s is for st patrick’s day

(if i could have turned the light green this week i would have…instead i just did it to these photos)

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well, way back when it was st patrick’s day it was also u week…and i was determined to make a connection:

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a leprechaun likes gold, the pot of gold is at the end of the rainbow, rainbows come after rain, in rainy weather you use umbrellas!  yeah!  st patrick’s day –> u week connection!

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we had a leprechaun around and he was tricky all week.  he left us magic cups that turned our water green.  he left droppings that we could eat (green tic tacs and m&ms)!  he would mess move our shoes around!

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(really it was a drop of green food coloring hiding in the bottom of the cup, but wow, we tricked them good!)

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the glue turned green which was perfect for covering our little wooden pots.

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after getting covered with glue the pots went in a brown bag of green glitter.

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after a few shakes the glittery green pot was ready!  now we just needed gold!

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so we built a leprechaun trap.

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i’m happy to announce we DID trap him a couple of times, but he snuck out before we saw him.  he did leave some droppings and a clue about where the gold was.

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yes!  we found it outside!

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some of us kept looking for him…he could have been ANYWHERE you know!

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5 thoughts on “s is for st patrick’s day

  1. My seven year old thought the trap was genius! I agree.
    What a good trick with the water too – I’ll have to make a note for next year for my class.
    Thanks for posting!

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