Ways to Screw With Your Kids on St. Patrick's Day

PeterJudesMommy

Hi all - what are some ways to freak my kids out in thinking that a leprechaun was in the house?   Mwahahaha!!!  Green toilet water I know, and green bagels.  Anything else?

ked77

When I was young we used to "dig for leprechauns".  It was seriously my favorite holiday!!  We'd set our shovels out the night before and at the crack of dawn we'd go out to the edge of the yard/woods and dig for leprechauns.  If you caught one you'd get a pot of gold, but if you didn't catch any then they would play tricks on you all day, like tie your shoes together, hide your toys, etc. 

I honestly thought that every Irish kid did this on st. patty's day, it wasn' until I was in college and my friends laughed at me when I told them the story that my mom told me that my dad just made it up one year for fun.  But I am totally doing it with my kids!!

cheekywife

green yogurt or pudding? cream cheese with chives for the green bagels?

green velvet cupcakes: http://www.lovefromtheoven.com/2011/03/03/green-velvet-cake-st-pattys-day-baking/

 

melissa4252008

My Mom has the kids in her pre-school class hunt for leprechauns, and she puts mini foot prints all over her classroom so it looks like they have run all around the place. She sprinkles glitter around the footprints too, but if you didn't want to get glitter all over your house, you could always use some sort of sparkly paper!

pjscooby

I used to just mess up Ty's room and leave a trail of potatoes.  No joke.  He loved it.  Plus, we used the potatoes that night!

weddingbellenyc

i am not irish and have never heard of any of these things! that sounds like fun! dh is irish therefore so are my kids. maybe i will have to try this. ill tell you my girls a psyched  for more zeppoles on st josephs day ( we have already had them and will probably get more)!

weddingbellenyc

this is a cute little treat

http://www.skiptomylou.org/2008/03/17/green-popcorn/

sethsgal05

turn your milk green...