St. Patrick’s Day Leprechaun Trap

Jacob came home last week with a homework assignment to make a leprechaun trap.  I have seen many school projects in my day, but this was actually the first I have ever seen of this.  There were no rules... the assignment just said that leprechauns love shiny and glittery things and that we needed to design something to catch them in using scrap materials.  Since it allowed for as much creativity as we wanted, I consulted Pinterest and then Jacob and I headed upstairs to my office/craft room to see what goodies we could find to make our own.

We were able to round up enough stuff at home and we didn’t even have to make a trip to Hobby Lobby!  (Although who would ever complain about a trip to Hobby Lobby?) 

Materials

An old box (we used the Trident White box that we had just gotten from Sams)

Wrapping paper

Tape

Foam Board (I had scraps lying around… cardboard would also work)

Scrapbook paper in rainbow colors (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple)

Gold glitter scrapbook paper

Circle punch

Scissors

Glue

Cotton balls

A wooden skewer, a stick, or a straw

Ribbon or string

Step One

Wrap the outside of the box in wrapping paper of your choice using tape to secure the paper on the inside.

Step Two

Trim the foam board down to the width of your box but make sure that it is longer than the length of your box.

Step Three

Cut a strip of each scrapbook paper color – red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple – and glue down the length of your foam board in rainbow order.  We tried to make each color approximately the same width by overlapping them until the colors were about even.  (When a five year old is doing this, you have to just let it go because it’s not going to be perfect.)

Step Four

Glue cotton balls on top of the rainbow paper at one end of the strip of foam board.

Step Five

Punch a few circles out of the gold glitter scrapbook paper with your circle punch.  If you don’t have a circle punch, cut out circles old school style with scissors.  :o)

Step Six

Tie a piece of ribbon to the end of your stick.  We used a small dab of glue to keep the string from sliding off of the stick.

Step Seven

Assemble – lay the rainbow clad, cotton ball covered foam board flat on the table.  Using your stick, prop one end of the box up and rest the other end on the back end of the cotton balls.  Be sure to have the end of the stick with the ribbon lowest to the table.  Sprinkle the “gold coins” under the box lid and down the rainbow trail to lure the leprechaun.

Step Eight

When the leprechaun comes hopping along, wait until he is under the box, and pull the string.  Voila!  Trapped! 

This project was very simple… it only took about 45 minutes to make, and most importantly it’s easy enough for a five-year old to assemble at school to demonstrate how the trap works.

Keep in mind, leprechauns are tiny little creatures, so you shouldn’t need anything bigger than a shoe box.  ;o) 

Have you ever had to trap a leprechaun?

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