St. Patrick's Day Treat Leprechaun Hat

This St. Patrick's Day Treat Leprechaun Hat is the perfect luck of the Irish snack .

A few years ago when my son was younger, he came home from school asking if we could set a Leprechaun trap. I had no idea what he was talking about but after some google searching and pinterest surfing, we did it. A Leprechaun trap was a common thing the Elementary teachers did with their students. There's even a book about it: How to Catch a Leprechaun!

I do not know when this Leprechaun hunting became a thing, but rumor has it if you grab a little Leprechaun, he will lead you to his pot of gold! If you're not ambitious enough to make a fun, creative trap, try making these Yummy St. Patrick's Day Treat Leprechaun Hat Snacks. Maybe a little Leprechaun will come along and think it's his and get trapped underneath, who knows?

How to make St. Patrick's Day Treat Leprechaun Hat Snacks:

Materials:

• Green Snack Packs
• Green Card Stock
• Black Felt
• Metallic Gold Pipe Cleaners
• Felt Shamrock Stickers
• Hot Glue/Hot Glue Gun
• Small 4" Bowl
• Pen/Pencil
• Scissors

Directions:

1. Trace your bowl onto your green card stock and cut out with scissors.
2. Trace a 1" circle onto the center of your green circle, cut a line to the middle circle (from the outside, to the center), and cut the middle circle out.
3. Turn your green Snack Pack upside down, wrap a green circle around the bottom, and secure with glue just above the lip of the cup.

   

4. Cut a ½" wide piece of felt, wrap it around the bottom of your snack pack right above the green bottom, and secure with glue.
5. Cut your pipe cleaner into 2.5" piece and form each piece into a square, and carefully glue it on top of the black felt to create the buckle of the hat.
6. Hot glue a shamrock sticker onto the front side of the hat to complete your Leprechaun hats.

Do you have a tradition at your house of trying to catch a Leprechaun? Tell us about it below in the comment section!

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