Leprechaun Traps

In first grade at the kids' school there are a couple of teachers who have the misfortune every year of having leprechauns cause a lot of mischief in their classrooms looking for gold. Over-turned desks, green footprints everywhere, trash all over the floor. . . So the teachers send home an S.O.S. for the kids to build traps to catch the leprechauns.

Two years ago, Bradley's trap almost caught the little guy. Only his hat was left in Bradley's trap and the class decided to hold it hostage along with a note.

Bradley's trap was a Jelly Bean Glitter Island with honey and wads of gum to trap the leprechaun once he got inside.

This year another leprechaun found its way into Bryson's classroom. Bryson said he was lucky because his desk did not get dumped over! With Bradley and Blake's help, Bryson and I worked hard to finish his trap last night. We put some final touches on it this morning.

Complete with carmel stairway this Jello and Candy trap is sure to catch this year's culprit! (We hope Uncle Chase is proud of our construction work!)

Some features of this trap include: bright colored industrial strength jello cubes, mulit-colored licorice with Karo syrup to get leprechaun hands stuck, pennies inside some of the jello cubes to lure the leprechaun into the trap, glitter everywhere to entice him to explore the trap and glass jars laced with Karo syrup inside so he can't climb out once he's inside.

I think this would be the trap of Uncle Brett's (or any of the GEAR'S) dreams as it is a Leprechaun Pool of Jello! You have to know I'd be the first to build one! Ha Ha Ha!