My poor kids do not have a fun mom. When they get assignments that involve glue, cutting, pasting or building, I am usually little help and definitely uncreative. Fortunately, Henry does not seem to notice or care that parents are supposed to be involved in these types of things. Jay got him all excited about designing something with a slide and Henry spent a good portion of the week drawing ideas on papers. I couldn't follow any of these plans, as they mostly looked like squiggly lines, but when he came up to me with a cardboard base, toilet paper roll securely glued on and money already glued and taped to the bottom, I tossed my indifference to crafting and St. Patrick's Day to the side (I'm not Irish or catholic so I have trouble understanding where my enthusiasm to participate is supposed to come from) and got to work with him.
We had a lot of fun. Our only frustration was getting the gorilla glue to work on our mini pencil ladder. I think the yellow paint on the pencils interfered with the bonding. We needed some green to make it seem leprechaun-y so we bought some glittery cut-outs at the grocery story that night when we stopped in to get cookies for the Blue/Gold banquet. All in all, I think it turned out really cute. Henry loved it, which was all I cared out about.
That naughty leprechaun got away though. At school during one of the recesses, they kids came back into their classroom and their room was a mess (really, teachers who get into things like this are saints) and Henry's trap was missing all its gold (Rolos). None of the other traps worked either as no leprechauns were caught but some still had their bait and the "trap" seemed untouched. They are smart little buggers.
What really impressed me was Henry came home determined to build a better one. He spent quite a few hours outside building a trap door with his Valentine's Day box and is building another one today with a paper towel roll (it's taller so it might work better). I still don't love St. Patrick's Day and I still don't enjoy glue, glitter, paper, scissors, paint, markers, tape...you get the idea. But I love Henry and I love his smile.
The haphazard cardboard base is so Henry it makes me smile. A perfectionist he is not.
The gold rolos as bait. Wonder how he got back out?
From a leprechaun's perspective.
So excited to go to school with his creation! And his shamrock headband that he snuck a dollar to school to purchase :-l
Working on the next version. It's sure to catch one!
6 comments:
My sister's kids love trapping fairies, leprechauns, the whole works. What a fun thing for Henry. Your right, his smile makes it so worth it.
You did a great job! I love that Henry was so into it. What a fun boy!
That is so awesome!! I only wish he and sara could work together on this. A leprechaun visited our house for the first time ever last night. Matt noticed that one had never come before. I told him I couldnt resist.saras enthusiasm about leprechauns and apologized for not caring when he was little. Good job on the trap it is seriously one of the best I've seen!
Cute. Sadie came home last week saying she needed to build one too. Luckily we had made windlasses in scouts and we just converted it into a trap. I'll have to post pics soon. Tell Henry it turned out great!
Cute trap for cute Henry! I hope he catches one soon!
I'm impressed with his teacher too, what a fun idea!
I agree, those teachers are saints. As is Henry's mother! No trapping or gluing going on here.
I love your posts about Henry. He really is such an endearing little boy. His cardboard base made me smile.
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