Thursday, December 12, 2019

Leprechaun Shakes {& Trapping A Leprechaun!}

It may live on difficult to trap a leprechaun, but it's slow to whip upward Leprechaun Shakes!  Enjoy these tasty petty shakes for an slow St. Patrick's Day treat.

 Enjoy these tasty petty shakes for an slow St Leprechaun Shakes {& Trapping a Leprechaun!}

It's that fourth dimension of year!  Yes, the fourth dimension of yr when rascally petty leprechauns brand their appearances inwards all the craziest of places.  And terminal yr ... nosotros had i plow upward inwards my 1st bird classroom!  Can yous believe it?

He turned over the chairs inwards our classroom.  Threw petty shamrocks all over everything.  Left us light-headed notes on the whiteboard.  Dropped his chapeau i solar daytime ... in addition to his sock the next.  He fifty-fifty tried to steal our pot of gold, leaving our carpeting littered amongst petty gilded pieces ... how dare he.

So, of course, my students decided nosotros needed to effort to trap him - I mean, he did effort to accept our gilded in addition to all.  And here's how nosotros decided to produce it.

Now, I didn't actually plan to blueprint in addition to brand a leprechaun trap amongst my students - it simply form of evolved.  And sometimes those are the absolute best classroom activities.

Leprechaun Shakes are a fun in addition to slow St. Patrick's Day process kids tin pretty much brand themselves.

On the outset solar daytime our leprechaun made his presence known, a duet of students said, "Hey!  Maybe nosotros tin select handgrip of him!"  After a flake of "classroom chatter," it came to lite that the cast persuasion it would live on a groovy persuasion to create a trap.  So I simply rattling off-handedly said, "That mightiness live on a proficient idea.  If anyone thinks of a proficient agency to blueprint a leprechaun trap, nosotros could regard doing that."

The side past times side morning, i of my sweetness petty 1st bird boys walked inwards amongst a drawing of a leprechaun trap he had designed.  And it was a good blueprint drawing, consummate amongst arrows of how things would move in addition to everything!  {I recall nosotros may lead maintain a hereafter engineer inwards the works.}

As a teacher, how could I perchance resist that?

So, equally a class, nosotros fix close edifice the leprechaun trap this creative petty man child had designed.  He shared his blueprint drawing amongst the class, in addition to and hence nosotros brainstormed a listing of the things nosotros would take away ... a box, a stick, about string, in addition to about leprechaun bait.  We decided a gilded money would live on groovy bait.  I brought all the materials inwards the side past times side solar daytime in addition to a-building nosotros went.

Here's how our leprechaun trap turned out:

 Enjoy these tasty petty shakes for an slow St Leprechaun Shakes {& Trapping a Leprechaun!}

Looks pretty good, don't yous think?

And I loved that nosotros didn't simply slap it together willy-nilly ... No, non this class.  I had brought inwards several sticks equally possibilities.  And they didn't simply wishing to selection one.  Nope.  They wanted to test each i to run across which i would move best.  Love it.

It may live on difficult to trap a leprechaun, but it's slow to whip up Leprechaun Shakes!  Enjoy these tasty petty shakes for an slow St. Patrick's Day treat.

When the trap didn't select handgrip of the leprechaun on the outset day, conversations ensued close how they could brand their groovy trap fifty-fifty better.  So sweet!

It was decided that the things Mr. Leprechaun dropped inwards our room needed to live on added to the trap equally to a greater extent than bait ...

 Enjoy these tasty petty shakes for an slow St Leprechaun Shakes {& Trapping a Leprechaun!}

... along amongst a rainbow that Pb direct to the pot of gilded nosotros assumed he was after.  Clever.

 Enjoy these tasty petty shakes for an slow St Leprechaun Shakes {& Trapping a Leprechaun!}

Alas, nosotros did non succeed inwards trapping the leprechaun.

But nosotros did succeed inwards gobbling upward about delicious shakes that he inspired.  Leprechaun Shakes, to live on exact.

Leprechaun Shakes are a fun in addition to slow St. Patrick's Day process kids tin pretty much brand themselves.  All yous produce is scoop about vanilla H2O ice cream into a drinking glass in addition to crush inwards close iv drops or hence of dark-green nutrient coloring ...

 Enjoy these tasty petty shakes for an slow St Leprechaun Shakes {& Trapping a Leprechaun!}

Top off the drinking glass amongst about lemon-lime flavored soda {that usage should in all probability live on done past times an adult}.

Then stir away in addition to sentry the color transform into beautiful swirls of greens!

 Enjoy these tasty petty shakes for an slow St Leprechaun Shakes {& Trapping a Leprechaun!}

Top the milk shiver amongst a squirt of whipped cream in addition to a few rainbow sprinkles ... and, voila! ... you've got Leprechaun shakes to enjoy.  So unproblematic in addition to hence delicious.

 Enjoy these tasty petty shakes for an slow St Leprechaun Shakes {& Trapping a Leprechaun!}

We decided ours were specially groovy when enjoyed amongst a St. Patrick's Day give-and-take search.

 Enjoy these tasty petty shakes for an slow St Leprechaun Shakes {& Trapping a Leprechaun!}
 Enjoy these tasty petty shakes for an slow St Leprechaun Shakes {& Trapping a Leprechaun!}

So whip upward i of these super slow Leprechaun Shakes to relish yourself for St. Patrick's Day.  

Just don't aspect until yous select handgrip of your leprechaun!  You mightiness live on waiting a long fourth dimension ... because, equally nosotros flora out, leprechauns are tricky petty things.

 Enjoy these tasty petty shakes for an slow St Leprechaun Shakes {& Trapping a Leprechaun!}
Thank yous for stopping past times . We'd honey to lead maintain yous dorsum soon!


Leprechaun Shakes

Ingredients
For each shake:
  • 2 or 3 scoops of vanilla H2O ice cream or frozen yogurt
  • 4 or 5 drops of dark-green nutrient coloring
  • rainbow sprinkles
  • lemon-lime soda (such equally Sprite or 7-Up)
  • whipped cream
Directions
  1. Place H2O ice cream inwards a tall glass. Drip the dark-green nutrient coloring drops on exceed of the H2O ice cream.
  2. Slowly pour soda into the drinking glass until the drinking glass is nearly full. Sprinkle on a few rainbow sprinkles, in addition to stir until the milk shiver turns green.
  3. Top amongst a squirt or dollop of whipped cream in addition to additional rainbow sprinkles, if desired.
Enjoy!


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 Enjoy these tasty petty shakes for an slow St Leprechaun Shakes {& Trapping a Leprechaun!}


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