The Leprechaun Trap

Tanner had an assignment this week to build a Leprechaun Trap. He was very excited about it, and I was very excited that I had Jason to help him do it. My Leprechaun Trap would've been pretty and festive - think green glitter, die cut shamrocks, and pipe cleaner. Jason's was black.

And it wasn't actually Jason's trap, it was very much Tanner's. A great thing about Jason is that his patience on projects of this sort is infinite. They spent an HOUR sitting at the kitchen table, planning the trap and drawing out a plan. He talked Tanner through his ideas, leading him to draw his own conclusions about what would work and what wouldn't. I was amazed. I would've said: "Let's do it this way!" And Tanner would've said: "Okay!" 5 minutes - done. But he wouldn't have gotten to go through the process of planning his design and then creating it...and he LOVED that.

Then they began to construct the thing. And 2.5 hours later, they had the finished product. 2.5 hours!! For a Leprechaun Trap! Jason's dad even joined in on the fun, and the 3 of them happily nerded out in the garage, plotting to catch a Leprechaun. I happily sat in a chair with a book and counted my blessings to be off the hook for this deal.

It is trapezoid shaped - get it? TRAPezoid? It's all black because, of course, you only trap Leprechauns at night and you don't want them to see that it's trap. The bait is a shiny silver bolt, because Leprechauns really like shiny things.

It's a pretty impressive little creation for a 2nd grade class project. And you know what the best part is? Jason has earned the privilege of overseeing ALL classroom projects from this day forth. I'm out.