With a little bit of magic...

I stole this off of one of my former co-workers, but for this purpose, I am totally taking credit for it! I cannot wait to see my student's faces when they see what happened to their leprechaun traps they made.

I gave each student a plain styrofoam cup and had them decorate them to be leprechaun traps. I told them when the cup is sitting up normally, the leprechauns will get curious and will want to get a closer look. Sadly, leprechauns can't get out of these types of cups so then they are stuck. Before they left school, they made sure they all left their chairs down to make sure the leprechauns could make it up to their desk. Smart kids. Anyway, here's the cool thing...




Sorry the video quality isn't the best, I was shooting through an oven door after all. I put the cups in the oven for about 1 minute and then pulled them out to fix any shape problem that may happen as they fall. The oven was on 350 degrees. My friend said she did hers on 250 degrees for 6-12 minutes. You put them in for the smaller you want them to be. I'm wondering if the shape would have turned out better doing them for the longer time at a lower temp. Guess I'll experiment more next year :)

The poem that goes along with it says:

If you be lookin' for us leprechauns,

We never will be found.

We turned your traps into hats,

And then we danced around.

Here's a pic of the hats after:

I'll take some pictures tomorrow of the setup...it includes a Keebler elf cookie! Can't wait.

Michelle