In preparation for St. Patrick’s Day, Kaia spent some time creating a Leprechaun Trap. The sign says “Gold Mine Here. No Leprechauns!” She hoped he would climb up, peek in, and fall into the box. We had to make it really enticing, so inside the box we put lots of our homemade gold.
For homemade gold, you make peanut butter and cracker sandwiches:
Dip them in melted Mint Chocolate:
Let them cool on wax paper:
Wrap them in gold foil and place them at the bottom of the chute, inside the box:
Well, Leprechauns are crafty little creatures and don’t take well to being trapped. As you can see by his little green foot prints, the trap worked just as Kaia hoped it would:
Unfortunately:
He was, however, nice enough to leave a book that Kaia has been wanting to read.
Hehe…this is such a great idea!
Hehehe I love the message the leprechaun left!
Love it…that is adorable!
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Maria, I’m having so much looking back at your blog posts, and this one just tickled me so much…LOVE it!! I’m SO happy to see how wonderfully this homeschool year went for you and Kaia…you’re such a great mom