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As if the Easter Bunny, Santa, and The Tooth Fairy aren’t enough, the Leprechaun comes to visit us on St. Patrick’s Day. Here are our favorite leprechaun tricks!
It didn’t start out that way. He just started visiting two years ago.
And then he skipped a year.
I’ll explain :)
My parents were visiting two years ago for St. Patrick’s Day. Mom and I thought it would be fun for the leprechaun to come visit.
And it was fun.
Here are 9 fun leprechaun tricks that our little guy played on us!
1. The leprechaun put the ketchup in the shower, and the shampoo in the fridge. (We knew it was him because he left shamrocks behind)
2. He turned the milk green!
3. He closed up all the toilet paper rolls with his shamrock stickers.
But the worst thing that the mischievous leprechaun did?
4. He put tattoos on the kids when they were sleeping!
And not only did he tattoo the kids, he got Grandma and Grandpa, too! Grandpa likes making silly faces for the camera.
The leprechaun wasn’t all tricks. He left a small bucket of treats, too :)
I can’t tell you how much fun the kids had. They laughed and giggled and raced around the house to see what else the leprechaun might have done.
Some other things they found:
5. The bags of Cheerios and Life cereal (the ones we let them eat regularly) were switched with the Lucky Charms and Apple Jacks! When the boys went to open the Lucky Charms, they pulled out Cheerios!
6. The boy’s pajamas were in their underwear drawer, and their underwear were in the hiding spot under their beds.
7. Their toothbrushes were under the candy in the pantry.
8. Their toothpaste was in the fridge.
9. Their shoes were lined up nice and neat… except they were mismatched.
For every mischievous act, the leprechaun left a sticker to tell the boys it was his fault.
Last year, we were in Hawaii during St. Patrick’s Day. We had no idea that when we got home, one of the first things the boys would do was look around the house to see if the leprechaun stopped by while we were gone.
And for the last year? The leprechaun has received more mentions than the Easter Bunny and Santa combined. So naturally… I have started to plan early this year.
I wish I had thought to grab some extra tattoos when we started, because those “pinch me” ones were priceless! But look what I found last week:
Body stickers! Body stickers (vs. tattoos) mean that you don’t have to sneak into your kid’s room in the middle of the night, get them wet with a washcloth, and try to apply a temporary tattoo to a sleeping child. Score!
Have you thought about creating a Leprechaun Scavenger Hunt?
That is too cute! You guys really get into the spirit!
DARN IT BEC!
I had never even thought about inviting a leprechaun to visit for St. Patrick’s Day… now I’m going to have to start planning!
its so fun….. for me along with my daughter! Her Preschool teacher started it! Since the Leprechan visited preschool he has been visiting our house every year since, she’s now in 4th grade. Still loves it!
I think the Leprechaun might change all our clocks in the house…but not the one in the car, and when the kids get in the car they will notice a bag of green bread crumbs on the dash board and a note from the Leprechaun saying “You have an extra hour before school starts (with an arrow pointing to the cars clock) why don’t you enjoy this Spring day and go for a hike at the Lake and feed the ducks these green bread crumbs”.
The tricks he will play is adding green dye to the tooth paste so their teeth turn green, wrapping tape tight over the hand sprayer at the kitchen sink so when someone turns the faucet on they will get sprayed with water, he’ll probably place black elec tape over the sensors for all the TV’s so that the remote controls will not work, then he will turn all the kids coats inside out, and place green gummy worms in their shoes and in their pockets, and while making the school lunches…he’ll put some in their sandwiches too!
Whoa… looks like Aunt Marianne has been thinking about this one! :-)
I love this idea. Maybe, for Saint Patrick’s Day, I’ll do a scavenger hunt with chocolate gold coins. Each clue leads to a different coin (and another clue… or “leprechaun riddle”), until you reach the pot of gold (with LOTS of chocolate gold coins and some fun other presents, too). How fun!!
I’m not sure what the leprechaun might do … I think the Borrowers have beaten Larry to that punchline this spring. But I do know where the Kiss Me sticker would go. Thomas’ cheek. He’ll be very glad that’s spring break week and his *very* Irish mom doesn’t make him wear it to school.
oh I love this! We are so going to join the fun this year. What would we do..def the milk green. Probably put her stuffed animals in strange high places all over the house. Leave a green confetti trail around the house to the end of the rainbow and gold coins…I will have to think of more!
Apple juice also does a nice green. Either use green dye, or just blue since apple juice is already yellowish…
I’ve gotta say it… Nice legs Grandma Teetsie!!! Those are grandma legs??? Criminy!
Fun! Becca, you are such a great mom! I want to be a kid again and live with you! I think the leprechaun might dye the tip of Dezi’s tail green or maybe dye Grandpa’s hair green! Haha.. that would be pretty funny. ;)
You have such a fun house! I love everything the leprechaun does especially the tattoos. Our’s is pretty boring…only green toilet water and maybe a mess in the family room. Tattoos might be a new addition this year.
That is so fun! I’ve never heard of anyone doing this and I love it!
But, don’t enter me as my kids are older and these stickers should go to someone who has younger kiddos.
I am kind of afraid of what the leprechaun might leave me this year. But kind of excited too. Maybe he will leave me a tattoo with my grandsons initials (oops, he already did that, the permanent kind). But what fun those boys had. And the fun we had there with them? Priceless, just like every other time we are there with all of you.