This week, my girls were given a fun assignment for their class… Build a Leprechaun Trap! We had so much fun brainstorming about how we’d build these traps, and my girls were just so excited to start building them. We figured out the first one pretty quickly. The second one took a little more time to come up with. Check out how we made our Leprechaun traps and have some fun making your own!!!

Our first trap started with a flower pot and some styrofoam…

Other supplies we used were a hobby knife, floral foam, artificial plants, hot glue gun, glitter nail polish, and a Gold Paint Sharpie Pen.

We started off by cutting a door shaped flap in the side of the flower pot, and then cutting a circle out of the styrofoam to fit about 1/2 way down the inside of the flower pot. The goal was to create a false bottom in the pot for the artificial plants to rest on.

I trimmed the “stems” of the plants and put them into the floral foam to give it some support. We then glued the floral foam brick to the styrofoam circle.

Our next step was to place the styrofoam disk, plant and all into the pot.

We then covered the foam with some Spanish Moss to make it look like a real plant, and decorated the flower pot with some sparkly shamrocks and a little sign that says “Free Gold” in hopes that we can entice a Leprechaun to come inside.

We even added a small “gold” chain hanging out of the door for added shine and sparkle…

And here is our completed Leprechaun trap… It’s supposed to blend into it’s surroundings… We figured a potted plant would blend in pretty well.

My girls are so excited to check their Leprechaun Trap on St. Patrick’s Day! If they catch a Leprechaun, we’re going to see if he’ll give us his pot of gold!!!!

We also did one other Leprechaun trap.. which was another fun project.. This one was much more simple… All it took was a cardboard box, construction paper, Elmer’s glue, Play-Doh, and a sticky mouse trap.

I am a participant in the Walmart Moms program. Walmart has provided me with compensation for my time on this post. The craft done was part of a school project that my girls had to do. Products used in this post can be found at your local Walmart. Participation in this program is voluntary. As always, all opinions are 100% my own.