St. Patrick’s Day is coming and if you are looking for easy leprechaun tricks ideas you can do at home, then you are in the right place.

Easy leprechaun tricks ideas to do at home

Who doesn’t love to celebrate a fun holiday, even if it is a truly American made one. 😉 Quinn came home from school last year with a Leprechaun house for homework. He had a super fun teacher. 😉

Honestly it was the first I had ever heard of a leprechaun trap but we rolled with it and incorporated into our Leprechaun fun for the boys on St. Patrick’s day.

1. Leprechaun Trap or House

Build a Leprechaun trap to try and capture that mischievous little creature. Why capture a leprechaun? So he’ll give you his pot of gold of course!

Quinn insisted he build a house for the leprechaun, he didn’t want to trap him. He didn’t think that was nice. Either way it’s a fun little art project that lets kiddos go wild with creatively and utilizes random supplies you have at home!

Some supplies that you could use include pipe cleaners, popsicle sticks, green ribbon, gold chocolate coins, beads, straws and a green sharpie.

2. Leprechaun Graffiti

Our mischievous leprechaun draws silly graffiti on our bathroom mirror, like a mustache or leprechaun face using a green dry-erase marker. Make the picture extra fun with stick on googly eyes. Drops of green food coloring in the toilet bowl to make the toilet water green is also extra fun.

3. Leprechaun Tricks

The sneaky leprechaun also likes to play tricks on us. He created a toilet paper trail that led us into the living room. It made a little bit of a mess but he did lead the boys to a special treat.

You could also create green leprechaun footprints using washable green paint or green glitter but that seemed too messy for me.

4. Lucky Charms

Last year he left the boys a box of Lucky Charms (wrapped in toilet paper of course).

5. Cereal Tricks

Naturally, that treat didn’t come without a trick though. He dyed our milk green! The boys shrieked when they saw the milk. Adding green food coloring to the milk is a super simple easy trick.

Other ideas include putting plain cereal in a Lucky Charms box or removing all the marshmallows…What you do with said marshmallows is your choice.

6. Leprechaun Treats

Our leprechaun leaves yummy treats after his visit. Simple Rolo candies (golden treasure) or fun Lucky Charms Cupcakes are both a big hit in our house.

7.Silly Leprechaun Food

Really any green food can be deemed ‘Leprechaun’ so green eggs for breakfast. And why not continue the fun into the afternoon and evening with a fun St. Patrick’s Day Bento Box or green themed muffin tin meal for lunch. Or even Green Soda Bread with your corned beef and cabbage dinner.

Looking for more ideas? Check out the leprechaun fun Becca has at her house.

What easy leprechaun tricks do you do?

This post was originally published March 16, 2014.