The Leprechaun Trap

First of all, I can take no credit for neither the inspiration nor construction of this fabulous idea. My mom found the idea in Family Fun magazine and put her own spin on it. She and the kids made the trap while I was at work, I came home to find it all set up on the kitchen table. Riley and Camdyn worked on it with her, Cooper was too busy playing outside (typical boy, right?!). Apparently, there was only one short meltdown from you know who, but Mom promises me she was able to easily redirect her. One never knows with Lump.
The ladder was made from twigs and twine, the top of the hat is the trap part and only affixed with a piece of scotch tape...so the Leprechaun climbs up the ladder, falls in, and gets stuck.

It looks like the trap worked...sort of. The little Leprechaun fell in, dropped his gold coins, but was himself able to find his way back out. The kids were SO excited when they woke up in the morning to find their trap had worked. Seriously, I was in the other room and could hear them screaming and squealing!

Thank you, Mom, you're the best. Camdyn says you're the bestest Grammy ever. She went on to say she is going to be nice today when you babysit.
We can hope, right?!