Leprechaun Trap

So, I was over my friend's house last week and her six year old son came home from first grade with an assignment to make a "leprechaun trap." This is a project we never did when I was in grade school, but i've been hearing about it a lot lately so, I told my friend I wanted to help them make the trap.

I guess the story is that little leprechauns come out on the night of St. Patrick's day searching for pots of gold. The purpose of the trap is to lure the leprechauns in and trap them until the following morning when the child wakes up. So, what we decided to do was make a trap that replicas a giant leprechaun hat, which turned out awesome! The project was so much fun for all of us involved. AJ, my friends son had so many good ideas and truly believes he will catch at least one leprechaun this weekend! I guess the question now is how do we find a leprechaun to put in this trap!?


Look below for pictures of our "leprechaun trap" and directions on how we made it.

What you will need:
1 plastic plate
1 roll of paper towels
4 large pieces of green felt
1 piece of black felt
Elmer's glue
super glue
various pieces of rainbow colored tissue paper
any decorations (we used gold coins, popsicle sticks, pots of gold figurines, etc.)


1. Cover the plastic plate and paper towel roll entirely with green felt. Assemble with Elmer's glue.
2. Using the super glue, glue the bottom of the roll of paper towels to the bottom of the plastic plate.
3. Cut out a strip of black felt about 1.5in thick.
4. Glue the black felt strip to the bottom half of the paper towel roll.
5. Apply decorations and tissue paper anywhere you'd like.


You can really make this craft anyway you'd like; there's tons of room for creativity. We wanted to lure the leprechaun in by attracting him with a rainbow (made of tissue paper) on top of the hat, which leads to a pot of gold. Once he reaches the gold, the idea is he will fall into the hole in the center of the paper towel roll. But, like I said, when you're doing this with your child, let him discover his own ways of how to lure the leprechaun in, you'll be surprised with the fun ideas they will come up with!

Have fun!