To Catch a Leprechaun Step 1 - Hat Trap

Leprechauns have big egos, so a giant version of their own hat is irresistible to them. Once they step on the false top, you'll have caught a 10-gallon prize.
So that the top doesn't give way too soon, use a lightweight bait, such as a crumpled piece of gold foil.

Leprechauns love to break rules. Warning signs are sure to lure them in. Natural materials make these woodland creatures feel at home. Set the trap out on the kitchen counter with some bait and go to bed. 

In the morning you might find that those sneaky leprechauns have danced across your counter tops with their little green shoes and gotten past the trap and taken your bait! Sometimes they leave gold dust everywhere and turn your milk green with their magic, Be sure to check the inside of your trap, sometimes they leave “gold” goodies inside. If you’d like to try and catch one… here’s what you do.

Leprechaun Trap Materials:
Empty oatmeal container
green, gold, black felt
poster board
several twigs
gold chocolate coin candy or whatever you like
white glue
scissors
glue gun

1. measure a piece of green felt large enough to wrap around the oatmeal container
2. cut a strip of black felt 1-2″ wide and as long as the green felt
3. cut a gold felt square with a hollow center
4. glue the black strip to the green felt
5. glue the gold square to the center of the gold strip.
6. cut out shamrock shapes (or use shamrock stickers) and glue onto the belt side of the felt.
7.  cut the center out of the lid to the oatmeal container.
8.  cut a circle of green felt the size of the oatmeal lid.
9.  starting at center of green circle, make cuts outwards, working your way around the circle in sort of a star pattern
10.  glue green circle to frame of oatmeal lid.
11.  Place onto the oatmeal container.

12. spread glue onto the back of the green felt and wrap it around the oatmeal container.
13.  cut another circle of green felt 1-2″ wider than the container.
14. glue circle to poster board.
15.  glue bottom of oatmeal container (or what we can now call a ‘leprechaun hat’) to the center of circle on the poster board.
16.  using twigs and a got glue gun, make a small ladder to reach from the poster board to the top of the ‘leprechaun hat’
15. place some ‘bait’ or crinkled up gold foil on the top of the hat, finishing off the trap.

*The ‘gold’ dust was gold and green glitter sprinkled on the counter. Barbie's shoes and green crayola washable paint to made the foot prints.
 


***Green Milk - place a few drops of green food coloring - Leprechaun Magic Happy St Patrick's Day!