Leprechaun traps 2012

 We're behind on posts lately.  I have a good reason.  More on that later.  We made traps again this year.  Above is Savannah's.  The plan was for the leprechaun to climb the rainbow ladder and fall in the trap door, getting trapped in the "rainbow".  She used approximately 15 glue sticks ensuring the trap was sound.  Good thing this tricky leprechaun carried a knife with him this year!  It's getting harder for these poor leprechauns to escape capture!

 Brighton really got into the whole trap-building thing this year, probably because it involved building.  He started with a blueprint drawing (above).  The plan was for the leprechaun to enter the box, follow the path, and fall into the magic quicksand in the corner of the box.  Can you see it above?  (Hint: the quicksand is in the top right corner).  This was all his own design.  This boy's going to be a pro one day!

 Irelynd was the first to sit down and try to help Brighton get the design right.  Scott helped him build it.  He added a door on the outside and some words of warning.

 This is the inside view, the morning after the leprechauns came.  Scott and Brighton covered the quicksand with a box to hide it from view.  They glued sand to the bottom of the box, and when the green button is pushed, it activated the magic quicksand.  

This was Irelynd's.  She didn't get her plan done in time, so we threw this one together really quickly the night before.  Her trap would have been really cool, though.  It involved a rock climbing wall with moss growing on it.  Next year!