Oh BOY! Leprechaun Day (in everywhere other than our house-known as Saint Patricks Day ;) is a most anticipated day! Bryce woke up the past 2 days asking why the leprechaun did not dance on his face, and Emma hasn't helped matters-she's been telling him it was Leprechaun day since MONDAY! Wishful thinking chickadee. They have had a hard time containing their excitement to say the least! FINALLY-today was the day. Em & B woke up with crazy polka dot footprints on their faces-weird? And some festive trinkets to start the day.
While getting ready for school they were startled to find THIS site in the bathroom! Oh wow! Looks like the Leprechaun was here too?
Yesterday we set the traps out at school in the hopes to lure a little fella into our classroom "Gnome Neighborhood" :)
There were some pretty cute traps this year. There is NEVER a child that is not overflowing with pride about their creation-Em & Bryce included. Yesterday they each got the chance to show their classmates their plan for catching a leprechaun & how their trap worked to do so!
See the tiny footprints....seems the leprechaun visited Emee's trap! He even overturned the slide into it! tttt....tttt...But did she catch him?????
NOPE. Bummer. However-he did pay for his freedom. See? He left her a pot of gold in return!
There are footprints on Bryce's contraption too! See the shamrock on the side? And what a naughty leprechaun....he busted the side off B's trap! Ugh.
Looks like he didn't catch him either-I spy another Freedom Payment left instead.
Our funny little leprechaun was in cahoots with THE LORAX! Can you believe it? And what perfect timing considering our theme of Dr. Seuss this month! Incredible I tell ya ;)
Anywhoooo-seems that the Lorax left us some rainbow TRUFFULA seeds to plant. Rainbow seeds???? Perfect for Saint Patricks day. (Plus the students are NUTS for the Lorax since our field trip last week)
The directions on the back said to plant them in a little cup of dirt & water them-it also said they were.....MAGIC! So what did we do? We planted them of course!
Each student was able to make a Leprechaun hair planter during centers today-so we just added the Truffula seed in there with the grass seed-who cares right? lol
There was a note from Lucky the Leprechaun that said he had left a treat for us to enjoy-but being the trickster that he is-he HID it....and our job was to find it. So coats & shoes on-a scavenger hunt was quickly underway!
A fun & super simple game (exactly like Don't Eat Pete). One laminated copy for our classroom and one small copy for each of the kidlets to take home!
It was great fun today. Plus I have the best parent helpers :)
After school I was EXHAUSTED. The kids had their friend over for a playdate and since that would keep them occupied, I was planning a nice afternoon started with a few TYLENOL.
Such is my luck that when we went in to have lunch-as is routine after school, I was bombarded with more squealing and excitement. Would you believe it! That leprechaun had come back while we were at school! He stole the kids' lunches AGAIN! Just like last year. Oh boy. Good thing he always leaves us a map of where to find it.
The kids did a great job following the map (Em has been crossing her fingers that whatever Leprechaun we got this year would steal their lunch & leave a "treasure clue map" again-I told her it is never a guarantee-different gnomes come on different years! lol)
Whew-they followed the gold coin lined path & were able to retrieve their meals. (ahem....thanks for coming home & using your lunch time to help put this crazy plan into action Poobee :)
(clover plate, rainbow waffles, green grapes, green yogurt, green juice & a gold Twix for dessert!)
Since he played a trick on them-he left them a treat to make up for it. They were ok with that plan :) (Thank you Pinterest for a cool idea of a new "rainbow" non edible treat!)
Back to the house for the annual viewing of The Gnome Mobile and a nap for me???? Probably not in the cards. BOOOOOO. lol
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