How do you make a simple leprechaun trap?
Repurpose an old cardboard shipping box and paper towel tube into a seriously adorable leprechaun trap. This box is balanced on a cardboard tube covered in rainbow stripes, which is attached to a string. When the leprechaun goes inside the box, a simple tug on the string will trap him.
What do you put in a child’s leprechaun trap?
Leprechaun Traps Grab a shoe box, or a cereal box, or anything container you think might lure a leprechaun, and add a little Irish magic and a few golden coins and wait and see if your leprechaun might leave some marks behind.
What is a good trap for a leprechaun?
Leprechaun Trap Ideas Decoration – use green construction paper or green glitter paper to decorate your traps. Or build a paper strip rainbow to bring your trap to life. A bait of some sort – lucky charms, gold coins or fake gold can be your bait for the leprechaun!
How do you make a leprechaun trap out of a cereal box?
Tie yarn around one end of the dowel. Prop the cereal box up with the dowel and hide! When the leprechaun follows the gold trail and ends up inside the box with the pile of gold, pull the yarn which will yank out the dowel and drop the box, trapping the leprechaun inside!
What do parents do with a leprechaun trap?
Some parents leave a note from the leprechaun congratulating the kids on their effort but explaining how they escaped the trap. Some leave chocolate covered coins for the kids to find in the morning. Others use it as an opportunity to prank their kids, courtesy of the leprechaun.
How do you catch leprechaun slides?
What is this? Glue the hat at the bottom of the slide and cover with gold coins. Now when the leprechaun slides down to get the coins, he’ll slip right through into the trap.
How do you catch a leprechaun project?
Poke a hole through the bottom of a green cupcake liner and tie a piece of string through the hole. Wrap the string lightly around the top craft stick hanging over the hat and pull the string to tighten up the trap for when the leprechaun come you can let go of the string.