Earlier this week, my 3 year old and I devised a plan to catch the notorious leprechaun. It involved glue sticks {many glue sticks actually} and glitter. We used materials from around the house to make a simple leprechaun trap craft for St. Patrick’s Day this weekend.
* an old coffee or drink container
*rainbow card stock
* many glue sticks {especially if you are working with the under 5 set}
*scissors
*coffee filters
*glitter
*hot glue sticks and gun
- Have your child cover the canister with glue sticks. In our case, it took 4 glue sticks!
- Apply 2 inch strips of cardstock in rainbow patters {or scale to the size of your canister}.
- Cover cardstock with you guessed it, more glue!
- Have your overly excited child dump the glitter while singing leprechaun songs.
- After child has lost interest, fold up coffee filters into quarters and hot glue them to the end of the canister, making a “cloud”. Use a separate hot glue stick to press down the filter so you don’t burn your fingers.
- Set trap out, and start hunting for those leprechauns…
Need more literacy resources for St. Patrick’s Day?
Our St. Patrick’s Day flipbook and word walls/literacy center are perfect for visual learners!
Check out our St. Patrick’s Day Differentiated Vocabulary Flip Book, perfect for new writers!
St. Patrick’s Day Word Wall and Literacy Center is a must-have for building associative memory and writers’ workshop!
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day,
Nicolette
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