Leapin' Leprechauns

Preparation for St. Patrick's Day started about a week after Valentine's day. You may remember last years attempt to catch a little green man. Well the interest and enthusiasm only grew stronger this year. A couple weeks ago, while at the library, Logan asked to find a book about Leprechauns, so he could learn all their interests, in order to build a better trap this year. So we read and read and read some more about Irish folklore.

We did a few crafts, green of course and Logan started work on his traps. Traps, traps and more traps...5 to be accurate This is the preparation of the pit trap, ready to catch him a leprechaun!

Here is one of the signs he made to show those little green guys where to go to find their "gold" ...this was the result of a little Gaelic goggling and realizing that translating Logan's letter would take a bit more effort than the author was willing to put forth.

You also may not notice the potato he used to help lurer his prize. This one is a favorite...an old shoe...because Leprechauns are believed to be the shoemakers for fairies...

Ta-Dah! Those sneaky leprechauns found Logan's traps and they stole all his gold! But they left him some chocolate coins and a stuffed green little man was trapped in the pit.

In celebration of the day, we treated ourselves to a rainbow breakfast. Top o'the mornin' to ya! We concluded our St. Paddy's day with green rice krispie treats, after our dinner of corned beef sandwiches. It was a fantastic St. Patrick's Day and believe it or not, Logan is already talking about next years traps.