Over this past year I am making sure our holidays are being celebrated all month long with special treats and surprises. It helps keeps us up when things seem to feel down.
Celebrating St. Paddy’s Day as an adult these days is enjoying corned beef and Irish soda bread but this year why not add some more fun with your kids.
We decided to make a leprechaun trap and see if he leaves anything behind for us!
I found this empty manger at a thrift store and knew I could turn it into a fun leprechaun trap!
With some spray paint, printable signs and accessories from Dollar Tree we were able to turn this lucky find into a pretty awesome trap.
If your little ones are looking to make their own leprechaun traps I found some great ideas and inspirations below!
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I also included this printable so your little ones can choose which sign they want for their trap!
This Lucky Leprechaun Bait Snack Mix is simple to make and with its salty and sweet flavor the whole family will be going after it!
The most we ever do to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day is wear green and drink Shamrock Shakes from McDonald’s.
I wanted to do more this year so since I can’t relive my St. Patrick’s Day Kegs n’ Eggs days from college, I decided to share this fun and simple recipe to that is much more family friendly!
This Lucky Leprechaun Bait Snack Mix is so easy to make and it’s delicious! I made a giant bowl of it this past weekend and it disappeared so quickly. The odd part was we still never found any leprechauns! ?
Ingredients:
5 cups of toasted rice cereal
4 cups pretzel sticks
4 cups Cheez-Itz crackers
1 cup sliced almonds
1 cup green and yellow M&M’s
1 stick of butter
3/4 cups of brown sugar
1 tbsp McCormack Cake Batter Flavor
Preheat oven to 300 degrees F and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
In a microwave safe bowl, melt butter and mix with brown sugar. Once it is combined add cake batter flavoring. Mix until smooth.
In a large mixing bowl, mix crackers, cereal, almonds and pretzels. Pour butter mixture and stir everything together until evenly coated.
Spread cereal mixture evenly on the cooking sheet. Bake 20-30 minutes stirring the mixture halfway.
Remove from oven and cool completely. Add M&Ms and keep in air tight container.
I recently found just marshmallows instead of having to buy Lucky Charms Cereal, this would be a fantastic addition!
What would you add to your snack mix?
Lucky Leprechaun Bait Snack Mix
This Lucky Leprechaun Bait Snack Mix is simple to make and with its salty and sweet flavor the whole family will be going after it!
Preheat oven to 300 degrees F and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
In a microwave safe bowl, melt butter and mix with brown sugar. Once it is combined add cake batter flavoring. Mix until smooth.
In a large mixing bowl, mix crackers, cereal, almonds and pretzels. Pour butter mixture and stir everything together until evenly coated.
Spread cereal mixture evenly on the cooking sheet. Bake 20-30 minutes stirring the mixture halfway.Remove from oven and cool completely. Add M&Ms and keep in air tight container.
My name is Nicole and I am a full time working mom to my toddler Franco. I love creating and sharing ideas. You can find me rummaging at estate sales, binge-watching The Golden Girls while chugging Diet Coke, listening to old school hip hop, supporting small businesses and being an advocate for maternal mental health.
