Leprechaun Fun
by Tiffany Doerr Guerzon
From the time your kids wake until they leave for school or childcare,
they will enjoy finding the tricks and treats a leprechaun left behind
on the night before St. Patrick’s Day.
Begin St. Patrick’s Day by sneaking into your kids’ rooms and putting shamrock stickers on their cheeks or feet!
Use a green eyeliner pencil or green dry erase marker to write a message on the bathroom mirror from a tricky leprechaun, such as “Can’t Catch Me!”
Use washable green paint to place a tiny footprint on each side of the toilet seat, then for extra giggles, add a few drops of green food coloring to the toilet water! (To make leprechaun footprints, spread a thin layer of green washable paint onto a paper plate. Make a fist, and press the pinky side of your fist into the paint. (thumb side up) Then, press the side of your fist onto the surface you would like to print. This will make a little leprechaun footprint. Create the toes of the foot by dipping your pinky into the paint and using your pinky to make five dots above the footprint.)
Turn everything topsy-turvy in the dining area! Flip chairs upside down, leave cabinet doors open and add more green footprints on the refrigerator door.
Add a few drops of green food color to the kids’ milk. If your kiddos are juice drinkers, decorate the rims of their glasses with rainbow sugar. In a small plate, spread three different colors of decorating sugar, but don’t mix up the colors. Wet the rim of each glass with water, then dredge the rim in the sugar. Fill with juice and serve!
Serve up colorful rainbow pancakes or waffles. Divide the batter into three parts, and then tint with food color. Put each color of batter into a plastic sandwich bag. Close tightly, then push the batter into one of the bottom corners of the bag. Snip the corner off with scissors and squeeze out the batter as you would from a pastry bag. Squeeze one dollop of each color in the waffle maker for rainbow waffles. Create each pancake from all three colors as well. Serve with whipped cream and green sprinkles!
Hide gold coins or paper shamrocks around the house for kids to find.
Fill the kids’ shoes with gold chocolate coins for a special treat.
