The first night we spent making St. Patricks Day Yard signs. I found a bunch of cute signs to print out for free from the web HERE. In fact I believe that is where I found most of my printables for all the fun things I did for St. Patricks Day. I had the boys glue the signs to some card stock and we used a hanger and taped it to the back so we can stake them into the lawn. This particular Family Night was all about the prep job for the following Friday Night. Also to prepare for the following week I had stopped off at a party supply store and bought green streamers and gold coins. Keep reading to see why!
Friday March 16th which is the night before St. Patricks Day was the night of some REAL Family Fun! I really wish I had better pictures. First we took some time to build our own Leprechaun Trap. I had a feeling the Leprechauns were going to visit us that night and suggested to the boys to build a trap to try and catch them.
And as I expected, some REAL Leprechaun's did come visit us while we were sleeping. But those Leprechauns are so pesky that they got away. They ate a bunch of chocolate coins and left the wrappers right by the trap.
They also left a note for the boys to follow the colors of the rainbow in order to find their pot of gold...a basic scavenger hunt. Here's the LINK to the printables I used.
The Boys have fun doing sneaky things to their friends. So far it seems as though they are good secret keepers. Although I believe some moms are onto us by now! I only hope they appreciate the gesture as much as we have fun doing it. The Barna's seem to find any excuse to try and put a smile on our friends faces. However, I must admit that this time around we accidentally decorated the wrong house...so we possibly put a smile on some strangers faces...who will most likely never know who decorated their house.
