10 Leprechaun Treats, Tricks And Traps For St. Patrick's Day

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Great ideas for celebrating St. Paddy’s Day with your kids, from DIY crafts to food

By Tiffany Doerr Guerzon

Published on: March 07, 2025

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

The leprechaun, a tiny elf from Irish folklore, is said to love gold coins, shamrocks, rainbows and anything green. According to legend, if a human succeeds in catching one of these little green legends, the leprechaun will grant you three wishes, or even give you their pot of gold. Building leprechaun traps for St. Patrick’s Day wraps a STEM lesson and a fun activity into a family tradition. Once the trap is set, delight your kids with leprechaun tricks around the house and then celebrate with treats!

To see all the fun treats and traps we've gathered, click the arrow above the image or the link at the bottom of the page. Or jump to the activity that catches your eye on the link below:

Leprechaun hat s’mores
Leprechaun slide trap
Leprechaun bite cookies
Rainbow leprechaun trap
Shamrock leprechaun trap
Rainbow cupcakes
Fruity rainbow
Rainbow rice treasure box
Popcorn balls
Lucky leprechaun treats
Copycat Shamrock Shake
Leprechaun tracks
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Editor’s note: This article was originally published several years ago, and updated most recently in March 2025 by Kari Hanson, ParentMap’s associate editor, with new tricks and a thorough fact-check.

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By Tiffany Doerr Guerzon

Tiffany Doerr Guerzon is an essayist, book author, freelance writer, writing instructor and mixed media artist. Her work has been featured ParentMap magazine, CNN.com, Parents.com, Grown and Flown, two Chicken Soup for the Soul anthologies, Motherwell, Sky Island Journal, Hippocampus Magazine and many more publications. She received a Gold award in General Feature Writing, issued by the Parenting Media Association for an article, "Free Range Challenge," in ParentMap, along with contributing writers Natalie Singer Velush and Jazmin Williams. Other awards include placing in the Pacific Northwest Writers Association Literary contest for her picture book, "Loud Lani," and was a finalist in one of WOW, Women on Writing's Essay Contests.

Tiffany has been teaching Creative Writing in the Continuing Education Department at Green River College since 2019. She has given interviews both on television and in print by New Day Northwest, King 5 Morning News, Huffington Post, and more as a grocery budgeting expert. Her most recent grocery budgeting book, "Save on Groceries Without Losing Your Mind, 15 Strategies Anyone Can Use" is available on Amazon. Tiffany loves hiking, making messy art, and spending time with her family. She previously worked as a physician assistant and keeps her hand in the medical field with a recent certification in Wilderness First Aid.”

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Great ideas for celebrating St. Paddy’s Day with your kids, from DIY crafts to food

By Tiffany Doerr Guerzon

Published on: March 07, 2025

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