12 Fun Ideas for Leprechaun Mischief
If your kids are itching to believe in leprechauns, try these fun ideas for leprechaun mischief you can do around the house!
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We don't formally celebrate St. Patrick's Day around here (meaning no green or rainbow decor) mainly because my boys have been too little to truly have fun with the holiday.
That has changed a bit this year.
My 5 year old is suddenly interested in finding himself a leprechaun!
Apparently some of the boys' blocks went missing recently and a leprechaun caught the blame.
Nevermind that one of the boys most likely didn't put them away properly.
Since then, the hunt has been on to find out what other mischief the little guy has been into.
If you're into encouraging the little trickster, like I am, then here are a few ideas for leprechaun mischief that he can take the blame for!
These are all kid friendly and fairly easy to do.
12 Fun Ideas for Leprechaun Mischief
1. Replace shoelaces with green shoelaces.
2. Dye the milk green.
3. Fill the sock drawer with green socks or rainbow socks.
4. Make leprechaun footprints around the house with washable finger paint.
5. Swap the bag of cereal in the Cheerios box with a bag of Lucky Charms.
6. Tattoo the kids with St. Patrick's Day tattoos while they sleep (if they are heavy sleepers).
7. Sprinkle a gold glitter trail around where the leprechaun has been.
8. Turn the tap water green by inserting a color tablet in the faucet.
9. Replace the house plants with clover plants.
10. DIY a miniature leprechaun door.
11. Use glass markers to draw a rainbow on the windows or glass door.
12. Make rainbow Jello for kids to find in the fridge.
And my absolute favorite (and mine are absolutely obsessed with this one):
13. Leave a string light fuse from a set of Christmas lights where the kids can find it.
Mine had no idea what it was, and I told them is was a Leprechaun's flashlight, and he must have left it behind when he visited.
Fun, right?
Let me know which of the ideas for leprechaun mischief you've tried!
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This post was originally shared March 2014.
These things would be so much fun to amaze my grandchildren with! They would be sure there really was a leprechaun! Thank you for sharing on Party in Your PJ's. Pinned to my St. Patrick's Day board.
Hi Michele! My brother and his wife always do fun things for St. Patrick's Day. I feel a little sad that I don't. I'm so glad I read your post. It has so great ideas for my family. Thanks!
Love these ideas. Haven't been celebrating much St. Patrick's here either because my daughter is still too little, but your suggestion of dyeing milk green may be the start of it. Totally doing it tomorrow for breakfast! Thanks so much for sharing this with us on #SHINEbloghop last week. Happy to have you join us!
What fun ideas! Those pesky leprechauns! Thanks for sharing at Throwback Thursday!
These are such great ideas! Thanks for sharing this with us on Throwback Thursday!
Mollie
I think I like the Leprechaun door!!!
We are featuring you this week on the #OMHGWW hope you can stop by and share other posts.
Pinned to share!!
Have a great week!
Karren
These are all such cute ideas!
I'm a preschool teacher and we have fun with St. Patrick's Day too. We serve Lucky Charms with green milk and the toilet water turns green. My class makes leprechaun traps so we can try to catch one. Unfortunately, we have never caught one, but he is always nice enough to leave us some gold chocolates! You have added some great ideas too! Thanks for sharing!
These are such cute ideas! My daughter has been saying a leprechaun has been making messes in her classroom at school. She'd love it if he did some at home too. š
When our daughter was young (she's now a laser physicist), Lucky the leprechaun would leave a trail of green Hershey kisses (the leftover Christmas kisses got sorted and the red ones were used by Cupid and the green ones by Lucky) from her bedroom, down the hallway and staircase, and to the bathroom where the toilet water was green. That trickster would overturn dining room chairs and spring his leprechaun trap. He'd leave green shamrock pancakes for breakfast.
That is so fun!! And a great way to use up those leftover Christmas Kisses. Thanks for sharing!! š
Fun ideas! I think our girls will love these too. They love the Elf on a Shelf, at Christmas. St. Patrick's day is a great reason for keeping some of that mischief going--love it!
Visiting from #Snickerdoodle Sunday
Short sweet and wonderful fun! THe luck of the Irish to you and yours!
Michele love your blog and this post! Found this on think pink Sundays! Love these ideas! Our leprechaun also leaves gold chocolate coins and turns the potty water green š Folowing you on google +!
Cathy
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These are such cute ideas!! I love them!
Lol! These are great ideas!! Can't wait to try them š