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20 Awesome Leprechaun Tricks to Play on Kids!
St. Patrick’s Day is March 17th.
Lily’s Kindergarten class made leprechaun traps. The kids went BERZERK when they arrived at school on St. Patrick’s Day and saw the fun those leprechauns had with their traps! (And no, much to the kids’ dismay, no leprechauns were caught!) Another fun activity is Leprechaun Boogers (Slime).
Check out these fun ideas for making some leprechaun mischief at YOUR home. These ideas range from super simple to some time involved – LOL – that way you can choose your commitment level!
Stop by my Etsy shop for some fun St. Patrick’s Day printables!
1. Make a leprechaun trap. This can be as simple or as involved as you want to make it. For extra fun, have the leprechaun leave a little treasure (gold chocolate coins, candy, etc) after he evades the trap.
Leprechaun Trap testing!! Let’s hope the leprechaun is tempted by the shiny greenery, the shamrock overload and of course, the gold doubloon!!
All these years later, we are still making leprechaun traps!! So many fun possibilities!
2. Leave some gold coins. Whether you leave plastic funny money or the chocolate version, these are a fun and easy thing to leave from the leprechaun. Tip: buy your coins EARLY. A couple years ago I forgot to buy them until the day before 3/17. Yeah, no gold coins anywhere. Easter candy EVERYWHERE.
3. Leave a letter from the leprechaun like Creekside Learning did.
More St. Patrick’s Day Fun:
4. Leave green footprints with washable markers like Sheek Shindigs did!
5. My kids would go NUTS if the leprechauns set up this windshield rainbow like Cup of Jo did!
6. Swap out a lightbulb or two with GREEN lights like Oh! Rubbish blog. You could color the lightbulb with a green Sharpie or just swap out a regular bulb for a green lightbulb.
7. How fun are these Magic Leprechaun Rocks from Gift of Curiosity? They DISSOLVE to reveal a secret TREASURE!
8. Have the leprechauns leave a rainbow made from streamers. Here’s an example from just tell me to relax and breathe.
9. The leprechauns left temporary tattoos on family members over at My Crazy Good Life! This one would obviously depend on whether your kids are heavy or light sleepers.
10. Swap out the kids’ shoelaces for green shoelaces!
11. Leprechauns turn the food and drinks green! Check out our green pancakes and milk breakfast.
12. Use window markers to leave leprechaun greetings on windows and/or mirrors!
13. Use Fizzy Color tablets (yellow and blue) to surprise the kids with GREEN water like Steve Spangler Science did.
14. That sneaky leprechaun can put stickers on the toilet paper roll like on My Crazy Good Life.
15. I hate when the leprechaun turns your real money into funny money! (Pic from Leprechaun Tricks)
16. The leprechaun could turn some cookies into gold “coins!”
17. Have the leprechaun serve up some Pot O’Gold Punch!
18. Give the kids some Leprechaun Bait to help their leprechaun-catching-attempts!
20. Similar to the magic rocks, have the leprechaun leave these Magic Shamrocks for the kids. This example is from Growing a Jeweled Rose.
These are adorable! Thanks for including my tricks!
You’re welcome – your ideas are great!
One trick that is fun . . . The night before St. Patricks Day, put a drop of green food coloring in the bottom of a glass. Let dry. In the morning pour the milk in the glass and watch the kids reaction when the milk turns to green. “Those darn leprechauns!”
I love this!! Definitely going to try it! :)
i wish a leaperchan will come to my house
Don’t forget green food coloring I’m the toilet St Patrick’s Day morning
i palyed a trick on my dad i put blue food colering in the toilet but all i got was a chore
What did you use for the rainbow on the windshield? I love it!!
We actually just used small blobs of washable tempera paint! :)