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"&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;A great way to celebrate &amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;https://www.verywell.com/st-patricks-day-activities-for-kids-2764660&amp;quot; data-component=&amp;quot;link&amp;quot; data-source=&amp;quot;inlineLink&amp;quot; data-type=&amp;quot;internalLink&amp;quot; data-ordinal=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;&amp;gt;St. Patrick&amp;amp;#39;s Day&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; with your preschooler is to have a leprechaun visit.&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;\u00A0&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Leprechauns are mythical figures in Irish folklore. While they are best known for hiding a pot of at the end of the rainbow, they are also supposed to be very, very naughty, playing lots of tricks on unsuspecting humans. For some St. Patrick&amp;amp;#39;s Day fun with your little one, try luring one of the wee ones to your home and see what happens next!&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;These leprechaun visit ideas offer you a chance to bring a bit of magic to your preschooler, all while encouraging her to learn more about St. Patrick&amp;amp;#39;s Day. To make the visit really special, be sure to talk about St. Patrick&amp;amp;#39;s Day and leprechauns ahead of time, so your preschooler understands what is going on. &amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;https://www.verywell.com/books-about-st-patricks-day-2764540&amp;quot; data-component=&amp;quot;link&amp;quot; data-source=&amp;quot;inlineLink&amp;quot; data-type=&amp;quot;internalLink&amp;quot; data-ordinal=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Read books and tell stories about leprechauns&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;. Then, the night before St. Patrick&amp;amp;#39;s Day, remind your child what the next day is and that they should be on the lookout for a special visitor the next morning.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;Ways to Stage a Leprechaun Visit&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;You don&amp;amp;#39;t have to do all of these ideas to make your preschooler&amp;amp;#39;s St. Patrick&amp;amp;#39;s Day fun -- just incorporate the ones you like and modify them to suit your needs. Most importantly -- have fun and be silly!&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ol&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Overturn some of the furniture or move notable items (books, vases, etc.) out of their normal places. Make a mess of the playroom, empty your preschooler&amp;amp;#39;s clothing drawers, turn paintings or pictures upside down, toilet paper the kitchen, or swap shoes among family members. Remember, leprechauns are supposed to cause (harmless) trouble -- the funnier the better!&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Using green construction paper or washable green paint, make leprechaun footprints throughout the house. While leprechauns are usually on the small size, make sure the footprints are big enough to be noticed. Try using a baby shoe as a template -- trace and cut out.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Using green (or equal parts blue and yellow) food coloring, make the water in the toilet bowl green. This will especially appeal to the silly preschoolers in the group! While you are in the bathroom, unroll the toilet paper and take all the tissues out of the box.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Also using green food coloring, dye the milk in the milk container green. If you are really thinking ahead, dye your eggs green and freeze green ice cubes!&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Scatter green and gold festive chocolate coins (&amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;http://about.pricegrabber.com/mrdr.php?url&amp;amp;#61;http%3A%2F%2Fabout.pricegrabber.com%2Fsearch.php%3Fform_keyword%3Dchocolate%2Bcoins&amp;amp;amp;mode&amp;amp;#61;about_preschoolers&amp;quot; data-component=&amp;quot;link&amp;quot; data-source=&amp;quot;inlineLink&amp;quot; data-type=&amp;quot;externalLink&amp;quot; data-ordinal=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; rel=&amp;quot;nofollow&amp;quot;&amp;gt;compare prices&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;) around the house (or room, whatever you are choosing to do). Alternatively, you could use &amp;amp;#34;gold&amp;amp;#34; $1 coins or $2 bills, which seem to make kids laugh. You can get both from the bank.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Make a trail using the footprints above or something else such as gold glitter, or cut-out shamrocks and have it lead to a treasure -- chocolate coins, the dollar coins, or something else such shamrock or St. Patrick&amp;amp;#39;s Day cookies or a bucket (pot) filled with St. Patrick&amp;amp;#39;s Day trinkets and toys (&amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;http://about.pricegrabber.com/mrdr.php?url&amp;amp;#61;http%3A%2F%2Fabout.pricegrabber.com%2Fsearch.php%3Fform_keyword%3Dst.%2Bpatrick%2527s%2Bday%2Btoys&amp;amp;amp;mode&amp;amp;#61;about_preschoolers&amp;quot; data-component=&amp;quot;link&amp;quot; data-source=&amp;quot;inlineLink&amp;quot; data-type=&amp;quot;externalLink&amp;quot; data-ordinal=&amp;quot;4&amp;quot; rel=&amp;quot;nofollow&amp;quot;&amp;gt;compare prices&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;).&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Swap your child&amp;amp;#39;s normal breakfast cereal for a box of Lucky Charms.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Fill your preschooler&amp;amp;#39;s bedroom with green, orange, and white (the colors of the Irish flag) balloons or streamers.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Dye white carnations green with food coloring and leave a bouquet of them on the table. (Your local florist may also sell them in the days leading up to March 17.)&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Purchase a pot of oxalis (shamrocks!) from your local nursery and put it on your kitchen table or outside -- any place your preschooler will see it.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Leave mini &amp;amp;#34;pots of gold&amp;amp;#34; on the table. Spray paint small ceramic planters black. Get pipe cleaners in every color and make rainbows that you can rig into the pot (depending on the size, you might need to cut the pipe cleaner in half) by bending and fitting. Fill with gold candies or coins.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Leave a note from the leprechaun (be sure to sign it with a good Irish name!), explaining what went on while your child was asleep. For local flavor, be sure to use some common Irish terms. Bonus points if your note is in limerick form!&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;If you can get your hands on a tiny doll black top hat, leave that behind for your preschooler to find. Also fun -- if you can find a red wig, scatter some wisps of hair.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Have the leprechaun hide chocolate gold coins or other treats for your preschooler to find.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Fill your bathtub with St. Patrick&amp;amp;#39;s Day rubber duckies (&amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;http://about.pricegrabber.com/mrdr.php?url&amp;amp;#61;http%3A%2F%2Fabout.pricegrabber.com%2Fsearch.php%3Fform_keyword%3Dirish%2Brubber%2Bducks&amp;amp;amp;mode&amp;amp;#61;about_preschoolers&amp;quot; data-component=&amp;quot;link&amp;quot; data-source=&amp;quot;inlineLink&amp;quot; data-type=&amp;quot;externalLink&amp;quot; data-ordinal=&amp;quot;5&amp;quot; rel=&amp;quot;nofollow&amp;quot;&amp;gt;compare prices&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;).&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;If your child is a sound sleeper, stamp her hand with a shamrock stamp or shamrock stickers or even a washable shamrock tattoo. If she&amp;amp;#39;s a &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;really&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; sound sleeper, paint her fingernails or toenails green!&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;Cut out shamrocks and four-leaf-clovers out of construction paper and leave them all around the house -- on mirrors, doors, walls, chairs, even the floor.&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/ol&amp;gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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