Patrick's Day tradition that we really enjoy... We like to set traps and try to catch Leprechauns. Leading up to our favorite green holiday, Melanie has been really excited and mentioning it constantly.
A cute funny side story. I got this message via email from Melanie's teacher on the Thursday before St. Patrick's Day.
" We were talking about St. Patrick's day and she started giggling so much that everyone was laughing. She was telling the other students about the traps her family sets. She said you had not caught any yet but that they had left stuff behind. All the while she was giggling and laughing. So everyone wanted to know if they were real. She said yes and I let them know that my stuff often went missing and maybe they were playing a trick on me. Then I let them know they should talk to their parents about it. "
Perhaps some of Melanie's friends will be starting a new tradition because of Melanie's excitement. Who knows.
This year, I wanted the traps to be something the kids could do by almost completely themselves. Last year they helped make the trap, but it was mostly my work. This year, I got some recycled boxes that the Leprechauns were sure to get stuck in, and after I wrapped them in green paper, the kiddos did the rest. Here are some pictures:
The kids covered them with stickers, wrote "Free Gold" on the side, and put some coins on top to bait them. We added a ladder to each trap so that the Leprechauns could get to the gold, and we went to bed. The idea was that the Leprechaun would climb the latter, see the "gold" and fall into the opening on the top while trying to retrieve it.
Oliver's Trap
Noelle's Trap
Melanie's Trap
Well... as you can tell, those sneaky Leprechauns tricked us again. But they did leave a taste of the rainbow.
And look what some other sneaky Leprechauns left right outside our front door. This was a surprise to us all. What a fun way to start our St. Patrick's Day.
Thank you Leprechauns!
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