How to Catch a Leprechaun

During recess, we laid out a glitter trail around the room and then put a piece of "gold" on each desk.  The kids were SO excited that a leprechaun had been in our room.  They wanted to come up with a plan to catch the leprechaun, so we spent our afternoon making traps!  For each group I assembled a variety of supplies for them to use.  I added things like straws, toothpicks, foam, wood shapes, beads, string, pipe cleaners, etc.  I showed them what they could use and then had each person make a drawing of what they wanted their trap to look like and what materials they would need. After they were done with their plans, they got to work constructing the leprechaun traps!