Leprechaun Trap

Kaya came home with an assignment to design and make a leprechaun trap. She learned a few things about leprechauns in school and we looked up a few more things online. We even found a website with pictures of leprechaun traps that other kids have made. Kaya drew up her design and we worked together to get it made. Her original design was actually pretty good. I just had to talk her through a couple of the concepts to make it work.

Here is a picture of her design:

Here is Kaya with the finished product: Here's a close up shot: The idea is that the leprechaun will climb up the ladder to get the gold and fall through a hole in the box that is covered by grass. There is a small trap door on the front for Kaya to get the leprechaun out. Pretty creative!!

My Latest Project

I recently decided it was time to get 72 hour kits put together for our family. With the recent events in Haiti and Chile, it has been on my mind a little more and I have felt a sort of sense of urgency in the matter. We have been taught through our church to BE PREPARED and we are now one step closer to being that. I still have a few more things to add to the bags but for the most part they are DONE!! Even the new baby has a bag!! I am glad to have it done. Now I just need to remember to update the contents regularly...