Comments on: Lucky Leprechaun Day – Fun Family Tradition

By: beezerswife

beezerswife — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 04:49:24 +0000

The leprechauns always lose their gold when they come to visit us. For some reason they stop on their way back from finding it at the end of the rainbow, and a lot of it spills all over the house. The kids love going on a hunt (much like an Easter egg hunt) for the missing gold, which is gold coins, but sometimes they are not available in March — just December (weird, I know). Rolos work in a pinch. I didn’t realize this was such a big deal for my children until this year. I had gotten up after my kids and they were watching TV. My 6 year old said, “Finally! We’ve been waiting for you to get up so we can find the gold!” I didn’t even realize they remembered, but second, I couldn’t believe they waited for me!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 05:26:26 +0000

Our leprechauns leave their shiny little footprints from the kids’ bedroom door to the first clue of a treasure hunt. Each of the rhyming riddles leads somewhere in the house with the last one leading to our Halloween cauldron, which doubles as a pot of gold. The leprechauns fill it with chocolate coins and maybe a small toy. This year, we even took the hunt on vacation. Those rascally Leprechauns can find us anywhere!
In the past we have also found that the leprechauns have done mischievious things such as turning pictures upside down, emptying cupboards etc. It takes us a while to discover all the things they have done and set things to right.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 04:21:15 +0000

I love St Patrick’s Day! Years ago my Dad sent me something he found on the internet about leprechauns (knowing how much I love them). My children have made special little treasure boxes. We decorate them with anything that they think a leprechaun would like, mostly GOLD color, COINS, SHAMROCKS, you get the idea. On the eve of St. Patrick’s Day they put their treasure box in the window so the moonlight will shine on it. During the night Tippy (our leprechauns name) comes in and fills their box with treasure and then hides the box from the children. In the morning, they have to look all over to find their treasure. If they can’t find it by the end of the day, the leprechaun gets to keep whatever treasure is inside. This rule has helped my children work together as a team to find all 4 treasure boxes! Nobody has gone without finding their treasure yet. Now, with me loving St. Patricks Day so much, I go all out on filling these boxes. However, it can be as simple as a pack of gum and lip gloss (for girls) or a matchbox car (for boy). The point is to have fun with it and enjoy your St. Patricks Day,