Luck of the Irish

Yesterday Ellie and I built our first ever Leprechaun trap. I got this idea from a friend. The goal is to catch the Leprechauns with their gold. If you don't catch the Leprechaun with the gold then I guess it turns to chocolate. Ellie has no idea what Leprechauns are so we tried to explain, but in the end it didn't matter if she understood because the project involved artsy/crafty things like cutting, gluing, and painting which she loves.

We started simple. This trap has two very attractive slides on either end and once the Leprechauns slide down they would land in the large holes which Ellie filled with paint and glue hoping they would stick.
They managed to escape by making holes in the walls of our deep holes. Can you see their footprints? As you can see we didn't catch the Leprechauns so their gold turned into fake coins and chocolate.

One last trick, the Leprechauns turned our milk green so our waffles were green too.

On the menu for tonight is corned beef ham, mashed potatoes, and cabbage--a traditional Irish meal. We are having fun and hopefully starting some memorable traditions.