Monday, March 16, 2009

Leprechauns on the Loose!

Tonight is the night when the little guy visits our house! The girls are getting excited. I'm not sure how he gets in, but he always leaves such a mess for me to clean up. Little green footprints!!(green washable paint on a Mommy's pinky finger- shhh! Don't tell anyone!) Up the side of the sink, onto my counter tops, with a trail to a sweet surprise for the girls. Last year he left gummy bears. I suggested that we build a leprechaun trap, which I thought would be fun, but the girls thought that it was too cruel to trap a leprechaun. I reassured them that we would let the leprechaun go if we caught him, but they just wouldn't go for it.



For more leprechaun fun, click on the links and activities below:
Letter from a Leprechaun
Fruit Loop Rainbow
Leprechaun Paper Bag Puppet
Leprechaun Hats with Style (Preschool Playbook)



Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Jen

8 comments:

ParentingPink said...

Awwww! I love that tradition! I may just have to "borrow" it from you :-) Btw, got your whopping 10 entries for the cupcake contest! LOL They really are YUMMY! Good luck!

Jen said...

Parenting Pink-
I know I was being a comment hog!!

Of course, I would love for you to borrow the idea. I posted it so that other families could join in on the fun!! :)

Jen

Preschool Playbook said...

This sounds like so much fun. I learned a new little St. Patrick's Day "tradition" I knew nothing about. It may be as old as the hills, but one of my three year olds let me in on the secret on Thursday. He told me if you don't wear green on St. Patrick's Day you get a pinch. I'll have to watch out for him tomorrow!
Thanks for the link--we make fruit loop rainbows tomorrow.
Trish

Jen said...

Trish-
I better get my green out! I never heard about getting a pinch. Cute!

Jen

Jenni said...

Such a FUN idea!!! Enjoy!

Heidi Boos said...

Next year, I think I'll do this! Fun idea! And, yes wear that green! I told my husband he needs to wear green or those office ladies will be after him! ;)

Happy St. Patty's Day!

The Blonde Duck said...

That is such a cute idea! I love it!

Julie Donahue said...

Jen,
I thought I left a comment on Tuesday, but I don't see it. You won a prize on my blog: http://mom2ways.blogspot.com. You won the PowderArt set
http://mom2ways.blogspot.com/2009/03/powder-art-review-and-giveaway.html

Please send your mailing address (and choice of design) to mom2ways at hotmail dot com.

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