the leprechaun trap!

The boys have been talking about trapping a leprechaun since Friday night. They had their plan all figured out and their materials gathered and seemed a little disappointed when we told them they needed to wait until Saturday night to put their trap out. Well, they set it out tonight, I moved it, and at some point while I was cleaning up....the leprechaun came! The boys thought that a clear glass bowl would be best. Their plan was to put my wedding rings under the bowl to attract the leprechaun...I told them a shiny penny would do just the same. :-) The shiny penny went under the bowl so the leprechaun would see it and think there was gold in the bowl and then he'd get in the bowl and wouldn't be able to get out (and wouldn't get the "gold"). Well, our leprechaun must've been clever......

Notice he used toothpicks to prop the bowl up enough to get the penny out from under it.

He also painted on my bowl!! And somehow he didn't get caught in the trap.

Better luck next year is right!