St. Patrick’s Day is quickly approaching and it could quite possibly be one of our favorite “holiday’s” of the year! That’s because instead of Christmas Elves playing tricks or being silly at dayhome we have leprechauns come and visit us in March!
Signs that the leprechauns are messing about start to appear within the dayhome prior to St. Patrick’s Day and continue all the way up until March 17. In this weeks blog learn all about how we make this a special time for the dayhome kids and why they look forward to it each and every year.Â
Leprechaun Mischief
Each evening after the dayhome kids have all gone home the leprechauns come to visit! They get up to all sorts of antics and each morning the dayhome kids are eager to see what they’ve been up to while they were gone.Â
Here are some ideas for signs that the leprechauns have arrived at your dayhome:
- Write a message in sprinkles
- Toilet paper the playroom
- Turn the hand soap green
- Draw on a mirror with green washable marker
- Have items go missing then reappear in random places
- Have the leprechaun go pee in the toilet by dying the water green
- Hide an Alexa and randomly play an Irish jig from your phone
- Color the milk green
- Cover a room in green streamers
- Hide chocolate coins
- Leave a special box of lucky charms
- Find a bunch of green balloons in a closet
- Follow a trail of shamrocks
- Have the leprechaun leave a special note or letter
BUILD A LEPRECHAUN TRAP
You can also extend this dayhome tradition by giving your dayhome children an opportunity to catch a leprechaun. Your kids will love the challenge of designing their leprechaun trap and testing it out. We usually start this activity the week prior to St. Patrick’s Day so that the kids can try their design and then readjust if they were unsuccessful.Â
Materials you’ll need for trap building:Â
- Cardboard Boxes
- Paper Tubes
- Clam Shells
- Felt
- Construction Paper
- Pipe Cleaners
- Stickers
- Straws
A great place to go for some recycled materials is your local recycling depot (if they have a take it or leave it section) or if you’re in the Edmonton area check out The Reuse Centre. Check out our Leprechaun Trap Activity Bundle for a set of prompts and provocations to make this an activity that hits all of the developmental domains.
Leprechaun Trap building BUNDLE
Legend has it if you can catch a leprechaun they will give you their pot o’ gold. Try your hand at building a trap with this activity bundle.Â
A variety of prompts and provocations that promote creativity, problem-solving, reading & writing skills, language development, and so much more.
Song & Dance
We have put together a fun youtube playlist of St. Patrick’s Day videos for your dayhome kiddos to dance, laugh and sing along with.
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