We have been talking about leprechaun at our house for years, but we have never tried to trap the leprechaun that keeps coming up in the stories I tell JDaniel. That is until this year. This year we created a leprechaun trap to see if there might really be one in our town.
Steps We Took to Build Our Leprechaun Trap
We covered the top and sides of the box with green, brown, and tan shamrocks. I thought it would be fun to give the box a camouflage look. After all we were trying to camouflage the trap from the leprechaun.
Then we created a trap using a pulley with an applesauce cup attached to it. The pulley was made of a piece of yarn wrapped attached to an old spool. The other end of the string was placed through one of the holes in the back of the crate. The old spool was slipped onto a straw that had a pipe cleaner wrapped around it. The straw with pipe cleaner was placed through holes in the back of the crate. The ends of the pipe cleaner were used to secure the straw in place by spreading them out.
The only real problem with the leprechaun trap is that there won’t be someone around to pull the leprechaun up in the middle of the night. Well, there might be. Dad may be up to have his midnight snack. JDaniel drew him an illustration of how the trap works. You will notice the leprechaun approaching the trap at the bottom of the page. I am to write out directions on how the trap work so my husband will know what to do.
The leprechaun trap won’t be tested out until St. Patrick’s Day. I have heard that is when leprechauns are most active. We will just have to wait and see. If we do catch one or temporarily trap one, I sure hope he leaves JDaniel a treat.
I promise to post how our leprechaun trap works out on our Facebook page on Sunday. I hope I will have little man to share with you.
Fun 🙂
How much fun would it be if you caught one??
How fun. Brad has gotten into traps for years! Not sure if he will this year. Never caught one though. They sure know how to make a mess…so beware!
Perfect of Q and in time for St Paddy’s Day ~ Very creative and neat photos ^_^
You always have the most fun activities!
How fun! A very creative mum you are.
How fun! A very creative mum you are 🙂
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This is so cute!! How excited would JDaniel be if you caught one!
This is so darn cute and very clever! 🙂
Oh I love his drawing. I can’t wait to hear if you catch one!
I thought you hadn’t been blogging because I’m no longer getting your updates in my reader for some reason. I saw your comment somewhere this morning and checked and voila, you’ve been posting all along. I don’t know what’s wrong! 🙁
But anyhow on the post….too stinkin’ cute!!!!! I just love how it’s all illustrated to be sure dad knows how this contraption will work,and oh how I hope it catches one! 🙂
what fun for JDaniel to be making this with his mum. Hope he will catch one someday or maybe he will forget. Love your story and photo’s
So cute! I hope he catches his leprechaun 🙂
how fun! sure hope yall catch him 🙂 I have a feeling dad might have a bit of luck in the attempt
That’s so creative and just adorable! I never pay attention to St. Patrick’s Day and now maybe think I should!
Hi I love it . Better not let the creator know that the leprechauns have gone on holiday to Ireland for a grand reunion . Hope he won’t be to disappointed lol
I love that he designed a trap for the leprechaun.
My kids built leprechaun traps in teams in kindergarten. They had so much fun! I love this idea! I think JDaniel’s just might work!
That is an awesomely elaborate trap! I hope it works!! 😀 –Lisa
What a cute trap! Soooo, did you catch one?
How adorable!
How incredibly adorable!
You are ridiculously wonderfully totally and completely the most creative Mom I know!
I hope he caught one!
Thanks for the smile!
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